Head-to-head · Cost-Efficiency Index
YOURx Health vs Oak
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.
YOURx Health
Cost-first shoppers who want comparing real per-product flat pricing without needing a published state list up front.
Visit YOURx HealthOak
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 OakThe verdict
YOURx Health takes it, leading the Cost-Efficiency Index 68 to 65. YOURx Health is a compounded GLP-1 telehealth platform operating under the MD Integrations physician network, selling semaglutide and tirzepatide as both weekly injections and daily oral RDT tablets, each enhanced with B12. 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 YOURx 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 | YOURx Health | Oak |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-Efficiency Index | 68/100 | 65/100 |
| Semaglutide / mo | $169/mo (all doses, promotional rate, bundle, compounded) | $250/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning |
| Tirzepatide / mo | $189/mo (all doses, promotional rate, compounded) | $300/mo (one flat rate at every dose), read on its order form the afternoon of 15 August — fifty dollars higher than that morning |
| Semaglutide / yr (modeled) | $2,028 | — |
| Tirzepatide / yr (modeled) | $2,268 | — |
| Coverage | Coverage not published | 45 states (list not published) |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Rank here | #124 | #129 |
YOURx Health
68/100Where the value is
- Real per-product pricing published on individual treatment pages, not just a vague 'starting at' banner: $169/mo semaglutide injection, $189/mo tirzepatide injection, $159/mo and $179/mo oral-tablet equivalents
- Listed price is genuinely all-in — physician consultation, supplies, and shipping are bundled with no separate visit or shipping fee shown
- Both injectable and oral (RDT tablet) formulations offered for each drug, a needle-free option many peer sites lack
The tradeoffs
- Every price is explicitly labeled 'New Patient' with no disclosure of what it becomes afterward — the true ongoing cost is unknown
- The homepage's state-coverage counter literally reads 'Coverage 0 States,' a broken/placeholder metric that leaves real coverage unverifiable from the site itself
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
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.