Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Neuvé Health 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.
Neuvé Health
Readers who want the route and the base chosen explicitly and will ask what the monthly figure covers before enrolling.
Visit Neuvé HealthOak
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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Neuvé Health takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 68 to 65. Neuvé Health prices twelve GLP-1 products openly — injectable and sublingual, standard and low dose, with a B12 or a glycine base — and then says three different things about whether the medication is inside the monthly figure. 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 Neuvé Health.
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 | Neuvé Health | Oak |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 68/100 | 65/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $217/month (standard injectable with B12; the site gives three different answers on whether the medication is inside the figure) | $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 | $324/month (standard injectable with B12; same unresolved question about what the figure covers) | $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) | $2,604 | — |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $3,888 | — |
| Coverage | All 50 states | 45 states (list not published) |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #127 | #129 |
Neuvé Health
68/100Where the value is
- Prices twelve distinct GLP-1 products before any account: injectable and sublingual, standard and low dose, with a B12 or a B12-free glycine base for each
- States the 503A and 503B compounding classes on the homepage and the About page, which the August record did not find
- Names its founder as a nurse practitioner with a care role rather than referring only to an anonymous network
The tradeoffs
- Three surfaces disagree on whether the medication is inside the monthly price: the weight-loss page is headed "All-in monthly pricing" and lists the compounded drug as included, while its own fine print and the financial policy say medication, labs and supplies are billed separately
- The clinical partner that would settle that question — and that bills for the medication, the labs and the consultation — is never named
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.