Provider review
Sesame Care review
The widest real brand-name access here, on a marketplace not a clinic.
You pick your own provider and see the price first, but nobody is running a weight-loss programme around you.
Price, exactly as they publish it
Brand-name GLP-1s through a pick-your-provider marketplace — Wegovy pill from $149/mo — with a separate platform subscription billed on top of the medication (a two-part cost)
Semaglutide is prescription-only and compounded semaglutide is not the FDA-approved brand product — decide with a clinician. Prices are as the provider published them when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.
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The verdict
Sesame Care has been operating since 2018 as a general telehealth marketplace, not a weight-loss programme, and that shapes everything about it. You browse licensed providers, see the price before you book, and get the widest genuine brand-name lineup on this board — the Wegovy pen and the Wegovy pill, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Rybelsus, all FDA-approved. It holds LegitScript certification and BBB accreditation and carries a large third-party review volume, but what you do not get is anyone chasing you. Ongoing support is light, the cost comes in two parts because a platform subscription is billed beside the medication, and cash brand-name prices without insurance are punishing.
The trade-off we'd want you to read first
A generalist marketplace, not a dedicated weight-loss program — lighter ongoing support
Who it suits, and who it doesn't
A good fit if
- You want the FDA-approved product itself — the pen or the pill — rather than a compounded version of it
- You have insurance or a savings card and need a prescriber more than you need a programme
- You would rather read a provider's profile and price and choose for yourself
Look elsewhere if
- You want someone checking in between refills; this model is transactional and the coaching is thin
- You are paying cash with no coverage, where brand-name semaglutide sits far above the compounded rows on this board
- You want one bill — the platform subscription and the medication are charged separately and never quoted as one figure
How the programme actually works
Sesame is an established national telehealth marketplace (operating since 2018) rather than a single dedicated weight-loss program. You browse and choose your own licensed provider, see the price up front, and book — with a platform subscription billed on top of the medication, so the true monthly outlay is a two-part figure. Its stand-out is access: it carries the widest real brand-name GLP-1 lineup we log — Wegovy pen and Wegovy pill, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro and oral Rybelsus — including oral routes, all FDA-approved. It holds LegitScript certification and BBB accreditation and carries a large third-party review volume. The trade-off is that it is a generalist marketplace, not a weight-loss-specialized clinic, so ongoing coaching support is lighter, and brand-name cash prices can run high without insurance.
At a glance
- Pricing structure
- Varies by dose, plan or tier
- Consult
- Included in the price
- Compounding pharmacy
- An unnamed “network” of pharmacies
- Labs
- Optional
- Dietitian support
- Not included
What it does well
- Real FDA-approved brand-name access — Wegovy pen and pill, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Rybelsus
- Established platform (since 2018) with LegitScript, BBB accreditation and large third-party review volume
- You choose the provider and see the price up front; oral routes available (Wegovy pill, Rybelsus)
The other trade-offs
- Two-part cost (a platform subscription plus the medication) makes the true monthly total harder to compare
- Brand-name cash prices can run high without insurance
If this one isn't it
If Sesame Care is not it, these are not our favourites and they are not the ones that pay the most — each is the provider closest to this one that does better on the axis this one does worst on. The axis is named on every card, with both providers’ own published wording underneath, so you can check the claim rather than take it.
Better on price stability across doses
Enhance MD
Charges the same at every dose, where Sesame Care's price moves with the plan or the dose.
- Enhance MD
- One price at every dose
- Sesame Care
- Price varies by dose, plan or tier
$212/mo (first $112)
Enhance MD — price stability across doses: Check Enhance MDBetter on how clear the price is
Henry Meds
Its headline figure maps onto a monthly bill more directly than Sesame Care's does.
- Henry Meds
- Approximate — the provider's figure was not an exact flat rate.
- Sesame Care
- There is a second charge: this figure and the rest of the cost are billed separately.
~$297/mo (dose-tiered)
Henry Meds — how clear the price is: Check Henry MedsBetter on pharmacy transparency
Sprout Health
Says more about who compounds and fills the medication than Sesame Care does.
- Sprout Health
- Names a 503A compounding pharmacy
- Sesame Care
- An unnamed “network” of pharmacies
Compounded from $149/mo · brand path
Sprout Health — pharmacy transparency: Check Sprout Health
Any link on this page may earn us a commission if you go on to start care, at no extra cost to you — see our full disclosure. The cards above are chosen by the rule stated at the top of this section, which is computed from published figures and has no access to which providers pay us.
Before you buy
Semaglutide is a prescription medicine, and the compounded version is not the same regulated product as brand-name Wegovy or Ozempic. Whatever you decide, decide it with a clinician who knows your history — and go into that conversation with real numbers.
Where this sits on the board
Sesame Care is one of 27 telehealth semaglutide programmes we track. The board puts every published price on one screen, ordered with the companies that pay us first — a mechanism we state there, on the page it applies to, rather than only in the small print.
Semaglutide is prescription-only and compounded semaglutide is not the FDA-approved brand product — decide with a clinician. Prices are as the provider published them when we last checked; confirm current terms before you buy.