Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Oak vs Alternate Health Club
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.
Oak
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.
Visit OakAlternate Health Club
Cost-first shoppers who want flat, dose-independent compounded GLP-1 pricing bundled with adjacent wellness injectables.
Visit Alternate Health ClubThe verdict
Alternate Health Club takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 67 to 65. Alternate Health Club is a compounded-GLP-1 telehealth storefront offering semaglutide at $129/month and tirzepatide at $169/month, both marketed as flat rates that do not rise as the dose is titrated up a real. 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 Alternate Health Club.
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 | Oak | Alternate Health Club |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 65/100 | 67/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $250/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning | $129/mo (all doses, plus a separate fee, compounded) |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $300/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning | $169/mo (all doses, compounded) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | — | $1,548 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | — | $2,028 |
| Coverage | 45 states (list not published) | Coverage not published |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | No |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #129 | #131 |
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
Alternate Health Club
67/100Where the value is
- $129/month compounded semaglutide and $169/month tirzepatide are genuinely flat regardless of dose tier, per the site's own explicit copy
- No membership fee found; the only optional add-on identified is a $29.99 video consult, not a mandatory surcharge
- LegitScript verification badge displayed and independently linkable
The tradeoffs
- No legal entity name disclosed anywhere on the site — a real transparency gap I confirmed by checking the homepage, both product pages, and the FAQ
- No compounding pharmacy named — only 'a licensed U.S. pharmacy'
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.