Head-to-head for moms
CoreAge Rx vs Center for Medical Weight Loss
For semaglutide, CoreAge Rx is the cheaper of the two at the first dose: $99 against $149 a month. Choose CoreAge Rx if you want the lower semaglutide price. The details, from each provider's own published prices and terms, are below.
CoreAge Rx
Higher scoreEditors' Rating 94/100 · 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.
Visit CoreAge RxCenter for Medical Weight Loss
Editors' Rating 57/100 · Grade C
Best for: Someone who wants a long-established operator with everything in one price, and who will do the ten-week arithmetic before choosing the plan tier.
Visit Center for Medical Weight LossThe verdict
CoreAge Rx edges out Center for Medical Weight Loss on the Editors' Rating, 94 to 57 (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.
Center for Medical Weight Loss is still a genuine option — a twenty-year weight-loss operator rather than a telehealth startup, selling compounded semaglutide at $149 a month to month and tirzepatide at $239, medication and clinical care in one price with no separate membership fee. The cheaper $99 and $159 figures it leads with are three-month plans sold as "every third month free", and there is a catch its own FAQ spells out: those plans bill every ten weeks, not every twelve. That is 5.2 charges a year instead of 4, which turns an advertised $99 a month into roughly $129 a calendar month. Read it as a real discount, just a smaller one than the number suggests. It ships to all 50 states, holds a BMI floor of 26, and excludes anyone pregnant or breastfeeding. Weigh the six factors below against your own priorities.
Side-by-side on the six factors
Each side's six factor scores from our women's-health rubric; the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.
What CoreAge Rx and Center for Medical Weight Loss cost
On semaglutide, CoreAge Rx charges $99 a month at every dose; Center for Medical Weight Loss charges $149 a month at every dose. CoreAge Rx is $50 a month cheaper at every dose, about $600 over a year.
On tirzepatide, CoreAge Rx charges $149 a month at every dose; Center for Medical Weight Loss charges $239 a month at every dose. CoreAge Rx is $90 a month cheaper at every dose, about $1,080 over a year.
| Detail | CoreAge Rx | Center for Medical Weight Loss | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semaglutide, first dose | $99 | $149 | CoreAge Rx $50 less |
| Tirzepatide, first dose | $149 | $239 | CoreAge Rx $90 less |
| Brand-name medication | No | No | — |
| Included in the price | Clinician consult, medication and shipping | Clinician consult and medication | — |
| Price shown | Before intake | Before intake | — |
| Live video visit | Not required | Not required | — |
| Oral option | No | No | — |
| Where it serves | All 50 states | All 50 states | — |
| Editors' Rating | 94/100 | 57/100 | CoreAge Rx +37 |
What the price covers
CoreAge Rx's price includes the clinician consult, the medication and shipping. Center for Medical Weight Loss' price includes the clinician consult and the medication. So the sticker prices cover different things: shipping at CoreAge Rx but not, or not stated, at Center for Medical Weight Loss. Add the missing pieces before you compare totals.
Where they serve and how signup works
Where they serve: CoreAge Rx, all 50 states; Center for Medical Weight Loss, all 50 states.
CoreAge Rx and Center for Medical Weight Loss both show the price before the health questions. Neither CoreAge Rx nor Center for Medical Weight Loss requires a live video visit; both start with an online questionnaire.
CoreAge Rx or Center for Medical Weight Loss: who each one fits
Choose CoreAge Rx if…
- You want the lower semaglutide price: $99 a month against $149 at Center for Medical Weight Loss.
- You want the lower tirzepatide price: $149 a month against $239 at Center for Medical Weight Loss.
- You want shipping included in the price, which Center for Medical Weight Loss doesn't state.
- You go by our Editors' Rating: 94/100 against Center for Medical Weight Loss' 57.
Choose Center for Medical Weight Loss if…
- In what both publish, Center for Medical Weight Loss has no clear edge over CoreAge Rx on price, access or signup; read our Center for Medical Weight Loss review for what it does differently.
CoreAge Rx
Editors' Rating 94/100 · 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
Center for Medical Weight Loss
Editors' Rating 57/100 · Grade C
What we like
- Medication, clinical care and support in a single price, with the membership explicitly included at $0
- Same price at every dose on both molecules, stated plainly on each product page
- It discloses the ten-week billing cycle itself, in writing — most providers with an irregular cycle do not
The caveats
- The three-month plans bill every 10 weeks, not every 12 — 5.2 charges a year, so the advertised $99/mo works out near $129 a calendar month and $159 near $207
- Its pages disagree on the semaglutide three-month plan: $298 up front on the homepage, $116 a month ($348) on the semaglutide page
- The homepage leads with the three-month price, so the cheaper number looks like the starting price when it requires a three-month commitment
CoreAge Rx vs Center for Medical Weight Loss: quick answers
Is CoreAge Rx cheaper than Center for Medical Weight Loss?
On standing month-to-month prices, for semaglutide, CoreAge Rx is cheaper at the first dose ($99 vs $149 a month), and for tirzepatide, CoreAge Rx is cheaper at the first dose ($149 vs $239 a month). Promotions and prepaid plans are left out because the price you keep paying is the one that matters.
Do CoreAge Rx and Center for Medical Weight Loss both offer tirzepatide?
Yes. CoreAge Rx lists tirzepatide at $149 a month at every dose, and Center for Medical Weight Loss lists it at $239 a month at every dose.
Do I need a video visit with CoreAge Rx or Center for Medical Weight Loss?
CoreAge Rx starts with an online questionnaire instead and Center for Medical Weight Loss starts with an online questionnaire instead. Either way, a licensed clinician reviews your health history before anything is prescribed.
Do CoreAge Rx and Center for Medical Weight Loss serve every state?
CoreAge Rx lists all 50 states. Center for Medical Weight Loss lists all 50 states. Both say they cover all 50, so where you live won't decide this one.
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