Is Season Health Free? Dietitian Cost, Insurance and Fees
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Season Health says 95% of its patients meet with a dietitian for free because it bills your insurance. If your plan is out of network, three of its help articles list a $144 first visit and $48 to $96 follow-ups, while a fourth says $150 first and $75 after. Cancel inside 24 hours and you pay a $50 fee. The recipes are free, and the groceries are not.
I work on the NutriScan team, which makes a food tracking app, so treat this as an outsider's reading of public documents. Every price and rule below comes from Season's website, its help center, its terms, the app store listings and its press page. Each one is linked so you can check it.
Prices and policies checked on November 2, 2026. Season Health serves adults in the United States. Help center articles carry no visible date in the text I could read, so treat any price as current only as of the check date.
Here is what this post covers:
- What is free and what is billed
- What insurance pays
- Self-pay prices, where Season's own help center gives two different answers
- The $50 cancellation rule
- The food and delivery fees
- What the research says, and a 5-step checklist to avoid a surprise bill
Season Health pricing at a glance
- Signing up is free and gives you recipes, meal ideas and education. Season says it is not a subscription service.
- Dietitian visits are billed to your insurance. The homepage says 95% of patients pay nothing. Copays, coinsurance and deductibles still apply.
- Self-pay: $144 for the first visit, then $48, $72 or $96 for 30, 45 or 60 minutes. One article says $150 and $75 instead.
- Cancel or reschedule less than 24 hours ahead and you pay $50.
- Grocery delivery costs $8.95 on orders under $35 and $4.95 above that, plus the food and a tip.
- Season serves adults 18 and older outside Alaska and Hawaii. California, Nebraska, Florida and Tennessee need a doctor referral.
- The iOS and Android apps are free downloads.
Me, reading two different self-pay price lists in the same help center.
Is Season Health free? The quick answer
Part of it is free and part of it is billed. Season Health has two products in one account, and they are paid for in different ways.
The first is the food side: a library of recipes, premade meal listings, shopping lists and education. Season's help article Is Season a subscription service? answers "No" and says anyone can sign up and use that library. The food you order through it costs money, as it would at any store.
The second is the care side: video visits with a registered dietitian. Season bills those to your health insurance the way a clinic does. If your plan pays the full claim, you pay nothing. If it does not, you pay a copay, coinsurance, a deductible or a self-pay rate.
So the short answer has four parts:
- Insured, plan in network, nutrition counseling covered: often $0, sometimes a copay or coinsurance.
- Insured, deductible not met: you pay toward the deductible. The Texas notice on the informed consent form says "I am financially responsible for any applicable co-payments, coinsurance, and deductibles."
- Out of network, or no insurance: self-pay, $144 for the first visit and $48 to $96 for each follow-up, or $150 and $75 by the other article.
- Recipes and education only: free.
I found no standalone pricing page. The /pricing, /faq and /insurance paths on seasonhealth.com return a 404, so the prices sit in the help center.
What Season Health is and who runs it
Season calls itself a food-as-medicine company. Its press page lists the business history: a $7 million investment in December 2023 from Inception Health and Ziegler Link-age Fund, and a November 2023 deal to take over the clinical assets of the dietitian network Wellory, which brought national contracts with Aetna and Cigna. The iOS app is published by Surely Health, Inc., according to the App Store listing.
The service works like this:
- You take a 2-minute assessment. The homepage says Season uses it to match you with a dietitian for your condition.
- You give your insurance. The billing team checks your benefits.
- You meet on video. The help center says you will see your dietitian every 2 to 4 weeks, with in-app messaging between visits.
- You shop from your plan. Recipes and premade meals are tagged to the nutrition plan your dietitian sets, and you can order groceries for delivery or pickup.
Season also runs programs for health plans and employers. Its health plans page says members can use "supplemental benefits, sponsored grocery credits, or SNAP/WIC dollars" that a plan attaches. If you came to Season through an insurer or employer program, your costs may differ from everything below.
Season Health cost with insurance
With insurance, your cost is whatever your plan leaves for you to pay. Season's help center describes the process:
- You fill in the intake form. The article on checking coverage says the eligibility team will contact you "within 5-7 business days to confirm your benefits and any copays or deductibles."
- You may need a referral. The referral article says many plans require one from your primary care provider and that Season can usually coordinate it with your doctor.
- Season bills the visit. Your plan pays its share and you owe the rest.
The 95% figure comes from the homepage. Neither page says how the figure is measured.
The homepage lists accepted insurers as logos. Coverage for nutrition counseling varies by plan and by diagnosis, so the eligibility call is the number that counts.
Season Health cost without insurance: two price lists
This is where Season's help center disagrees with itself. Three articles carry the same text:
- How much does Season cost?
- How much do visits with a registered dietitian cost?
- How much does Season Health cost?
Each says: "An initial consultation is $144 and follow-up appointments are offered at $48 for a 30-minute visit, $72 for a 45-minute visit, and $96 for a 60-minute visit." That works out to $96 an hour for follow-ups.
A fourth article, Season isn't covered by my insurance. Can I still sign up?, says you can book "for $150 for your first session, and $75 per session thereafter." It does not give a session length.
By my reading, the $144 list is more likely current, since it appears in three articles and the $150 one appears in one. I could not see edit dates, so I would not bet on it. Ask support which price applies before your first visit, and save the reply.
Here is what a year can cost at each list, assuming a follow-up every two weeks, the most frequent pace the help center describes:
| Plan for a year | $144 list | $150 list |
|---|---|---|
| First visit + 25 follow-ups of 30 minutes | $1,344 | $2,025 (length not stated) |
| First visit + 25 follow-ups of 60 minutes | $2,544 | $2,025 (length not stated) |
| First visit + 12 follow-ups of 30 minutes (every 4 weeks) | $720 | $1,050 |
Figure 1: Yearly self-pay cost on the $144 list. Visits every two weeks at 60 minutes cost $2,544, against $720 for 30-minute visits every four weeks.
Season says its dietitian fees can usually be paid from an HSA or FSA, and it will give you a receipt for reimbursement. It asks you to check with your account provider first.
The Season Guarantee and a denied claim
Season offers what it calls the Season Guarantee. The article says the guarantee covers "any out-of-pocket costs associated with your initial appointment if we are not able to complete your insurance check before your initial appointment."
The same article goes further: "If your insurance denies your claim or you are charged other out-of-pocket expenses, Season will cover those expenses for any past visits." It also says "we cannot cover co-pays."
Read next to the Texas notice on the informed consent form, which makes you responsible for copays, coinsurance and deductibles, my reading is this: copays stay with you, a denied claim on a past visit should not, and a deductible charge is unclear. The guarantee is a help article, not a section of the terms of use. If a bill arrives that you think the guarantee covers, quote the article to support at [email protected].
The $50 cancellation fee
The help article on rescheduling and cancelling says: "To cancel or reschedule your appointment without incurring a $50 cancellation fee, please do so at least 24 hours ahead of time." You can make the change in the app or on the website.
Season's assumption of risk form, dated December 1, 2021, repeats the rule: "Twenty-four (24) hours is required for cancelling appointments."
I found no separate price for a missed visit. If you are running late or something comes up, the article points you to support by email or at (888) 807-4117 for "an extenuating circumstance."
A reschedule counts too
Moving a visit inside the 24-hour window triggers the same $50 as cancelling it. Set your reminder for two days out, not the morning of.
Checked off so far: what is free, insurance, both self-pay lists and the cancellation fee. Still ahead: who is eligible, Medicare, the food fees and the research.
Who can use Season Health
Season's two eligibility articles give different answers, and both are live:
- The newer article, which I read live: adults 18 and older in the U.S., "excluding Alaska and Hawaii." Patients in California, Nebraska, Florida and Tennessee "are only able to meet with a dietitian through a doctor referral."
- The older article: excludes Alaska, Hawaii "and New York." An older article on who is not eligible also says "minus NY."
I could not see edit dates on either one. The newer wording drops New York, so it may now be served. If you live in New York, ask before you start the intake.
Season lists diabetes, chronic kidney disease, obesity, fatty liver disease, prediabetes, hypertension and pregnancy among the conditions it treats. The homepage claims "over 100 conditions served."
Does Season Health take Medicare or Medicaid?
I found no Season page that says it bills Original Medicare for dietitian visits. Season's homepage, health plans page and press page list insurers and health system partners, and none of them mention Original Medicare.
Original Medicare covers medical nutrition therapy only for diabetes, kidney disease and the 36 months after a kidney transplant, and it needs a referral from your treating physician, under 42 CFR 410.132. The 36-month transplant window is in the definitions at 42 CFR 410.130. If you have Original Medicare and none of those conditions, a dietitian visit is unlikely to be covered anywhere.
Medicare Advantage is different
Medicare Advantage plans are run by private insurers and set their own rules. I found no Season page on them either, so ask your plan and Season before booking.
On Medicaid, Season's press page lists a March 2024 program with Steward Health Care Network for Medicaid members in Massachusetts, which suggests some Medicaid coverage exists in some states. The help center does not list it, so ask during intake.
What the food side costs
The recipes and plan are free. Everything you eat costs money unless your insurer or employer loads credits. Season's help center sets out the fees:
- Groceries: $8.95 delivery on orders under $35 and $4.95 above $35. The food is out of pocket, per the article on whether groceries are included.
- Tips: Season recommends 10% of your subtotal and warns that orders tipped below 5% "may not be delivered within your selected delivery window."
- Premade meals: delivery fees vary by zip code and vendor, and you need to order at least 4 or 6 meals depending on where you live.
- SNAP and EBT: not accepted for online orders. Season suggests using its shopping list and paying with EBT in a store.
A $40 weekly grocery order with a 10% tip costs about $48.95. Over a year that adds roughly $465 in fees and tips on top of the food, which is worth knowing if you assumed the "free" platform meant free delivery.
The terms of use describe grocery coupons or credits for Albertsons loyalty program participants who complete a dietitian consultation, capped at "$75 per individual per calendar year," and each must be used within 6 months of the consultation.
Refunds on food. The terms give you three days to report a spoiled, damaged or missing grocery item. Under $15, you get the item cost and the delivery fee back. At $15 or more, you choose a refund or a reorder. For premade meals, Season may refund you or send you to the meal vendor.
Use Season's plan and your own store
The help center says you can use Season only for dietitian visits and still get the recipes and shopping lists free. If you shop in person, you skip the delivery fee and the tip.
How to cancel Season Health
There is a help article titled How can I cancel my subscription?, even though another article says Season is not a subscription. It says you can cancel in your account settings, by email at [email protected] or by phone at (888) 807-4117.
Since there is no membership fee, cancelling mostly means stopping visits and orders. Cancel any booked appointment at least 24 hours ahead first, or the $50 fee applies.
Is the Season Health app free?
Yes. The App Store listing shows a free download from Surely Health, Inc., rated 4.5 from 26 ratings. Version 1.3.0 is dated February 10, 2025. The Google Play listing shows 1K+ downloads, 4.0 stars and a last update on February 6, 2025.
Those numbers are small for a company with national insurer contracts. My guess is that most patients book through the website at app.seasonhealth.com or arrive through a health plan program.
What users say about Season Health
There is not much public review data to read. The iTunes reviews feed for the App Store listing returns 12 written reviews, all five stars, and all posted between May 16 and May 24, 2023. They praise the recipes and grocery delivery, and one reviewer describes themselves as a registered dietitian. None mentions a bill, a dietitian visit fee or the cancellation fee.
Twelve reviews in nine days, all five stars, from the year the app launched, tell you little about what a patient pays in 2026. I would not weigh them in a decision. Google Play shows 15 reviews.
Checked off so far: eligibility, Medicare, food fees, the app and reviews. Two items left: the research and the 5-step checklist.
What the research says about dietitian care and meal programs
Dietitian care has been tested in many trials. These papers are a fair sample.
Weight. A systematic review of 62 randomized trials found that weight management led by a dietitian produced 4.01 percentage points more weight loss than control conditions (Morgan-Bathke et al., 2023).
Prediabetes. A meta-analysis of 13 trials found that nutrition therapy from a dietitian lowered HbA1c by 0.30 percentage points and fasting glucose by 4.97 mg/dL compared with standard care (Dudzik et al., 2023).
Type 2 diabetes. A meta-analysis of 14 studies with 3,338 participants found HbA1c 0.47 percentage points lower and weight 1.49 kg lower in the dietitian groups (Siopis et al., 2021).
Telehealth. A meta-analysis of 58 trials with 13,942 adults with type 2 diabetes found telemedicine lowered HbA1c by 0.38 compared with usual care, with high heterogeneity between trials (Jiang et al., 2026).
Meal delivery. Season's model ties food to care. In adults covered by both Medicare and Medicaid in Massachusetts, people in a medically tailored meal program had fewer emergency visits, fewer hospital admissions and lower medical spending than matched nonparticipants (Berkowitz et al., 2018). That was an observational comparison of a program for very sick, low-income adults, not a trial of grocery delivery for the general public.
Season's homepage reports its own results: a 1.6-point drop in HbA1c for members starting at 8 or above, a 15.9 mmHg drop in systolic blood pressure for members starting at 140/90 or above, and a 3.4% average BMI drop for members starting at a BMI of 30. The page gives no study period, sample size or comparison group, and its press page says the diabetes results were checked by the Validation Institute, a private certifier. Treat those numbers as company claims.
Who Season Health is worth using for
Season Health may suit you if:
- Your plan is in network and the eligibility call shows $0 or a small copay.
- You have diabetes, prediabetes, kidney disease, high blood pressure or a pregnancy that a dietitian can help manage.
- You want recipes and shopping lists built around your dietitian's plan.
- You are an Albertsons loyalty member and your visit earns grocery credits.
Season Health may not suit you if:
- You live in Alaska or Hawaii, or in a referral state and cannot get a referral.
- You would self-pay and want visits every two weeks. That is $1,344 to $2,544 a year on the $144 list.
- You have Original Medicare without diabetes or kidney disease.
- You mainly want a food log or a calorie target, not clinical visits.
If you are comparing paid programs, these guides cover similar questions: the best Noom alternatives, Foodvisor vs Noom on dietitian coaching and Nutrisense pricing, which pairs a dietitian with a glucose sensor. Season also lets Levels users link their account so a dietitian can see their glucose data. Culina Health also bills insurance; see Culina Health cost, insurance and fees for its $99 to $229 self-pay plans.
How to see a Season Health dietitian without a surprise bill: 5 steps
- Check your state first. Season serves adults in the U.S. outside Alaska and Hawaii. In California, Nebraska, Florida and Tennessee you need a doctor referral before you can book.
- Wait for the eligibility call. Fill in the intake form and wait for the billing team to confirm your copay or deductible. Season says this takes 5 to 7 business days.
- Ask which self-pay price applies. If your plan is out of network, ask support whether you pay $144 for the first visit and $48 to $96 after, or $150 and $75. Save the reply.
- Set a 48-hour reminder. Cancelling or rescheduling inside 24 hours costs $50. A two-day alert leaves time to move the visit.
- Check grocery orders the day they arrive. Report missing or damaged items to support within three days, or the refund rule in the terms no longer applies.
Five steps done, no surprise bill.
Tracking food between dietitian visits
You see a Season dietitian every 2 to 4 weeks. What you eat in between is what the next visit works from, and Season's app is built around recipes and ordering more than logging meals you did not cook from its library.
NutriScan, the app my team makes, estimates calories and macros from a photo of any meal, including restaurant food. It has a Free plan with 5 AI food scans a week and a Premium plan at about $59 a year, and the plans are listed in our pricing breakdown. NutriScan has no dietitians and cannot bill insurance, so it does not replace Season, and photo estimates can miss hidden oil or mixed dishes. It can give you a meal record to show your dietitian. The meal scan guide walks through the flow.
Scan screen: pick a food type such as Homemade or Restaurant / Cafe, then take the photo.
A logged meal lists each ingredient with its weight, so you can show your dietitian what you ate.
Season Health pricing FAQ
Is Season Health free?
The account, recipes and education are free. Dietitian visits are billed to your health insurance, and Season says 95% of patients meet with a dietitian for free. You still owe any copay, coinsurance or deductible. Groceries and premade meals cost money unless a health plan or employer gives you credits.
How much does Season Health cost without insurance?
Three help articles list $144 for the first consultation and $48, $72 or $96 for a 30, 45 or 60-minute follow-up. A fourth article says $150 for the first session and $75 per session after. Ask support which price applies before you book.
What is the Season Health cancellation fee?
Season charges a $50 cancellation fee if you cancel or reschedule less than 24 hours before the appointment. You can cancel or reschedule in the app or on the website.
Does Season Health take Medicare?
I found no Season page saying it bills Original Medicare for dietitian visits. Original Medicare covers nutrition therapy only for diabetes, kidney disease and post-transplant care with a doctor referral, so ask Season before you book.
Can I use an HSA or FSA for Season Health?
Usually yes. Season says its dietitian fees can be submitted to an HSA or FSA and it will give you a receipt. It asks you to confirm with your account provider first.