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Harbor review

By Gut Metabolic EditorialUpdated

82/100

Price transparency

What is disclosed before intake, not a clinical rating.

Harbor advertises compounded semaglutide at $99 per month and tirzepatide at $149, including clinician care and check-ins without a separate membership fee. Its current terms identify Harbor Health Inc. doing business as Arbor and describe both monthly and prepaid purchases. The key tradeoff is refund timing: once a prescription is written, even unshipped months of a prepaid plan generally become non-refundable.

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Harbor does not pay us. We review it so you can compare it with the programs that do. Disclosure

Harbor publishes its price before the medical intake — you can see what it costs without handing over your health history first.

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Harbor at a glance

Price visibility
Published before intake
Pharmacy information
Not publicly named
Where it operates
Confirm clinical and pharmacy eligibility for your state and selected prescription; the terms qualify access by state licensing

The verdict

Harbor shows its price before the medical intake, but leaves gaps, such as what the advertised price includes or which pharmacy fills the prescription. It ranks 67 of 293 on price transparency.

The score beside Harbor's name rates how much it tells you before the medical intake — the price, the pharmacy and the terms — not how cheap it is.

Considering Harbor?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

What do you get with Harbor?

  • An online assessment followed by an independent licensed clinician’s evaluation and prescribing decision.
  • Compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide with medication, clinician care and check-ins described together in the advertised price.
  • Clinical consultations identified through MD Integrations, with independent pharmacy fulfillment and continuing support.
  • A platform operated by Harbor Health Inc. doing business as Arbor under the current terms and payment agreement.
  • Monthly plans without a minimum commitment, plus discounted three-, six- or twelve-month prepaid terms with different financial consequences.

How does Harbor work?

  1. Choose a medicine and actual billing term

    The public product pages describe $99 semaglutide and $149 tirzepatide with no dose-based increases. The payment agreement distinguishes monthly billing from prepaid purchases. Confirm the exact amount collected, shipment schedule and renewal for the option you select rather than assuming every plan has the same commitment.

  2. Complete medical review

    A licensed clinician decides whether treatment is appropriate. The product footer identifies MD Integrations for telehealth consultations. The terms use Arbor for the platform operated by Harbor Health Inc.; ask for the individual treating practice and provider rather than interpreting the platform name as the prescriber.

  3. Confirm the pharmacy order

    Ask which pharmacy will fill the prescription, what ingredients and concentration it contains, and how much medication each shipment supplies. The program describes a pharmacy network, and actual packaging can differ from promotional imagery. Prescription writing itself is the main refund cutoff, potentially well before a package ships.

  4. Manage future renewals and ongoing care

    Cancel before the next renewal date to stop the next charge and retain confirmation. Access continues through the current paid term. If a request arrives before renewal but is processed after a charge, the terms describe a full renewal refund; a request after charging has narrower rules tied to whether the refill prescription is already written.

How much does Harbor cost?

Semaglutide

Compounded semaglutide program advertised at $99/month, including medication, clinician care and check-ins; monthly plans have no minimum commitment.

Tirzepatide

Compounded tirzepatide program advertised at $149/month, including medication, clinician care and check-ins; monthly plans have no minimum commitment.

Where it operates

Confirm clinical and pharmacy eligibility for your state and selected prescription; the terms qualify access by state licensing

The product pages advertise a complete semaglutide program at $99 monthly and tirzepatide at $149 monthly, with medication, clinician care and check-ins included and no dose-based increases. The payment agreement says monthly plans have no minimum commitment and distinguishes prepaid three-, six- and twelve-month terms. Confirm the selected invoice and any promotional conditions before completing payment.

  • The terms permit different plan and promotional pricing. A larger prepaid purchase is discounted and paid in full at the start of its term. Its lower monthly equivalent should not replace the advertised independent monthly amount in a flexible-plan comparison.
  • Cancellation before a prescription is written generally returns the payment minus a $100 clinician consultation fee. Once a prescription is written, payment is non-refundable and the order cannot be canceled under the stated policy, even if the pharmacy has not yet shipped it.
  • For prepaid plans, the prescription for the first fill makes the entire term non-refundable, including months not yet shipped. That is a significant commitment compared with monthly billing. Ask how many fills and shipments the plan contains before choosing it.
  • The policy separately describes full refunds when a clinician does not approve treatment, duplicate or incorrect charges, and orders not shipped because of a company or pharmacy error. Treatment becoming unavailable may qualify for a prorated refund; ordinary cancellation is a different situation.
  • A renewal charged after an on-time cancellation request is to be refunded in full. If cancellation occurs after the renewal charge, the policy allows a refund minus $100 only before the refill prescription is written; after writing, it is non-refundable.
  • The twelve-month weight-loss guarantee has conditions: continuous enrollment, a standard-dose compounded plan, four scheduled quarterly shipments, treatment adherence and a claim within 14 days after the year ends. It also restricts the qualifying goal and requires weight confirmation. Do not treat the slogan as an immediate satisfaction refund.

Considering Harbor?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

Who is Harbor best for?

A good fit if

  • Adults comparing explicit monthly bundled prices with larger prepaid purchases
  • People who want ongoing clinician care without a separate membership fee
  • Patients comfortable reviewing prescription-writing and renewal deadlines before paying

Look elsewhere if

  • Anyone expecting unshipped prepaid months to remain freely refundable
  • Shoppers treating the guarantee as a short trial period
  • Patients who need a named individual pharmacy before medical review

Considering Harbor?

Confirm the plan, billing terms and availability before you begin.

What are Harbor's pros and cons?

Pros

  • The product pages describe bundled monthly treatment costs
  • Monthly plans are distinguished from prepaid commitments
  • The current terms identify the platform operator and clinical partnership
  • Renewal and medical-disqualification exceptions are explained in writing

Cons

  • Prescription writing can end refund eligibility before shipment
  • The entire prepaid term can become non-refundable at the first fill
  • An early voluntary cancellation can retain a $100 consultation fee
  • The twelve-month guarantee requires sustained participation and a timely claim

The pharmacy behind the medicine

It does not name its pharmacy. Harbor does not publicly disclose which compounding pharmacy fills its prescriptions. That is common and it is not an accusation — but it does mean the one thing you would most want to verify about a compounded medicine is the one thing you cannot.

A compounded drug is mixed to order by a pharmacy rather than manufactured and released as a finished product, so the FDA has not reviewed the specific preparation you are prescribed for safety, effectiveness or quality. That is true of every compounded program, including the highest-scoring ones.

What else do people ask about Harbor?

What does Harbor cost month to month?

The product pages advertise semaglutide at $99 monthly and tirzepatide at $149, with medication, clinician care and check-ins included. The payment agreement says monthly plans have no minimum commitment. Confirm the selected amount and any offer-specific conditions before paying; prepaid plans are separate purchases.

Why do the terms refer to Arbor?

The current first-party terms and payment agreement identify Harbor Health Inc. doing business as Arbor. The product pages continue to use Harbor and identify MD Integrations for telehealth consultations. Confirm the contracting platform and actual treating practice on your own enrollment documents.

Can I cancel before medication ships?

Shipment is not the main cutoff. The terms say cancellation before prescription writing generally returns payment minus a $100 consultation fee. Once a prescription is written, the order becomes non-refundable and cannot be canceled, even before shipment. Medical denial has a separate full-refund exception.

Are unused months of a prepaid plan refundable?

The policy says no part of a prepaid term is refundable after the first prescription is written, including months not yet shipped. Treatment becoming unavailable has separate possible prorated relief. Compare that risk with an independent monthly plan before accepting a larger upfront purchase.

How do I avoid the next renewal?

Cancel before the renewal date and keep confirmation. The terms say an on-time request prevents the charge or produces a full refund if processing occurs afterward. A request made after charging has narrower refund rights, depending on whether the refill prescription has already been written.

How does the weight-loss guarantee work?

It requires twelve continuous months, a qualifying standard-dose plan, scheduled shipments and adherence, with restrictions on the goal and a claim within 14 days after the year ends. Weight confirmation is required. Read the full conditions before relying on it; it does not create a general immediate refund right.

Sources for this review

Company information and terms used for this review. These sources describe the service; they do not establish treatment outcomes.

How it compares

Harbor ranks 67 of 293 on our price-transparency score. Every prescription GLP-1 program we review is scored on the same question: can you see the price before you hand over your health history? The full list is on the prescription GLP-1 review index.

Because Harbor shows a price before the intake, it is also ranked on our GLP-1 telehealth ranking, our compounded semaglutide ranking and our compounded tirzepatide ranking.

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Read this before you start

Prices change — confirm on Harbor's own site before you commit. This page is informational and not medical advice: a GLP-1 is a prescription drug, and whether one suits you is a decision for a licensed clinician who knows your history. How we choose what appears here, and what we are paid for, is set out in our editorial policy.