Telos RX vs Gala Health
Side-by-side HRT telehealth comparison · Verified August 16, 2026
The short answer
Too close to call on score alone: Telos RX 6.9 vs Gala Health 7.2, inside our 0.3-point tie margin. The verdict depends on which buyer you are: for bioidentical estradiol and progesterone as one line on a broad, peptide-led telehealth menu, pick Telos RX (no HRT price is published anywhere on the for-women page. The consult itself is free and Telos says so on that page. The only prices it shows run $49 to $399/mo and they attach to the GLP-1 and peptide lines, not to estradiol or progesterone [Verified August 2026, telosrx.com/pages/for-women]); for compounded menopause HRT on one flat plan covering every format, billed every 12 weeks, pick Gala Health (from $86/mo (~$892 realistic first year)).
| Telos RX | Gala Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 6.9/10 | 7.2/10 |
| Transparency grade | D | C |
| Consult fee | No HRT price is published anywhere on the for-women page. The consult itself is free and Telos says so on that page. The only prices it shows run $49 to $399/mo and they attach to the GLP-1 and peptide lines, not to estradiol or progesterone [Verified August 2026, telosrx.com/pages/for-women] | No membership fee and no separate consult fee. The plan price covers clinician care, messaging and shipping [Verified August 2026] |
| Monthly cost | No HRT price is published anywhere on the for-women page. The consult itself is free and Telos says so on that page. The only prices it shows run $49 to $399/mo and they attach to the GLP-1 and peptide lines, not to estradiol or progesterone [Verified August 2026, telosrx.com/pages/for-women] | From $86/mo |
| Real first-year cost | Not verified | ~$892 |
| Bloodwork | Labs-based: treatment is dosed to your bloodwork and symptom profile; the exact required-panel detail is not published [Verified July 2026] | Not surfaced; lab-work requirement not disclosed on the pages we could reach [Reported] |
| Formats offered | patch, gel, oral | oral, patch, vaginal |
| Insurance | No, cash pay | No, cash pay |
| States | Not confirmed [Reported] | Available across most US states, per Gala's own wording. It publishes no list and confirms eligibility inside the assessment. The 'all 50 states' figure on the site belongs to the GLP-1 line, not HRT [Verified August 2026] |
| Trustpilot | Not surfaced | Not surfaced |
| Visit Telos RX | Visit Gala Health |
Telos RX first-year math: We do not quote a first-year figure for Telos RX because its HRT-specific price is not published: the for-women page shows only GLP-1 and peptide prices, $49 to $399/mo, and we do not invent a hormone price we could not confirm [Verified August 2026].
Gala Health first-year math: The plan bills $237 every 12 weeks, and the first cycle is $99 with code GALA138. Eighty-four days per cycle means a 365-day year holds 4.345 of them, so year one is $99 + 3.345 cycles at $237 = $891.76, cash-pay with free shipping included. Without the intro code the same year is $1,029.82, which is $85.82 a month, not the $79 Gala advertises. One flat plan covers whichever format is prescribed, so there is no per-format upcharge to add [Verified August 2026].
Choose Telos RX if
Women who already want GLP-1 or peptides and are looking to add labs-based bioidentical hormones on the same platform, and who accept compounded (not FDA-approved) formulations and a price they cannot see before intake.
No HRT price is published anywhere on the for-women page. The consult itself is free and Telos says so on that page. The only prices it shows run $49 to $399/mo and they attach to the GLP-1 and peptide lines, not to estradiol or progesterone [Verified August 2026, telosrx.com/pages/for-women] · Transparency D
Read full Telos RX review →Choose Gala Health if
Women who want compounded menopause HRT with a price they can see up front, free shipping and included messaging, who are fine with one plan covering whichever format they end up on, and who accept unnamed clinicians and a compounded (non-FDA-approved) formulary.
From $86/mo · Transparency C
Read full Gala Health review →Where both fall short
The honest part
Telos RX
- HRT is a side line on a peptide-led platform; not a menopause specialty [Verified July 2026]
- The HRT-specific price is not published; only GLP-1 and peptide prices are shown [Verified August 2026]
- Bioidentical hormones are compounded and not FDA-approved; status not clearly disclosed [Reported]
- No clinicians named; no leadership or corporate entity surfaced [Verified July 2026, absence]
- No independent menopause review base surfaced [Reported]
Gala Health
- Compounded (non-FDA-approved) status not clearly disclosed on Gala's own funnel [Verified July 2026]
- No named clinicians, 'licensed clinicians' only [Reported]
- Manufactured-reputation pattern: paid 'Gala Health HRT Review 2026' PR on Newswire + 'Under Investigation' clickbait on GlobeNewswire/Yahoo; self-cited ratings are not independently verified [Verified July 2026, press pattern]
- Trustpilot base is platform-wide (GLP-1 + HRT), not menopause-specific [Reported]
- Bills every 12 weeks while advertising a monthly price, and its own conversion understates the true monthly rate by $6.82 [Verified August 2026]
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This is general information, not medical advice. Hormone therapy is prescription treatment. Whether either provider fits your health history is a decision for a licensed clinician. Facts on this page render from our provider data layer, verified August 16, 2026 where sites allow crawling; items marked [Reported] rest on third-party sources.
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