Head-to-head · computed 2026-08-11
Sprout Health vs TMates
Sprout Health: Sprout Health sells flat-rate compounded GLP-1s with no membership: $249/month semaglutide (commonly $199 first month; $615 three-month supply, about $205/month) and $299/month tirzepatide (commonly $249 first month), with a published price-lock so the rate holds as the dose climbs — and, unusually for this market, two named partner pharmacies. TMates: TMates is a compounded GLP-1 telehealth service that includes medication and visits in one bundled monthly price. It offers both semaglutide and tirzepatide, with a 12-month plan that brings tirzepatide to $167/mo — the lowest committed-plan figure for tirz outside of bmiMD and NexLife.
Tirzepatide
| Sprout Health | TMates | |
|---|---|---|
| All-in maintenance | $299/mo | $297/mo |
| Best plan rate | $299/mo | $167/mo |
| 12-month total | $3,588 | $2,004 |
| Status | Reported · 2026-08-11 | Reported · 2026-07-14 |
The arithmetic
On the figures our desk holds, TMates's $297 a month undercuts Sprout Health's $299 by $2 a month at the 10 mg/wk maintenance basis — $24 across a year. TMates's figure is reported (captured 2026-07-14) and Sprout Health's is reported (captured 2026-08-11); a status below 'verified' means our independent checkout capture is still pending, so treat the gap as the best current evidence rather than settled fact.
Sprout Health's tirzepatide ladder runs $299 a month billed monthly. TMates's runs $297 a month billed monthly, and $167 a month on a twelve-month plan. On the twelve-month basis TMates's $2,004 beats Sprout Health's $3,588 by $1,584 — with the winner's figure resting on a committed twelve-month plan, a structural difference that matters if you might stop early.
Sprout Health promotional terms: First month commonly $249.
Semaglutide
| Sprout Health | TMates | |
|---|---|---|
| All-in maintenance | $249/mo | $249/mo |
| Best plan rate | $205/mo | $158/mo |
| 12-month total | $2,988 | $1,896 |
| Status | Reported · 2026-08-11 | Reported · 2026-07-14 |
The arithmetic
On monthly cost the two are tied at $249; the decision comes down to structure — Sprout Health's (dose-flat with a published price-lock guarantee: the enrolled rate does not increase as the dose escalates) against TMates's (structured titration; medication and provider visits included in price).
Sprout Health's semaglutide ladder runs $249 a month billed monthly, and $205 a month on a three-month plan. TMates's runs $249 a month billed monthly, and $158 a month on a twelve-month plan. On the twelve-month basis TMates's $1,896 beats Sprout Health's $2,988 by $1,092 — with the winner's figure resting on a committed twelve-month plan, a structural difference that matters if you might stop early.
Sprout Health promotional terms: First month commonly $199; three-month supply $615 (~$205/mo).
Where the structures genuinely differ
On dose economics, Sprout Health is dose-flat — the price survives titration — while TMates's pricing can move with the dose, a difference that compounds through a standard escalation schedule and matters most to buyers expecting to reach the higher maintenance doses.
Structure, side by side
Sprout Health
- MembershipNone
- Dose policyDose-flat with a published price-lock guarantee: the enrolled rate does not increase as the dose escalates
- CommitmentMonth-to-month; 3-month semaglutide supply available
- CancellationPer provider terms
- PharmacyFoothills Pharmacy and Promise Pharmacy (named partners)
TMates
- MembershipNone
- Dose policyStructured titration; medication and provider visits included in price
- Commitment12-month plan or month-to-month; substantial difference in rates
- CancellationPer provider terms
- PharmacyPartner 503A pharmacy (not publicly named)
What our desk is watching on each
Sprout Health: Resolution on record: our July 16 homepage read ('starting-at entry-dose prices; funnel personalizes') is superseded — five independent 2026 sources converge on flat $249/$299 pricing with an explicit dose price-lock, identifying the homepage 'starting at' as first-month promo framing rather than dose tiering. LegitScript-certified; MD Integrations clinician network; Sprout Health Partners LLC, Encinitas, CA. Cautions that survive the upgrade: a consistent slow-customer-service complaint pattern across review sources, an NAD+ add-on on the menu (see the verification masterclass's add-on cautions), oral compounded tirzepatide tablets offered (less outcome data than injectables), and no labs or telehealth visit required before treatment — fast is not the same as thorough.
TMates: The $158/mo (sema) and $167/mo (tirz) headline figures are 12-month plan rates; month-to-month is $249 (sema) and $297 (tirz) — some of the widest start-to-commitment spreads in the index. Reported status from RangeYourself 2026-07-14 verification.
Questions people ask
Is Sprout Health or TMates cheaper in 2026?
The tirzepatide and semaglutide verdict blocks above give the computed answer at the maintenance basis, with the verification status of each figure; the short version is that whichever program's all-in monthly number is lower on this page is cheaper on the evidence we hold today, and both rows carry capture dates so you can judge freshness.
What does Sprout Health vs TMates miss that checkout will show?
Taxes, state availability, current promotions, and any dose surcharge introduced after our capture date. Screenshot the order summary before paying — that capture, not any comparison page, is your contract.
Why do you compare at the maintenance dose instead of the starting dose?
Because starter pricing lasts one or two months and maintenance pricing lasts the rest of the year; comparing starts against maintenances is the single most common way GLP-1 comparisons mislead.
What do Sprout Health and TMates cost over a full year of tirzepatide?
On the plans our database holds, a year of tirzepatide runs $3,588 at Sprout Health and $2,004 at TMates — computed from each program's best published twelve-month route, with promotional figures labeled in the sections above and every number carrying its capture date.
Does a promotion affect this comparison?
Yes — at least one program on this page (Sprout Health) is running promotional pricing with its standard rate card stored alongside it. The verdict uses the price a buyer pays today, labeled as promotional; the analysis block prints the reversion figure, because a comparison won on a sale that ends is a comparison that expires.
Both records live in the normalized database; re-run the math yourself from the downloads. Full record pages: Sprout Health · TMates. Official sites: Sprout Health ↗ · TMates ↗. Nothing here is medical advice.