Does the prepaid year actually save you money?

A prepaid year is cheaper per month and more expensive to leave. Enter how long you realistically expect to stay and this works out which side you land on, using each provider's own published rates.

The number that decides it, before you touch the calculator. 64.8% of people without type 2 diabetes had stopped taking a GLP-1 within twelve months (95% CI 64.4-65.2), across 125,474 patients. Rodriguez PJ et al. JAMA Network Open. Published 2025-01-31. Read the study. That is not a prediction about you — it is the base rate a prepaid year is priced against.

Every plan that offers both, side by side#

Plan Cancel anytime Prepaid year Breaks even If you stop early
Cora
compounded semaglutide
$175/mo $99/mo
$1,188 up front
month 7 unshipped blocks refundable
Point of no return: pharmacy prepares
Cora
compounded tirzepatide
$225/mo $135/mo
$1,620 up front
month 8 unshipped blocks refundable
Point of no return: pharmacy prepares
Found
compounded semaglutide
$289/mo
billed every 28 days, about 13.0 payments a year
$169/mo
$2,028 up front
payment 8
about month 7.4
not prorated
Point of no return: first consult or 3 days
Found
compounded tirzepatide
$289/mo
billed every 28 days, about 13.0 payments a year
$169/mo
$2,028 up front
payment 8
about month 7.4
not prorated
Point of no return: first consult or 3 days
Shed (ShedRx)
compounded semaglutide
$199/mo $159/mo
$1,908 up front
month 10 Not stated
Shed (ShedRx)
compounded tirzepatide
$299/mo $239/mo
$2,868 up front
month 10 Not stated

The break-even column assumes both published rates hold for the whole year and your dose does not change. It also ignores anything you might get back, because what comes back varies more than the price does — the last column is the one to read before the fourth.

The plans with nothing to compare#

Trimi publishes no month-to-month rate, so there is no break-even to compute. The annual commitment is not the cheaper option there; it is the only option, and the calculator leaves it out rather than inventing a comparison.

PlanPrepaid yearIf you stop early
Trimi
compounded semaglutide
$1,188
$99/mo equivalent
forfeited
6-month money-back promise, and the conditions are the point: six continuous months on plan with no pause, no early stop and no skipped doses, a starting weight…
Trimi
compounded tirzepatide
$1,500
$125/mo equivalent
forfeited
6-month money-back promise, and the conditions are the point: six continuous months on plan with no pause, no early stop and no skipped doses, a starting weight…
What this is not. Nothing here is medical advice, and none of it says whether you should be taking these medicines or for how long. Those are questions for a licensed clinician who knows your history. This is arithmetic about a payment structure.

Pricing journalism, not medical advice. Rates as published on 2026-09-04; the provider's checkout is the final word. No link on this page earns us a commission; nothing here is ordered by compensation — disclosure.

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