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Ascend Medical vs Collective
Quick answer
Collective costs $86 a real month and Ascend Medical costs $130 — a difference of $45 a month, or $538 a year. Both figures are computed from what each seller actually charges and how often, not from the price on its landing page.
Checked in . Both sellers are re-checked on the same schedule; a price either side changes after that date will not be reflected here until the next check.
Ascend Medical or Collective?
Collective is the cheaper way to start, at $86 a month against $130 for Ascend Medical; Ascend Medical does not publish what its top dose costs, so ask before you commit past the first month. Collective's figure includes a monthly fee of $17 that Ascend Medical does not charge. Ascend Medical names 2 states; Collective does not say where it ships. Neither has an FDA warning letter on record.
What each one bills
| Ascend Medical | Collective | |
|---|---|---|
| True monthly cost | $130 | $86 |
| Advertised as | $240 | $69 |
| Charged | every 8 weeks | every calendar month |
| Each charge | $240 | $69 |
| Price basis | a starting-dose price that climbs | the same at every dose |
| Mandatory recurring fee | none found | $17 a month |
| States it names | 2 states | not published |
| FDA warning letter | none on record | none on record |
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Where they actually differ
- They bill on different clocks. Ascend Medical charges every 8 weeks and Collective charges every calendar month. That alone changes what a “month” costs, which is the whole reason this index recomputes every price.
- One price holds and the other climbs. Ascend Medical’s price is a starting-dose price that climbs; Collective’s is the same at every dose. See what titration does to an advertised figure.
- Only one carries a mandatory recurring fee. Collective: $17 a month. 360 of 382 sellers charge nothing like it.
- What they advertise is not what they bill. Collective advertises $69 and bills $86.
How we know
Both figures were read on the seller’s own site and recomputed over a 30.4375-day calendar month from the charge and the billing period it covers. Neither is a seller’s own “/mo”. The full working for each — the charge, the period, the arithmetic and the date it was read — is on its own page: Ascend Medical and Collective. The method is set out in how we verify.
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