Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
Trava Health vs Welling 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.
Trava Health
Shoppers who verify the actual quoted price and their state's eligibility directly at checkout before trusting the homepage banner.
Visit Trava HealthWelling Health
Patients willing to log meals daily in exchange for a lower effective GLP-1 price.
Visit Welling HealthThe verdict
Trava Health and Welling Health tie on the Cost-Efficiency Index at 78/100, so neither wins outright on the numbers. For most shoppers we'd start with Trava Health (ranked #39, a hair above #40) — Shoppers who verify the actual quoted price and their state's eligibility directly at checkout before trusting the homepage banner. But Welling Health is a genuine coin-flip alternative here.
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 Trava Health.
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 | Trava Health | Welling Health |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 78/100 | 78/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $88/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $190/mo (all doses, promotional rate, compounded) |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $178/mo (starting dose, compounded) | $275/mo (all doses, compounded) |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $1,056 | $2,280 |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $2,136 | $3,300 |
| Coverage | All 50 states | All 50 states |
| Oral / sublingual | No | No |
| Brand-name access | Yes | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #39 | #40 |
Trava Health
78/100Where the value is
- Transparent quarterly-package discount is disclosed in dollar terms, not just a vague percentage
- HSA/FSA eligible
- Named legal entity and Houston, TX address disclosed in the Terms of Service
The tradeoffs
- Homepage 'As low as' price for semaglutide was NOT stable across repeated reads today ($88.65 vs $117.96) — this is a live, in-session finding, not a hypothetical risk
- Trava's own Terms of Service states the service is 'currently only available to individuals who are located in Texas,' contradicting nationwide/50-state marketing claims elsewhere on the site — unresolved contradiction
Welling Health
78/100Where the value is
- Flat, dose-independent base pricing with no setup or consultation fees disclosed
- Licensed in all 50 states
- Named pharmacy tier (LegitScript-certified 503A, USP <797>) even though the specific pharmacy isn't named
The tradeoffs
- The eye-catching ~30%-off streak price is not the standing rate — it requires 30 unbroken consecutive days of in-app meal logging and resets if a day is missed, so $190/$275 is the realistic price for most patients most of the time
- Tirzepatide's $275 base rate is on the higher end of compounded competitors in this batch
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.