Comparison
Monthly price versus three-month total: why both numbers are true
This page describes how our service and its pricing work and makes no clinical statement, so it carries no clinical review. Last updated 2026-10-07.
Is a weight-management plan advertised per month actually billed per month?
Often not. An advertised monthly figure is frequently the arithmetic for a plan that bills three months at once, so both the monthly number and the amount leaving the account are accurate and only one of them is charged.
The two figures that settle it are the amount charged on the day of signup and the total across three months.
At TRD Labs both appear on the same screen before any payment details are entered, and the amount is authorised there and captured only after a clinician approves a treatment.
The two numbers
Almost every advertised price in this category is a per-month figure for a plan that bills quarterly. The monthly number is arithmetic, not a billing schedule. The question that tells you what something costs is: what amount leaves my account on the day I sign up?
Our prepaid three-month plans are cheaper per month than the monthly ones and more expensive on day one. That is the whole trade and there is nothing clever about it.
How to compare two providers in one minute
Ask each of them for two figures: the amount charged today, and the total across three months. If a provider will give you the first but not the second, you have learned something about the second.
Then ask whether medication is included in those figures or invoiced separately by the pharmacy. A plan that looks half the price of a rival can be the more expensive one once the pharmacy bill arrives.
What we show, and where
The amount charged today and the three-month total appear on the same screen, before you enter any payment details. The itemised lines on that screen are the lines that appear on your receipt.
"Charged today" is itself worth being precise about: the payment is authorised at checkout, which places a hold, and captured after a clinician approves a treatment. So the figure is what you have committed, and it becomes a charge once there is something to charge for.
Side by side
| What is being compared | A monthly plan | A prepaid three-month plan |
|---|---|---|
| Charged on signup | One month | Three months at once |
| Cost per month | Higher | Lower |
| When money is captured | After a clinician approves | After a clinician approves |
| Changing plan | At the end of a paid month | At the end of the paid period |
| If a clinician declines | Authorisation released, nothing taken | Authorisation released, nothing taken |
Questions
- Why is the prepaid plan cheaper per month?
- Because it is paid up front. The saving is the only thing you get for that; there is no additional service attached to it.
- Can I switch from prepaid to monthly?
- Yes, at the end of a paid period. We do not convert a prepaid balance into a monthly plan mid-period.
- Is the amount shown as charged today taken immediately?
- It is authorised at checkout, which places a hold, and captured after a clinician approves a treatment. If no prescription is written, the hold is released.
Where this comes from
- The programme prices, the three-month totals and what each plan includes. TRD Labs (checked 2026-10-07)
The programme prices, the three-month totals and what each plan includes. — TRD Labs, https://trdlabs.example/how-pricing-works (checked 2026-10-07)