Head-to-head · WeighScore
Goldspan Health vs Prime Doctor RX
The verdict
Prime Doctor RX takes it — 73/100 to 68.2/100.
Prime Doctor RX grades higher on WeighScore, our editorial score across cost value, dose & formulation, clinical oversight, labs & monitoring, fulfillment and contract terms. Publishes its whole ladder and honors its own asterisk — then bills every 28 days and labels every price per month.
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Factor by factor
The same six graded dimensions, side by side. See the methodology.
The numbers
| Metric | Goldspan Health | Prime Doctor RX |
|---|---|---|
| WeighScore | 68.2/100 | 73/100 |
| Grade | C | C |
| Scorecard rank | #168 | #84 |
| Semaglutide | $229 per 28 days (a single plan; thirteen charges a year) | $249 every 4 weeks (thirteen charges a year, not twelve) |
| Tirzepatide | $299 per 28 days (a single plan; thirteen charges a year) | $339 every 4 weeks (thirteen charges a year, not twelve) |
| Coverage | All 50 states plus Washington, D.C. | Not publicly listed |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
Graded #168 · C
Strengths
- One plan per molecule with no tier ladder to read, which removes the commonest source of a misquoted price
- Sublingual full-dose and microdose lines sit alongside the injections for readers who will not inject
- States its compounding class — dispensed by a pharmacy licensed under 503A or 503B — rather than leaving it unsaid
- Names a medical director and two clinical advisors by name and specialty
- A lab panel is genuinely required at 60 to 90 days and annually after that, which is stronger monitoring than most of this ranking asks for
Where it loses points
- The required lab panel is described as available at a low cost and its cost is stated nowhere on the site
- The hero says “/month”, the plan card says billed every 28 days and the order timeline says every four weeks — thirteen charges a year, not twelve
- “Pause, delay, or cancel at any time” on the storefront sits against a refund policy reading “all sales are final” and platform terms saying an order cannot be canceled once placed
- The tirzepatide sublingual microdose page lists compounded sublingual semaglutide microdose in its own inclusion list
- Clinicians are attributed to a partner platform while the storefront states it is not a medical practice
- No pharmacy is named, and Goldspan publishes no legal entity, address or governing law of its own
- Full-dose sublingual products exist on the catalog and are not linked from the site's own weight-loss page
Graded #84 · C
Strengths
- The full ladder for all three weight-loss products and for TRT sits on the homepage before any intake
- The asterisk is honored: every card's footnote says the starting price is the 52-week prepay, in full
- The four-week shipping cycle is disclosed in that same footnote rather than left to a bank statement
- Names OpenLoop Health as the group providing telehealth evaluation and prescribing
- Hormone-care initial labs are priced at $50 rather than left unstated
Where it loses points
- Its own arithmetic proves the 28-day cycle — $3,497 divided by thirteen is exactly $269, and nothing on the page divides cleanly by calendar months
- A year of month-to-month tirzepatide therefore costs $4,407, not the $4,068 that per-month pricing implies
- The $269 and $179 headlines are 52-week prepays; month to month they are $339 and $249
- The Terms of Service name no company, no LLC and no address, and state availability is confirmed only during the intake
- The $50 lab fee sits in a "how it works" step rather than in the pricing table
Also worth a look
Neither is our top-graded pick — CoreAge Rx leads the scorecard
Across all 544 providers, CoreAge Rx grades highest at 91.8/100 (A−). Top of the scorecard: flat transparent pricing, both molecules, nationwide — no teaser-rate games.
Pricing/verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last grading; the WeighScore is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.