How to get birth control delivered right to your door

Life is too busy to wait in line for your birth control. Good news—you can skip the pharmacy and order birth control pills, the patch, the shot, and the ring online!

For a while now, you’ve been able to shop online for non-prescription methods (like condoms and emergency contraception). Now several online services are making it possible to order some prescription methods for home delivery too—all in discreet packaging, of course.

Some of these services allow you to get a prescription with an online health questionnaire or video visit with a provider, no in-person visit needed. Many of them provide free shipping and accept health insurance, meaning it could cost you $0 out of pocket. Plus, you may be able to sign up for automatic refills—so you won’t have to worry about remembering to order the next batch.

Here are eight ways to get mail-order birth control. (You can also use our “delivered to your door” search tool to see what services are available in your zip code.)

28H – Twentyeight Health

With Twentyeight Health, you can easily get a doctor’s evaluation online to get a new prescription or re-up your existing one, receive delivery at home, and ask doctors follow up questions via secure messaging. You can message the doctors anytime, before or after getting a prescription. They offer over 100+ FDA approved birth control brands.

Twentyeight Health’s mission is to increase access for all women, including women with lower incomes. They are the first & only online birth control service to accept Medicaid in NY, NJ and PA. With every delivery you receive, you are also helping a woman in need gain access to sexual & repro health services. Twentyeight donates 1% of revenues to the National Institute for Reproductive Health.

The process is simple: 1) You fill out a short online questionnaire then 2) a licensed doctor will review your info and write a prescription (or refill your existing one), and 3) Your birth control will be delivered to your door within 3 days.

If you have any medical questions, you can message a doctor directly through Twentyeight’s secure messaging system, or you can do a phone consultation. Birth control is often free with Medicaid and other types of insurance. Without insurance, it is as low as $18/month.

Cost to get a new prescription: $20.
Cost for birth control: Often $0 with Medicaid or other insurance. As low as $18/month without. Delivery is always free!
Cost for emergency contraception: $30.
Where is it available? Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
Delivery time: 2-3 days max. Next-day in many areas.
Automatic refills? Yes.
Promo code: $20 off with the code BEDSIDER28 (that means you get your consultation with a doctor for free!)
Accepts Medicaid? Yes.

GoodRx

GoodRx is an online medical provider that can send a prescription to your local pharmacy or a mail order pharmacy—letting you get it right to your door. You don’t have to have insurance to use GoodRx. Once you answer a few medical questions online, they will send a new prescription or a refill to the pharmacy of your choice.

The types of birth control available through GoodRx are emergency contraception, the pill, the ring, the patch, and the internal condom.

Cost to get a new prescription: $15 to get a prescription for EC, the pill, the ring, or the patch. $5 to get a prescription for the internal condom. You’re paying GoodRx to do a quick, online health assessment and give you a prescription. You pay the pharmacy separately for the prescription.
Cost for birth control: Depends on the pharmacy you use and whether or not you use insurance.
Cost for emergency contraception: Depends on the pharmacy you use and whether or not you use insurance.
Where is it available? All 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Delivery time: The prescription is sent within hours to any pharmacy or delivery pharmacy near you, or to the mail order pharmacy of your choice.

Lemonaid Health

Lemonaid Health is an online medical provider, not a pharmacy, but they work with pharmacies to get your pills delivered to you or you can pick up the pill, the patch, or the ring from a local pharmacy. The pill, ring, and patch are the only birth control methods available through Lemonaid Health. They don’t offer emergency contraception.

Here’s how it works. Go to their website or app, select birth control delivery, and answer some questions online. Then they will set you up with a video visit with a provider, which costs $25. If the provider approves birth control for you, you’ll have a prescription on the same day, and they will set you up for delivery. If they can’t prescribe birth control to you, you don’t have to pay. Best of all, if you use the promo code BEDSIDER, you’ll get $10 off an online visit with a provider.

Cost to get a new prescription: $25 for a video consultation with a provider.
Cost for birth control: Price varies. Could be free if you have insurance, could be as little as $9/pack if you don’t.
Cost for emergency contraception: Not available
Where is it available? All 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Delivery time: 2-3 days for West Coast, 4-5 days for East Coast
Automatic refills? Yes, if you sign up for birth control delivery.

Nurx

Nurx offers over 100 types of birth control, including the pill, ring, patch, shot, and the morning after pill. Nurx accepts health insurance and offers options starting at $15 per month for people without health insurance. The process is simple—share information about your health history, select the medication you’re interested in (or let their medical team know you’d like help deciding which is best for you).

Once you’ve consulted with your Nurx provider and agreed on your prescription, Nurx will ship your birth control for free in discreet packaging to your home. Once you’re a Nurx patient, you also have unlimited access to their medical team for a year to ask as many questions as you’d like. In addition to birth control, Nurx also offers STI home testing, HPV home testing, and the HIV prevention medication PrEP.

Cost to get a new prescription: $25, which includes one year of unlimited access to their medical team.
Cost for birth control: $0 with insurance, as low as $15/month without.
Cost for emergency contraception: $0 with insurance, $25-$45 without.
Where is it available? Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Washington, D.C.
Delivery time: 2-4 days.
Automatic refills? Yes.

Pandia Health

Pandia Health delivers the pill, the patch, or the ring in 1-month, 3-month, or 6-month packs (depending on what your insurance will allow) to residents of all 50 states and Washington, D.C. for free if you have insurance. If you have an existing prescription through your pharmacy or a health care provider, Pandia can provide automated free delivery of your method.

If you’re looking for a new prescription, Pandia can provide one in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wyoming and charges $30 for a doctor’s evaluation to help you choose the right method for you. If your preferred brand of the pill, patch, or ring isn’t available, Pandia will provide you with a generic alternative. (This can be a nice lower-price option for folks whose insurance won’t cover the full price of name-brand medication.)

The process is easy. First, you fill out a short online questionnaire. Next, a licensed doctor will review your info and write a new prescription (or renew your existing one). Then your birth control is delivered to your mailbox in 3-5 business days. As a bonus, each package comes with free goodies.

If you’re having trouble affording your birth control or doctor’s visit, check out the Pandia Health Birth Control Fund.

Cost to get a new prescription: $30, which includes one year of unlimited access to Pandia’s team of doctors.
Cost for birth control: Price varies, but usually $0 with insurance and as low as $15/pack without.
Where is it available? Delivery: All 50 states and Washington, D.C. Doctor visit: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wyoming.
Delivery time: 2-3 days.
Automatic refills? Yes.

PillPack

PillPack is a full-service online pharmacy that delivers medication separated into daily packets. If this sounds handy to you, good news—you can get your birth control pills this way! If you take other medication in pill form, PillPack can combine all your meds (including birth control) into daily packets with the date and time printed on the packaging, so it’ll be easy to realize if you missed a day.

PillPack doesn’t write new prescriptions, but you can transfer your prescription for birth control pills, the patch, or the ring from another pharmacy. They’ll send you your birth control, along with whatever other medications or vitamins you have a prescription for, every two weeks or as needed. PillPack has an iOS app for easy communication with the pharmacy. The app also allows you to schedule medication reminders.

Cost for birth control: Price varies, but could be as low as $0 with insurance.
Cost for emergency contraception: Price varies, but could be as low as $0 with insurance.
Where is it available? In most U.S. states, except Hawaii.
Delivery time: Delivered every 14 days. Option for next day delivery.
Automatic refills? Yes.

Planned Parenthood/Planned Parenthood Direct

Note: Planned Parenthood is now expanding their telehealth services to all 50 states, so contact your local Planned Parenthood to find out how to take advantage of this option.

Another way to get the same high-quality care you would at a health center is through the Planned Parenthood Direct app. Currently, the app lets you request a prescription for birth control pills or treatment for a urinary tract infection (UTI). You can also learn more about other birth control options such as the IUD, implant, shot, ring, and patch.

With the Planned Parenthood Direct app, you have access to low-cost pill options and in some states, where pharmacy pick up is available, most branded pill choices as well as the patch and ring.

Once you download the app and fill out your health history, an expert Planned Parenthood clinician reviews your background. They then reach out to you via the app within a business day to let you know if you are eligible for online care. Birth control pills are delivered directly to you while UTI prescriptions have to be picked up at your local pharmacy. Shipping is free and is sent in a discreet envelope.

You can request 3, 6, or 12 packs of birth control pills and sign up for automatic refills for the whole year! If eligible, you can even order enough birth control to skip some or all of your periods, which is safe and easy.

Cost to get a new prescription: Free, when requested by mail. Nominal fee for pharmacy pick-up.
Cost for birth control: Starts at $20 per pack. Varies by state.
Cost for UTI medication: $0-$50 based on your insurance.
Where is it available? Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Washington State, Wisconsin, and Wyoming; to receive care through the app, you must be physically present in these states. (They’re expanding, so check their site for the latest.)
Delivery time: 4-7 days.
Automatic refills? Yes.

PRJKT RUBY

Like Nurx, PRJKT RUBY lets you order your birth control through their website without visiting a health care provider. You’ll pick a brand of birth control pills or emergency contraception, then complete an online questionnaire and health assessment. PRJKT RUBY will have a physician approve and submit your prescription. (BTW, if you’re from Virginia, Oklahoma, or Missouri, you’ll also be required to complete a video consultation.) Before you know it, your birth control will arrive in the mail. You’ll receive a three-month supply of birth control pills at a time. Bonus points: PRJKT RUBY is mail-order birth control for a good cause. For each pill pack ordered through PRJKT RUBY, they donate a month’s worth of birth control to a woman in a developing country through an international org called PSI.

Cost to get a new prescription: Free.
Cost for birth control: $20/month.
Cost for emergency contraception: $25-67 per packet.
Where is it available? In almost all U.S. states, except for North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Delivery time: 2-3 days. Option for next-day delivery on emergency contraception (additional $30).
Automatic refills? Yes.