The Real Cost of a Peptide, Measured to the Milligram
The same compound can run $1,049 a month as a prescription drug, or a few cents a milligram as research supply. We put every price on one board, converted each to dollars per milligram, and ranked it on that number alone. This measures what sellers charge — not whether anything works, and not whether a cheap vial is a safe swap for the drug. It is not.
The verdict, in 30 seconds
The largest vial at the lowest sticker price on the board — around ten times the milligrams per dollar of compounds that sell for the same money.
See GHK-Cu →The name most people arrive looking for. Mid-range on price, and one of the compounds a July FDA committee discussed for compounding.
See BPC-157 →A 500mg vial at fourteen cents a milligram — less than a month of most clinic programmes.
See NAD+ →Why you can trust this index
This index is built on one number: dollars per milligram, taken from each seller’s own listed price and checked on the date above. The ranking is the maths, nothing else. Which sellers pay us a commission does not move a single row.
Every price, ranked by dollars per milligram
Three categories, and they are not interchangeable
- FDA-approved drugs.
Semaglutide and tirzepatide, sold as Wegovy and Zepbound. Approved for named uses. A clinician writes the script. The maker makes it. This is the top of the ladder.
- Legally compounded drugs.
Made to order by a licensed pharmacy against a script. Which peptides a pharmacy may make is what the FDA panel voted on in July 2026. No rule has been written yet.
- Research compounds.
Sold for lab use. No clinician. No script. No approval. This is the bottom of the ladder. It is a different thing, not a cheap version of the two above.
A $29.99 research vial is not a cheaper version of a $1,049 prescription. It is a different product with a different legal status. No clinician sets a dose, no pharmacy compounds it, and no one is checking that what is in the vial is fit to put in a person. The price gap is not a discount. It is the price of everything the cheap one leaves out.
The whole board, on one scale
Prescription, direct from the maker
FDA-approved drugs. A clinician writes the script. Priced per month.
$299 at 2.5mg, $399 at 5mg, $449 at 7.5–15mg. Miss the 45-day refill window and it jumps to $599–$1,049.
$199 for the first two fills as a new patient, then $349.
Doctor-run peptide plans
A clinic prescribes and supervises. Memberships, visits and labs are often billed on top.
The widest-quoted range in this tier.
Package price. First-month bills in this tier commonly land at $350–$900 once the visit and labs are added.
Thirty days of the drug. Most clinics bill the membership and visit separately.
The drug only. A membership sits on top of this.
Research supply
Sold for laboratory use and marked research use only. No clinician, no script, no approval for people. Priced per vial, not per month. Amino Club's listed prices.
Fourteen cents a milligram — the second cheapest on the page.
The same two compounds the clinic tier above bills at $300 to $600 a month.
Four cents a milligram. The cheapest thing on this page by a wide margin.
Thirty cents a milligram, and the largest vial in the range.
What the price gap actually buys
- A licensed clinician who checks you and writes the script
- A pharmacy that makes and labels the dose
- Blood work and follow-up visits
- A drug the FDA has approved for a stated use
- Someone on the hook if it goes wrong
- The vial. Nothing else.
- No clinician. No script. No dose set for anyone.
- No approval for people. It is sold for lab use.
- No follow-up and no aftercare.
- A category the FDA has not cleared for people
How to read a certificate before you pay
| ✓ | Names its testing lab | A real, named lab you can look up — not “third-party tested” with no name attached. |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ | Prints a batch or lot number | So the certificate matches the vial in your hand, not a generic page. |
| ? | Gives purity as a real figure | “99.89%, tested by Verum Analytics” is a number you can hold them to. “99%+ purity” is a sales line. |
| ✗ | Shows the certificate before you pay | “On request” means after you have already bought. That is the wrong order. |
Example — how to read a certificate, not any one product’s.
In July 2026 an FDA committee reviewed several of these compounds and voted on which a pharmacy may compound — a step about paperwork, not a finding that any of them is safe or works.
What happens when you click
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A researcher confirmation screen loads first.
Amino Club shows this to everyone before the shop. Two checkboxes: that you are over 21, and that you are buying for laboratory research. The button stays greyed out until both are ticked.
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You land on the catalogue, not the product.
Search the compound by name in the box at the top. We would link you straight to the product if we could — their product pages drop the discount code, so the catalogue is the only entry that credits us and applies it.
- 3
The code is already applied.
You do not need to type anything. If you want to check, it shows at checkout.
We are telling you this because a surprise gate is where most people give up. It takes about ten seconds.
How we compare prices
One source: each seller’s own listed price, read on the date at the top. One formula: price divided by milligrams, carried to four decimals so a real gap never rounds to a false tie. Fourteen compounds. Code NUGGETS applied where it exists; shipping noted, not hidden. A skeptic could re-run every row.
Is cheaper riskier?
Not by itself. Price tells you nothing about what is in the vial. What tells you that is whether the seller names its lab, prints a batch number, and shows a certificate before you pay — which is what the checklist above is for.
What does dollars per milligram mean?
It is the price of the actual material, not the vial. A $29.95 vial and a $29.99 vial look identical until you see one holds ten times the milligrams. Per-milligram is the only number that compares them fairly.
How often is this updated?
The prices carry the date they were last checked, at the top of the page. Self-pay prices move month to month, so treat it as a dated snapshot and confirm at the source before you buy.
Is a research vial the same as the drug?
No. It is an unapproved compound sold for lab use, not a prescription drug and not a substitute for one. See the categories section above — the two are not interchangeable.
This is today’s number, checked on the date at the top. Confirm the price at the source before you pay — a snapshot is not a fixture.
See the whole board at Amino Club
Every price here is Amino Club’s own. The code applies in the cart, so search the compound by name once you are in.