Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Oak vs Elara Health and Wellness
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 OakElara Health and Wellness
Shoppers who want labs, physician visits, and coaching bundled into the medication price with no separate membership fee.
Visit Elara Health and WellnessThe verdict
Elara Health and Wellness takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 67 to 65. Elara Health and Wellness (parent: JTE Medical, LLC; clinical care via Openloop Healthcare Partners, PC under CMO Jonah Mink, MD) is a bundled-care compounded GLP-1 telehealth platform: quarterly labs, physician visits. 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 Elara Health and 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 | Oak | Elara Health and Wellness |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $183/mo (starting dose, yearly plan, 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 | $268/mo (starting dose, bundle, compounded) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | — | $2,196 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | — | $3,216 |
| Coverage | 45 states (list not published) | All 50 states |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #129 | #133 |
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
Elara Health and Wellness
67/100Where the value is
- Corporate parent (JTE Medical, LLC) and medical director (Jonah Mink, MD, Openloop Healthcare Partners PC) are both publicly named — rare transparency for this market
- Four named 503A pharmacy partners with no ambiguity about who compounds the medication
- Bundled care model: quarterly labs, physician visits, and coaching included in the listed price, no separate membership fee
The tradeoffs
- The annual plan's advertised 'save $792/year' (sema) and 'save $858/year' (tirz) claims do not reconcile against the page's own monthly and annual figures — the discount being marketed isn't visible in the numbers actually published
- Oral semaglutide costs more than the injectable ($208 vs $183/mo) with no explanation offered
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.