Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Recovery Delivered vs Bodybuilding Health+
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 DeliveredBodybuilding Health+
Someone buying semaglutide on a long commitment, where the ladder really does fall the further out you go.
Visit Bodybuilding Health+The verdict
Recovery Delivered takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 72 to 69. 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. Bodybuilding Health+ still earns a C — Someone buying semaglutide on a long commitment, where the ladder really does fall the further out you go.
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 | Bodybuilding Health+ |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 72/100 | 69/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $199/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $179/mo month-to-month; $159.33 on three months, $158 on six and $141.50 on twelve |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $219/mo (1 mg dose, compounded) | $209/mo month-to-month; $179 on three months, $174.67 on six and $187.33 on twelve |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $2,388 | $2,148 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $2,628 | $2,508 |
| Coverage | 32 states | Not disclosed |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | No |
| Brand-name access | Yes | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #77 | #79 |
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
Bodybuilding Health+
69/100Where the value is
- The semaglutide ladder genuinely descends: $179 monthly, $159.33 on three months, $158 on six and $141.50 on twelve, each with its saving shown
- Every savings badge is arithmetically honest against the monthly rate, on both molecules
- Both molecules are priced on one page before any intake
The tradeoffs
- The twelve-month tirzepatide rung is badged "Best Value" at $187.33 while the six-month rung is $174.67 — the badge is on the worse of the two
- The product card calls $179 a "first month" beside a struck-through $279 while the plan selector treats it as the monthly rate; the site never reconciles the two
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.