Head-to-head for moms
CoreAge Rx vs BeyondMD
CoreAge Rx and BeyondMD both offer GLP-1 telehealth to mothers, but they make different trade-offs on family-budget value, clinical oversight, price and access. Here they are side-by-side on the Editors' Rating — our six-factor rubric for mothers.
CoreAge Rx
Higher scoreRanked #1 · Grade A
Best for: Mothers who want to know the real monthly cost before the free trial talks them into it — one flat price on semaglutide or tirzepatide, everywhere in the country, with no lock-in.
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Ranked #134 · Grade C
Best for: A mother who wants a named, credentialled clinician behind the prescription and coaching bundled in rather than upsold, who is comfortable taking a phone call to learn her actual price, and who is not counting on a written refund or cancellation policy — because there isn't one.
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CoreAge Rx edges out BeyondMD on the Editors' Rating, 94 to 50 (A vs C). Mothers who want to know the real monthly cost before the free trial talks them into it — one flat price on semaglutide or tirzepatide, everywhere in the country, with no lock-in.
BeyondMD is still a genuine option — beyondMD does the thing almost nobody in this market does — it prints its prices in public, before any intake — and then quietly withholds the only price that matters. "Starting at $125" is an entry tier; on exactly one page in the whole catalogue the company states its real range, "from $139 to $449 per month", plus a $34 consultation fee and shipping it never prices. Every GET STARTED button on every GLP-1 page goes not to a cart but to a lead-capture form with no dollar figures on it and a promise that a specialist will call, while the labs section of the same site sells with working add-to-cart buttons — so the phone call is deliberate. Against that sits the strongest clinical roster we have reviewed at this price: eleven clinicians named on the site, several with full bios and credentials, coaching and a certified nutritionist included rather than optional, PCOS named as a qualifying comorbidity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding addressed on the product pages themselves. The contract is the weak point — the word "refund" appears nowhere in forty-four kilobytes of Terms. Weigh the six factors below against your own priorities.
Side-by-side on the six factors
Both providers scored on the same women's-health rubric — the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.
Price, access & features
| Detail | CoreAge Rx | BeyondMD |
|---|---|---|
| Editors' Rating | 94/100 · A | 50/100 · C |
| Overall rank | #1 | #134 |
| Semaglutide | $99/mo | From $125/mo |
| Tirzepatide | $149/mo | From $199/mo |
| Coverage | All 50 states | Most U.S. states (no list published) |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Yes |
| Oral / sublingual | Injection only | Yes |
CoreAge Rx
Ranked #1 · Grade A
What we like
- Flat all-in price that doesn't step up after month one — the number you sign for is the number at the full dose
- Both compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide on a single account, so a molecule switch never resets the budget
- Licensed in all 50 states — care survives a move, a deployment, or a summer at the grandparents'
The caveats
- Not the rock-bottom sticker price — a bare teaser tier elsewhere can look cheaper for exactly one month
- Compounded only; no FDA-approved brand Wegovy or Zepbound if that is what you and your clinician want
- A general metabolic program, not a dedicated women's or maternal-health clinic
BeyondMD
Ranked #134 · Grade C
What we like
- Named clinicians with real bios and credentials — a board-certified emergency physician of twenty years, a family nurse practitioner with dated credentials, eleven providers listed in total — which most compounded GLP-1 sellers do not offer at all
- Prices are visible on the program pages before any intake, and the labs section transacts openly with exact prices and working carts
- Weight-loss coaching and accountability are included without an "(Optional)" beside them, along with a certified nutritionist consultation and an order of Zofran for nausea
The caveats
- The headline is a floor, not a price: the published range is $139 to $449 per month plus a $34 consultation fee, and it appears on exactly one page in the entire catalogue
- You cannot buy online. Every GET STARTED button on every GLP-1 page goes to a lead-capture form with zero dollar figures and the line "Our Online Specialist will call you shortly" — while the same site's labs section has working carts, so the phone call is a deliberate choice
- Shipping is explicitly excluded on the oral pages and is never priced anywhere on the site
We may earn a referral fee if you sign up through a link on this page, at no extra cost to you — and it has no bearing on which provider scores higher. Pricing, states and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the Editors' Rating is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.
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