Ecka Health Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 7.1/10
Best for: compounded GLP-1s or Zepbound from a named physician group, if you can wait until sign-up to see prices
Price is where Ecka Health scores best in our breakdown.
Semaglutide
Tirzepatide
Price checked on Ecka Health’s site,
What the monthly price covers
Medication
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Provider visits
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Shipping
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Lab work
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Coaching
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No insurance needed · Vetted by our editors
Ecka Health is an online platform that connects you with physicians from Arora Health & Aesthetics for compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide, brand-name Zepbound, and sexual health, hair, skin and longevity treatments. Its product pages advertise semaglutide from $99 a month and tirzepatide from $199 a month, but the plan terms and full price list appear only after you create an account and complete the intake.
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Ecka Health at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide, Zepbound
- Starting price
- $99/mo (starting dose)
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letter on record
How we scored Ecka Health
Each dimension is scored algorithmically from Ecka Health’s published pricing, drugs offered, verification status, and disclosed inclusions, using the same six-dimension framework we apply to every provider.
Value25%
8.4/10At $99/mo (starting dose), Ecka Health runs about 45% below the $179 median for GLP-1 providers (each program's lowest listed ongoing monthly price for compounded semaglutide).
Effectiveness25%
7.6/10Ecka Health offers both semaglutide and tirzepatide, the two GLP-1 molecules with the strongest published weight-loss trial outcomes.
User Experience15%
6.7/10Online intake and platform experience; 6 platform features disclosed.
Trust & Safety15%
6.5/10Core details confirmed by our editors; no FDA warning letters on file.
Accessibility10%
5.6/10Ecka Health's exact state footprint isn't published. Confirm coverage in your state before signing up.
Support10%
5.4/10Ecka Health provides standard clinician follow-up; no extended coaching or community program is disclosed.
Each checked against the provider’s own site.
Providers that don’t post pricing up front score lower on Value and carry a cost-transparency note in their review. Read the full methodology →
How we verified this Ecka Health review
Last checked November 2026- Confirmed current pricing across 2 dose/plan tiers
- Checked the FDA warning-letter database for enforcement actions
- Walked the provider's public sign-up flow, stopping before payment
Pricing, availability, and compliance facts come from the provider's own site and primary regulatory records. See the sources below. Editorial confidence in this data: medium.
What we checked
- Provider's own pricing page
- $99–$199/mo across 2 dose/plan tiers (checked November 2026)
- State pharmacy licensing & LegitScript status
- LegitScript Verified
- FDA warning-letter register
- No letter on file for this provider
What to expect when you sign up with Ecka Health
We walked Ecka Health’s public signup flow in November 2026 to document the process (the steps, pricing transparency, and what’s required) before you commit. (We don’t create accounts, enter medical information, or check out; this is the observable funnel, not a prescribing outcome.)
- 1Each product page links to an online visit for weight loss
- 2The first screen of the visit asks for your email to create a patient portal account
- 3Ecka says a short medical questionnaire of about 3 minutes follows, and pricing is shown during that visit
- 4A licensed physician reviews the assessment and, if appropriate, the prescription ships from a partner pharmacy
- Product pages show only 'starting as low as' prices; the FAQ says pricing is shown when you complete the intake questionnaire
- The Terms say your card may be authorized at checkout and charged once a provider approves you, or charged at checkout and refunded if you are declined
- The weight-loss page tells you to schedule lab work at least 48 hours before your consultation
- Support is by email, with a text-message button on the site
Ecka Health customer support
GLP-1 medications Ecka Health offers
Tap any medication to read our plain-English guide: how it works, dosing, side effects, and what the trials found.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
The semaglutide page says 'Starting As Low As $99/Month'; the plan behind that figure is shown only inside the online visit.
The tirzepatide page says 'Starting As Low As $199/Month'; the plan behind that figure is shown only inside the online visit.
Ready to get started?
Plans and promotions change often, so check Ecka Health's current pricing and active discounts before you decide.
What we like
- Names its physician group, Arora Health & Aesthetics, and its two doctors
- LegitScript seal served from LegitScript's own site
- Offers compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide plus brand-name Zepbound
- You are not charged for medication if a provider decides treatment is not right for you
- Cancel auto-renewal at any time in your online account
Watch-outs
- Full prices and plan terms appear only after you create an account and finish the intake
- The $99 and $199 figures are 'starting as low as' prices, and the site does not say which plan or dose they apply to
- No Zepbound price is published
- The homepage calls its tirzepatide FDA-approved, while its Zepbound page says compounded tirzepatide is not
- The pharmacies that fill prescriptions are not named
- Support is by email or text, with no phone number or hours posted
- Disputes go to binding individual arbitration
Is Ecka Health worth it?
Ecka Health's whole pitch comes down to this: compounded GLP-1s or Zepbound from a named physician group, if you can wait until sign-up to see prices. It runs $99/month (starting dose). That is a qualified figure, not a plain month-to-month price, so we don't rank it against the category median; the cost section below says what it covers. No single feature of its GLP-1 program sets it apart from the category on its own, so the price and terms below are the things to compare.
Worth knowing before you sign up: Ecka Health is LegitScript-certified and runs entirely online.
How much Ecka Health costs
Compounded semaglutide runs $99/month (starting dose) and compounded tirzepatide runs $199/month (starting dose).
Because Ecka Health's headline figure is a starting dose, we don't set it against the roughly $179 market median for this category. That median is each program's lowest listed ongoing monthly price for compounded semaglutide, so compare Ecka Health with the month-to-month prices of the alternatives below instead.
Eden (about $99/month) is one of the closest alternatives to weigh Ecka Health against.
Medications: what Ecka Health prescribes
Ecka Health prescribes semaglutide (the active drug in Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (the active drug in Zepbound and Mounjaro), the pair backed by the largest published weight-loss trials. Pick the brand-name pen for the FDA-approved product, or the compounded version to cut the monthly cost, with the trade-off that a compounded drug isn't FDA-approved as a finished formulation.
Who Ecka Health is best for, and who should skip it
A good fit if you…
- want a straightforward telehealth GLP-1 program and are comfortable comparing it against the alternatives below.
Look elsewhere if you…
- need to bill insurance, since like most of this market it's cash-pay with no claims filed on your behalf.
Trust, safety, and medical oversight
We found no FDA warning letter on file for it, though a clean record isn't the same as an endorsement, so read the rest of this review for the full picture. As with any compounded program, the most important step you can take is confirming which licensed pharmacy fills your prescription and what's in the formulation, and we explain how in our scoring methodology.
Bottom line
Ecka Health is a reasonable telehealth GLP-1 option; weigh its pricing and coverage against the alternatives below before deciding. To see Ecka Health against the wider field, use our ranking of semaglutide providers; the patient guide to compounded versus brand-name GLP-1s covers what to weigh before choosing a compounded program.
The Bottom Line
Price is where Ecka Health scores best in our breakdown.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Key terms, explained
New to GLP-1s? Tap any term for a quick, plain-English definition.
- Semaglutide · Drugs and brands
- Tirzepatide · Drugs and brands
- Compounded GLP-1 · Pharmacy and drug forms
- 503A pharmacy · Pharmacy and drug forms
- PCAB accreditation · Pharmacy and drug forms
- Prior authorization (PA) · Insurance and regulatory
- Off-label use · Insurance and regulatory
- FDA Drug Shortage List · Insurance and regulatory
Sources
The primary regulatory filings and peer-reviewed studies cited throughout this Ecka Health review:
Sources & methodology (as of November 2026)
- 1.Weight Loss Rankings — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— WeightLossRankings.org.
- 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 4.PCAB — Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board Standards— Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) / PCAB.
- 5.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)— Kaiser Family Foundation.
- 6.STEP 1 Trial — Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity (Wilding JPH et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 33567185.
- 7.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 9.SURMOUNT-1 Trial — Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (Jastreboff AM et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 35658024.
- 10.FDA — Zepbound (tirzepatide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 11.FDA — Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 12.SURMOUNT-5 Trial — Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide Head-to-Head in Obesity (Garvey WT et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40334173.
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