Compounded tirzepatide
Embody vs MaxLife
Quick answer
Embody costs $140 a real month and MaxLife costs $195 — a difference of $55 a month, or $657 a year. Both figures are computed from what each seller actually charges and how often, not from the price on its landing page.
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Embody or MaxLife?
Embody is the cheaper way to start, at $140 a month against $195 for MaxLife; MaxLife does not publish what its top dose costs, so ask before you commit past the first month. Judged by the headline prices you would pick MaxLife, advertised at $120 against Embody's $129, and that is the wrong way round once each bill is restated as a calendar month. They name the same 50 states, so where you live does not decide between them. MaxLife received an FDA warning letter in February 2026; Embody has none on record.
What each one bills
| Embody | MaxLife | |
|---|---|---|
| True monthly cost | $140 | $195 |
| Advertised as | $129 | $120 |
| Charged | every 4 weeks | every calendar month |
| Each charge | $129 | $195 |
| Price basis | the same at every dose | a starting-dose price that climbs |
| Mandatory recurring fee | none found | none found |
| States it names | 50 states | 50 states |
| FDA warning letter | none on record | yes |
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Where they actually differ
- They bill on different clocks. Embody charges every 4 weeks and MaxLife charges every calendar month. That alone changes what a “month” costs, which is the whole reason this index recomputes every price.
- One price holds and the other climbs. Embody’s price is the same at every dose; MaxLife’s is a starting-dose price that climbs. See what titration does to an advertised figure.
- What they advertise is not what they bill. Embody advertises $129 and bills $140; MaxLife advertises $120 and bills $195.
How we know
Both figures were read on the seller’s own site and recomputed over a 30.4375-day calendar month from the charge and the billing period it covers. Neither is a seller’s own “/mo”. The full working for each — the charge, the period, the arithmetic and the date it was read — is on its own page: Embody and MaxLife. The method is set out in how we verify.
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