"How much do research peptides cost?" is one of the most common questions a new researcher asks, and it is also one of the hardest to answer cleanly - because single-vial retail listings, bulk discounts and per-mg economics all muddy the comparison. This guide does it the transparent way: real New-U pack prices, broken down to price-per-vial and price-per-milligram, so you can see exactly where the value sits.
The headline finding is simple and it is the one most listings hide: on a per-mg basis, the higher-strength vial is almost always the lower unit cost. The pack model is built around that.
Status check. Everything below is priced and framed as research use only - not for human consumption. New-U supplies research-grade compounds as laboratory reagents only. They are not medicines and are not substitutes for FDA-approved prescription products (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound and the rest). This is a pricing breakdown for research purchasing, not dosing guidance.
Most of what you pay for in a research vial is not the peptide - it is the fixed overhead around it: the vial and stopper, lyophilisation, quality control, the third-party Certificate of Analysis, sealing, and tracked temperature-aware shipping. That overhead is roughly the same whether the vial holds 10mg or 30mg, and roughly the same whether you order one vial or ten.
New-U sells sealed 10-vial research trays direct from the source rather than as single-vial retail. Two things fall out of that:
That is why the numbers below look low against typical single-vial listings. It is a packaging-and-sourcing model, not a discount gimmick.
Every pack is 10 vials. Price-per-mg is simply the pack price divided by the total milligrams in the tray (10 × the per-vial strength). Watch what happens to the per-mg column as the strength climbs within each compound.
| Compound (10-vial pack) | Strength | Pack price | Per vial | Total mg | Per mg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BPC-157 | 5mg | $145 | $14.50 | 50mg | $2.90 |
| 10mg | $190 | $19.00 | 100mg | $1.90 | |
| TB-500 | 5mg | $210 | $21.00 | 50mg | $4.20 |
| 10mg | $260 | $26.00 | 100mg | $2.60 | |
| GHK-Cu | 50mg | $160 | $16.00 | 500mg | $0.32 |
| 100mg | $200 | $20.00 | 1,000mg | $0.20 | |
| MOTS-C | 10mg | $200 | $20.00 | 100mg | $2.00 |
| 40mg | $349 | $34.90 | 400mg | $0.87 | |
| Semaglutide | 10mg | $370 | $37.00 | 100mg | $3.70 |
| 30mg | $599 | $59.90 | 300mg | $2.00 | |
| Tirzepatide | 10mg | $310 | $31.00 | 100mg | $3.10 |
| 120mg | $1,169 | $116.90 | 1,200mg | $0.97 | |
| Retatrutide | 10mg | $400 | $40.00 | 100mg | $4.00 |
| 60mg | $700 | $70.00 | 600mg | $1.17 |
Prices current at publication (June 2026) and shown in USD for the 10-vial pack. Catalog pricing changes - the linked product page is always the live source of truth.
The pattern, in one line. Within every compound, the higher-strength vial is the lower price-per-mg - GHK-Cu drops from $0.32 to $0.20/mg, tirzepatide from $3.10 to under $1.00/mg, retatrutide from $4.00 to $1.17/mg. If a research budget is fixed, the higher-mg tier buys materially more total compound per dollar. This is purchasing economics only - it is not a suggestion about how much of anything to use.
A low number only matters if the vial behind it is real. Every New-U pack carries the same verification stack regardless of which tier you buy:
The cleanest legitimate comparison is against the licensed medicines that share the same molecules, because those prices are public and well documented. The GLP-1 class is the obvious case:
The honest framing: this is not the same product as the licensed drug, and it is not sold for the same purpose. It is a research reagent. The comparison is useful only to show why the two price worlds are so far apart - not to imply equivalence. For the mechanism-level comparison of the molecules themselves, see our research-grade GLP-1 comparison.
Compliance note. All compounds referenced here are research-use-only laboratory reagents, not for human consumption, and are not substitutes for licensed prescription medicines. Several GLP-1 compounds are also on the WADA Prohibited List (S2) and banned in sanctioned competition. Nothing on this page is dosing, medical or treatment advice.
Every lot >99% HPLC purity by Janoshik / Freedom Diagnostics, with a Certificate of Analysis and a batch code on the vial. Research use only - not for human consumption. Not a substitute for licensed prescriptions.
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