Circle Medical reviews
Circle Medical is a primary-care telehealth practice that prescribes brand-name GLP-1s, not a medication seller — it publishes no drug price at all and bills your insurance for the visit, about $35 with cover or $120 self-pay. In July 2026 it settled a civil billing-fraud case with the San Francisco DA, the California Department of Insurance and the US Attorney for $3,325,000, without admitting liability.
What Circle Medical costs
Circle Medical does not publish a price for these medications on its public pages.
There is no medication price to publish, and that is by design rather than an omission. Circle Medical prescribes only FDA-approved brand-name products — Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and Contrave — and never dispenses or prices the drug itself; you fill it at your own pharmacy and what you pay depends on your insurance. What it does price is the appointment: about $35 on average with insurance, or $120 self-pay. That makes it a fundamentally different proposition from the cash-pay providers that make up most of this directory, and it is why Circle Medical does not appear in our price tables. If your plan covers a GLP-1 for weight loss, the total cost here can be far below any cash-pay subscription. If it does not, Circle Medical offers no cash route to the medication at all.
Is Circle Medical legit?
Circle Medical Technologies, Inc. is a San Francisco practice trading since 2015, BBB-accredited at A+ since January 2024, with clinical care through Circle Medical Care of California. It is also the only provider in this round with a concluded government enforcement matter: a $3,325,000 civil settlement announced in July 2026 over how it billed insurers. Its own site advertises a 4.9 out of 5 rating from 300,000 patients; its Trustpilot score is 3.6.
- Company:
- Circle Medical Technologies, Inc., 333 1st Street #A, San Francisco, CA 94105, trading since 2015 with around 525 employees.
- Pharmacy partner:
- None. Prescriptions go to your own pharmacy and are filled through your insurance.
- Clinicians:
- Circle Medical Care of California, an independent medical practice, California Medical Board permit FNP3274. More than 300 named board-certified clinicians are individually bookable.
- States served:
- Not established from its published pages.
- Cancellation:
- There is no medication subscription to cancel. Appointments are booked individually with named clinicians.
- Refunds:
- Not applicable in the subscription sense — this is a visit-billing practice rather than a medication plan. Among the complaints visible on its BBB file is one about a refusal to bill insurance and to provide itemised bills, which reads differently in light of the July 2026 settlement.
- State action · 2026-07-06The San Francisco District Attorney, the California Department of Insurance and the US Attorney for the Northern District of California announced a $3,325,000 civil settlement with Circle Medical Care of California, Circle Medical Technologies, Inc. and their chief medical officer. The complaint alleged that for years Circle submitted claims to federal payers and commercial insurers using the National Provider Identifier of physicians who did not provide the treatment, with the care often given by contracted nurse practitioners and physician assistants not yet credentialed by the insurer being billed — which in many instances produced higher billing rates. The DA's office stated there was no evidence of billing for services that were not provided. It began as a whistleblower suit under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act. Circle settled without admitting liability, paying $475,000 to the United States and $2,850,000 to California. The case concerned insurance billing across the practice, not GLP-1 prescribing specifically. Source
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Trustpilot rates Circle Medical 3.6 out of 5 across 1,288 reviews, and it replies to about 46 per cent of the negative ones. Its own homepage advertises care "rated 4.9/5 by 300k+ patients", and elsewhere 4.95 — figures more than a full star above the score anyone can check, drawn from an in-app per-clinician rating system that spans all its service lines. The two numbers may well both be real, but the site never says what the 4.9 measures or where to verify it, and a reader comparing providers on advertised ratings would be misled by it.
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Pros
- ＋ Prescribes FDA-approved brand medications only
- ＋ Pricing shown upfront ($120/visit self-pay)
- ＋ Accepts insurance, often lowering cost to $0-35/visit
Cons
- － No membership plan, pay per visit which can add up
- － Complaints about billing/unexpected charges
- － Customer support hard to reach per some reviews
Medications & eligibility
Medications
- • Brand GLP-1s
- • Wegovy®
- • Zepbound®
- • Saxenda®
- • Insurance navigation
Eligibility & insurance
Not published as a numeric threshold.
Insurance: yes: this is an insurance-billed primary-care practice. Visits cost about $35 on average with insurance or $120 self-pay, and the medication is billed to your plan at your own pharmacy.
How Circle Medical works
- 1Book an appointment with a named clinician; the visit is billed to your insurance or $120 self-pay.
- 2The clinician assesses whether a GLP-1 is appropriate.
- 3If prescribed, the prescription goes to your own pharmacy.
- 4You pay whatever your insurance and pharmacy charge for the medication — Circle Medical neither supplies nor prices it.
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Circle Medical FAQ
How much does Circle Medical cost?
The visit is about $35 on average with insurance, or $120 self-pay. The medication is separate and unpriced: Circle Medical prescribes brand-name Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda or Contrave and you fill them at your own pharmacy, so the drug cost is whatever your insurance and pharmacy charge.
Does Circle Medical sell compounded semaglutide?
No. It prescribes only FDA-approved brand-name products and does not dispense or sell any medication itself. If you are looking for a compounded GLP-1 at a cash price, this is not that kind of provider — it is a primary-care practice that happens to treat weight.
What was Circle Medical's $3.3 million settlement about?
Insurance billing, not prescribing. In July 2026 the San Francisco DA, the California Department of Insurance and the US Attorney announced a $3,325,000 civil settlement over allegations that Circle billed claims under the National Provider Identifier of physicians who had not provided the care, which was often delivered by nurse practitioners and physician assistants not yet credentialed with the insurer. The DA's office said there was no evidence of billing for services that were not provided.
Did Circle Medical admit wrongdoing?
No. It settled without admitting liability, paying $475,000 to the United States and $2,850,000 to California. The action started as a whistleblower suit by a former employee, which the DA's office and the Department of Insurance joined under the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act.
Why does Circle Medical's website say 4.9 out of 5?
That figure comes from its own in-app rating system, which collects ratings for individual clinicians across all its service lines. Its independently checkable Trustpilot score is 3.6 from 1,288 reviews. Both may be accurate measurements of different things, but the site does not say which platform the 4.9 comes from or how to verify it.
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- Circle Medical weight loss (brand-name only, visit pricing) — accessed September 23, 2026
- San Francisco District Attorney: $3,325,000 settlement announcement — accessed September 23, 2026
- Trustpilot: circlemedical.com — accessed September 23, 2026
- BBB profile: Circle Medical — accessed September 23, 2026