A 5 mg vial of AOD-9604 sells for $29.40 at the cheapest vendor on our board and $105.00 at the priciest. Same standard vial, same milligram count, 3.6 times the money.
We repriced AOD-9604 across all 39 vendors we track on August 23, and the median landed at exactly $10.00 per milligram. So half this market charges roughly double the floor for an identical compound. The sellers we would actually point people to sit between $6 and $8 per milligram, publish a real third party lab certificate, and ship to US addresses. Peptidology tops our AOD-9604 list right now, and the rest of the shortlist is below.
What $75 of spread actually buys
The 5 mg vial is the standard unit here: 35 of the 39 vendors sell one, which makes this a clean apples to apples comparison for once. Across the whole board the price floor is $5.88 per milligram and the ceiling is $21.00 per milligram.
Most of that gap is packaging and margin. Vial size does a lot of the work. SimplePeptide charges $45.00 for 5 mg and $80.00 for 10 mg, so stepping up one size takes you from $9.00 to $8.00 per milligram. Peptidology runs the same ladder harder: $60.99 for 7 mg, $69.99 for 10 mg, which is $7.00 per milligram at the top of its range.
Our scoring weights a third party lab certificate at 30% and price at 25%, so the top of our list usually sits a little above the raw price floor. On AOD-9604 the distance is about a dollar per milligram. That is a cheap premium for a verifiable lab result. You can see the full weighting on our methodology page.
What you are actually buying
AOD-9604 is a 16 amino acid piece of the tail end of human growth hormone, formally Tyr-hGH177-191. That carboxyl terminal region carries the fat mobilizing activity of the full hormone, and it leaves behind the growth signaling (Moré and Kenley, Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014).
The animal work is the strongest part of the file. Heffernan and colleagues dosed obese mice chronically with AOD9604 and saw weight loss plus increased lipolytic sensitivity, along with a rise in beta-3 adrenoceptor expression that appears to amplify the effect (Endocrinology, 2001). Human results are thinner. Two oral phase IIb studies ran with 300 and 500 obese adults. Weight loss showed up in the earlier work and then went missing in the final study, which layered an intensive diet and exercise program on top of the drug. Across every human study reported, AOD9604 was well tolerated, and it left IGF-1 alone, which is the main way it separates from full growth hormone.
Here is our honest read: interest in this compound runs far ahead of the published human efficacy data. Worth knowing before you spend $105 on a vial.
The sellers worth your money
Every name below carries AOD-9604 in stock today, ships to US addresses, and posts third party COAs. Each one links to its scorecard so you can check the lab tier and the price yourself.
Top of our list: Peptidology
Peptidology holds the highest vendor score of anyone selling AOD-9604 right now, low 9s out of 10. It ships from Scottsdale, Arizona, and it tests through Finnrick, the top lab tier we assign. Its 10 mg vial at $69.99 works out to $7.00 per milligram, which is the best combination of lab evidence and price anywhere in this dataset. This is where we would send a first time buyer.
Best price with a real lab behind it: Panda Peptides
Panda Peptides lists 5 mg at $29.99, which is $6.00 per milligram and lands within twelve cents of the cheapest AOD-9604 we track. It publishes Janoshik COAs. The one thing to plan for: it ships to the US from the Greater Toronto Area, so build in a few extra transit days.
Best US domestic pick: Atomik Labz
Atomik Labz ships out of Alexandria, Virginia, tests through Finnrick, and sells 5 mg at $39.00, or $7.80 per milligram. It scores in the high 8s with us. If you want a domestic origin and a top tier lab on the same order, this is the cleanest single vial on the board.
Best 10 mg buy: SimplePeptide
SimplePeptide is Florida based, tests through Freedom Diagnostics, and its 10 mg vial at $80.00 is $8.00 per milligram with both sizes in stock. Good pick if you already know the compound fits your protocol and you want a longer runway per order.
Janoshik tested and domestic: Penguin Peptides
Penguin Peptides sells 5 mg at $42.00, or $8.40 per milligram, ships from the US, and posts Janoshik results. It sits a bit above the value picks on price and earns it on testing and reputation.
| Vendor | Best in-stock price | Per mg | Lab tier | Ships from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peptidology | $69.99 / 10 mg | $7.00 | Finnrick | Scottsdale, AZ |
| Panda Peptides | $29.99 / 5 mg | $6.00 | Janoshik | Ontario, Canada |
| Atomik Labz | $39.00 / 5 mg | $7.80 | Finnrick | Alexandria, VA |
| SimplePeptide | $80.00 / 10 mg | $8.00 | Freedom Diagnostics | Florida |
| Penguin Peptides | $42.00 / 5 mg | $8.40 | Janoshik | USA |
The full ranked board, all 39 vendors with live prices, sits on our AOD-9604 page.
What a great AOD-9604 seller looks like
Strip the branding away and the good ones share five habits you can verify in about five minutes:
Those five are most of our scoring, and you can watch how every vendor stacks up against them on the full vendor rankings or track the market floor over time on our price index.
Where AOD-9604 stands with regulators
The FDA added AOD-9604 to Category 2 of its interim 503A bulks list on September 29, 2023, in the same batch as 18 other peptides including BPC-157 and Ipamorelin. That nomination was later withdrawn, and today AOD-9604 appears in the 'nominated but withdrawn' table on the FDA's bulk substances page while the agency continues evaluating it on its own initiative. We covered that whole reshuffle in our 2026 FDA peptide reclassification explainer.
The practical version: compounding pharmacies are out of the picture for now, and everything on our board is sold for research use only. Anyone competing in tested sport should also know that AOD-9604 has appeared by name on the WADA prohibited list under category S2 since 2018.
Our take
The interesting thing about AOD-9604 pricing is how little the good stuff costs. The absolute floor is $5.88 per milligram, and the best combination of lab evidence and price on the board is $7.00. One dollar of milligram cost separates the cheapest listing from a Finnrick tested vial that ships from Arizona. Almost nowhere else in the peptide market is that premium so small.
So the decision here is easy. Pick a seller with an independent lab result, buy the size that makes your per milligram cost work, and skip the $21 per milligram end of the board entirely. If you are working through fat loss compounds more broadly, our best peptides for weight loss guide puts AOD-9604 in context next to the GLP-1 class.
Prices in this post come from our August 23, 2026 refresh and move weekly. Check the live board before you order.
Sources
Moré MI, Kenley D. 'Safety and Metabolism of AOD9604, a Novel Nutraceutical Ingredient for Improved Metabolic Health.' Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2014;4(3):64-77. https://jofem.org/index.php/jofem/article/view/213/278
Heffernan M, Summers RJ, Thorburn A, et al. 'The Effects of Human GH and Its Lipolytic Fragment (AOD9604) on Lipid Metabolism Following Chronic Treatment in Obese Mice and beta-3-AR Knock-Out Mice.' Endocrinology, 2001;142(12):5182-5189. https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.142.12.8522
US Food and Drug Administration. 'Category 2 of the Bulk Substances Nominated Under Sections 503A or 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.' https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/certain-bulk-drug-substances-use-compounding-may-present-significant-safety-risks
US Food and Drug Administration. 'Bulk Drug Substances Used in Compounding Under Section 503A of the FD&C Act.' https://www.fda.gov/drugs/human-drug-compounding/bulk-drug-substances-used-compounding-under-section-503a-fdc-act
US Anti-Doping Agency. '2018 Prohibited List: Summary of Major Changes.' https://www.usada.org/athlete-advisory/2018-prohibited-list-summary-of-major-changes/
PeptidesRated AOD-9604 vendor pricing, 39 vendors, refreshed August 23, 2026. https://peptidesrated.com/peptide/aod-9604
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This article is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before starting any peptide therapy.