Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Invigor Medical vs Try Ageless
Two GLP-1 programs on the bench, scored on the same six factors. Here's how their real cost of ownership compares — and which one we'd start with.
Invigor Medical
Value shoppers who want competitive pricing on both molecules plus a wider wellness/hormone program on one account.
Visit Invigor MedicalTry Ageless
Shoppers who weight a named, checkable pharmacy and a verifiable prescriber above a low sticker, and who will read past the entry-price cards to the month-to-month column beneath them.
Visit Try AgelessThe verdict
Invigor Medical takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 88 to 48. Solid mid-market cost on both molecules from an established operator — good value if you also want a broader metabolic and hormone catalog. Try Ageless still earns a C — Shoppers who weight a named, checkable pharmacy and a verifiable prescriber above a low sticker, and who will read past the entry-price cards to the month-to-month column beneath them.
Worth knowing either way: our overall #1 pick is CoreAge Rx (Cost-Efficiency Index 94/100 — the top of the board). See how it stacks up: CoreAge Rx vs Invigor Medical.
Factor by factor
Both providers scored on our six Cost-Efficiency Index factors. The stronger side on each row is marked in teal.
Normalized Cost/Month
Price Transparency
Nationwide Access
Formulation Options
Clinical Oversight
Contract Flexibility
Pricing, coverage & formulary
The disclosed facts behind the scores. Lower price wins its row (teal).
| Spec | Invigor Medical | Try Ageless |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 88/100 | 48/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $225/mo (starting dose) | $279/mo injection with B12 (compounded) |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $350/mo (starting dose) | $199/mo sublingual drops, $349/mo injection (compounded) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $2,700 | $3,348 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $4,200 | $2,388 |
| Coverage | All 50 states | Not published |
| Oral / sublingual | No | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank on the board | #8 | #374 |
Invigor Medical
88/100Where the value is
- Competitive mid-market 'starting at' pricing on both semaglutide and tirzepatide
- Licensed in all 50 states, with a named Medical Director (Dr. Hamilton) and five named partner compounding pharmacies
- Both molecules published up front for easy cost modeling
The tradeoffs
- Both prices are floors — no dose-tier breakdown is published, so the real cost at a typical maintenance dose is unknown until intake
- The site names five partner pharmacies but never discloses which one fills a given order
Try Ageless
48/100Where the value is
- The compounding pharmacy is NAMED and lookupable — The Pharmacy Hub, Miami FL — which most of this board's programs never manage
- The prescriber is named AND independently verifiable: Wasef Health, PC, medical prescriber Michael Wasef, MD, NPI 1417261926, which resolves in NPPES to an active Internal Medicine registration with a Florida licence
- Three routes on one plan — semaglutide injection, tirzepatide injection and sublingual tirzepatide drops — and the clinician may switch your format under the existing plan at no extra fee
The tradeoffs
- The two "ENTRY PRICE" cards and the hero all advertise yearly prepay rungs as monthly rates — "from $199/mo" semaglutide, "from $249/mo" tirzepatide and "$159/mo from" on the drops are the 12-month rungs, requiring $2,388, $2,988 and $1,908 up front; the true month-to-month prices are $279, $349 and $199
- Its own two commerce paths disagree by more than half: the public tryageless.com shop lists the same semaglutide injection at $119 to $229 depending on prescribed dose, as a one-time purchase "for a month supply", while the plan page our link leads to starts at $279 month-to-month
Regulatory note: the FDA issued a warning letter to Lovely Meds, Inc. dba Lovely Meds in September 2025. We still list and link to Try Ageless; you should know the letter is on the public record before you decide.
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. It never changes the Cost-Efficiency Index. Pricing, states and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; prices change — confirm on the provider's site. Not medical advice. See our disclosure.