Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Mixx Health & Wellness vs Oak
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.
Mixx Health & Wellness
Cost-first shoppers who want wanting a named medical director and named compounding pharmacy, and requesting a tirzepatide quote directly since it isn't published.
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Shoppers willing to complete a long health intake before they see a price, who want the non-injectable route on the same account as the two weekly injections and will confirm the number Oak quotes them rather than the one on its homepage.
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Mixx Health & Wellness takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 68 to 65. Mixx Health & Wellness is a compounded-GLP-1 telehealth clinic under medical director Dr. James David Lawrence III, MD (Georgia), sourcing 'Compounded GLP-1/GIP' from a named pharmacy, Promise Pharmacy (Palm Harbor, FL). Oak still earns a C — Shoppers willing to complete a long health intake before they see a price, who want the non-injectable route on the same account as the two weekly injections and will confirm the number Oak quotes them rather than the one on its homepage.
Worth knowing either way: our overall #1 pick is CoreAge Rx (Cost-Efficiency Index 94/100 — the top of the ranking). See how it stacks up: CoreAge Rx vs Mixx Health & Wellness.
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 | Mixx Health & Wellness | Oak |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 68/100 | 65/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $120/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $250/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning |
| Tirzepatide / mo | Not disclosed | $300/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $1,440 | — |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | — | — |
| Coverage | 44 states | 45 states (list not published) |
| Oral / sublingual | No | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #126 | #129 |
Mixx Health & Wellness
68/100Where the value is
- Named medical director (Dr. James David Lawrence III, MD) and a named, address-and-phone-verified compounding pharmacy (Promise Pharmacy, Palm Harbor, FL) — most peer sites in this batch disclose neither
- Free ($0) consultation and 'Unlimited Check-ins' with no extra charge stated
- Licensed in a genuinely large footprint — 44 states per the site's own count
The tradeoffs
- The only published price, 'Plans starting at $120/mo,' is not broken out by drug — there is no separate tirzepatide/GIP price anywhere on the site even though tirzepatide is clearly offered through the same pharmacy
- A $125 cancellation/prescription-change fee applies if requested within 24 hours of payment, and all payments are stated to be final with non-refundable prescriptions
Oak
65/100Where the value is
- A non-injectable route alongside the two weekly injections — sublingual drops or tablets targeting the GLP-1 pathway — which most programs at this end of the ranking do not offer at all
- LegitScript-certified, provider-reviewed, no video call required, with free shipping and free health coaching included
- Its own comparison tables do print undiscounted floors — $167/mo on the homepage, $190/mo on /weight-loss — so a reader who scrolls past the hero at least sees figures that are not a package discount in a monthly slot
The tradeoffs
- It publishes NINE different "starting" prices — $119, $133, $160, $167, $180, $185, $190, $199 and $250 — and attaches a term, a plan length or a billing cadence to not one of them
- The $119 and $185 in the homepage hero appear only beside a "$200 off — new patient offer", and Oak's own affiliate page defines that offer as "$50 off your first month, $200 off 3-months" — a three-month package discount presented as a monthly rate
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.