Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Recovery Delivered vs Apex MD
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.
Recovery Delivered
Shoppers who don't mind the price rising in step with their dose, outside the excluded states.
Visit Recovery DeliveredApex MD
Patients who want unlimited visits and labs bundled into a flat month-to-month price and don't mind the medication being combined with NAD/B-12/L-carnitine.
Visit Apex MDThe verdict
Recovery Delivered takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 72 to 71. Recovery Delivered is primarily an online addiction/recovery telehealth brand (buprenorphine treatment is its lead offering) that also runs a real, separately priced GLP-1 weight-loss vertical. Apex MD still earns a C — Patients who want unlimited visits and labs bundled into a flat month-to-month price and don't mind the medication being combined with NAD/B-12/L-carnitine.
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 Recovery Delivered.
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 | Recovery Delivered | Apex MD |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 72/100 | 71/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $199/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $299/mo (all doses, bundle, compounded) |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $219/mo (1 mg dose, compounded) | $399/mo (all doses, bundle, compounded) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $2,388 | $3,588 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $2,628 | $4,788 |
| Coverage | 32 states | All 50 states |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Yes | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #77 | #80 |
Recovery Delivered
72/100Where the value is
- Every dose tier's price is published month-by-month rather than hidden behind a single 'starting at' figure
- Visit, medication, injection kit, and delivery are stated as bundled into each tier with no itemized add-ons found
- Oral (drops/tablets) alternative offered alongside injectable, starting at $249/month
The tradeoffs
- The $219.99/$199.99 headline figures are STARTING-dose prices only — the site's own tiers show cost rising to $299.99/month by month 5 as the dose increases, so the true steady-state cost for most patients is meaningfully higher than the headline
- Explicitly unavailable in at least 19 states including California, Illinois, and Michigan — not a 50-state provider
Apex MD
71/100Where the value is
- Genuinely all-in flat pricing: 'no other fees' across all doses, with unlimited provider visits and Labcorp labs included
- No membership fee, no sign-up fee, no lab fee — confirmed verbatim on the pricing page
- Both semaglutide and tirzepatide, in injectable or daily-oral form
The tradeoffs
- Not single-ingredient GLP-1 — every tier bundles NAD, B-12, and L-carnitine into the compound, so the $299/$399 price isn't directly comparable to a plain-semaglutide/tirzepatide competitor
- Compounding pharmacies are never named, only described generically as 'Legit Script Certified pharmacies'
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.