Compounded tirzepatide
Embody vs Mint Med
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Quick answer
Embody costs $140 a real month and Mint Med costs $145 — a difference of $5 a month, or $57 a year. Both figures are computed from what each seller actually charges and how often, not from the price on its landing page.
Embody or Mint Med?
Embody is the cheaper way to start, at $140 a month against $145 for Mint Med, and since both charge one price whatever the dose, that gap of $5 holds all the way up. Only Embody reaches Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii and 10 more states, going by where each says it ships. Mint Med received an FDA warning letter in June 2026; Embody has none on record.
What each one bills
| Embody | Mint Med | |
|---|---|---|
| True monthly cost | $140 | $145 |
| Advertised as | $129 | $145 |
| Charged | every 4 weeks | every calendar month |
| Each charge | $129 | $145 |
| Price basis | the same at every dose | the same at every dose |
| Mandatory recurring fee | none found | none found |
| States it names | 50 states | 36 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 Mint Med charges every calendar month. That alone changes what a “month” costs, which is the whole reason this index recomputes every price.
- What they advertise is not what they bill. Embody advertises $129 and bills $140.
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 Mint Med. The method is set out in how we verify.
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