Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Recovery Delivered vs Goldspan 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 DeliveredGoldspan Health
Shoppers who want a sublingual route priced openly beside the injection and who will count 13 charges a year rather than 12.
Visit Goldspan HealthThe 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. Goldspan Health still earns a C — Shoppers who want a sublingual route priced openly beside the injection and who will count 13 charges a year rather than 12.
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 | Goldspan Health |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 72/100 | 71/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $199/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $229 every 28 days month-to-month (13 charges a year, not 12) |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $219/mo (1 mg dose, compounded) | $299 every 28 days month-to-month (13 charges a year, not 12) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $2,388 | $2,748 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $2,628 | $3,588 |
| Coverage | 32 states | All 50 states |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Yes | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #71 | #77 |
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
Goldspan Health
71/100Where the value is
- Prices ten separate GLP-1 products openly — injection and sublingual, standard and low dose, with a B12 or a glycine base — before any account
- Each plan card itemizes what the figure buys: the clinician evaluation, the medication, injection supplies, two-day shipping and clinical-team access
- States the billing cycle honestly on the plan card and the order timeline as 28 days and four weeks
The tradeoffs
- The hero prints "/month" over a plan billed every 28 days, which is 13 charges a year rather than 12
- "Pause, delay, or cancel at any time" sits against a refund policy reading "all sales are final" and storefront terms saying an order cannot be canceled once placed
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.