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Ascend Medical vs GobyMeds

Quick answer

Ascend Medical costs $130 a real month and GobyMeds costs $145 — a difference of $14 a month, or $170 a year. Both figures are computed from what each seller actually charges and how often, not from the price on its landing page.

What each one bills

 Ascend MedicalGobyMeds
True monthly cost$130$145
Advertised as$240$133
Chargedevery 8 weeksevery 12 weeks
Each charge$240$399
Price basisa starting-dose price that climbsa starting-dose price that climbs
Mandatory recurring feenone foundnone found
States it names2 statesnot published
FDA warning letternone on recordnone on record

Where they actually differ

  • They bill on different clocks. Ascend Medical charges every 8 weeks and GobyMeds charges every 12 weeks. That alone changes what a “month” costs, which is the whole reason this index recomputes every price.
  • What they advertise is not what they bill. GobyMeds advertises $133 and bills $145.

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 GobyMeds. The method is set out in how we verify.

To compare any two sellers in the index rather than these two, use the comparison tool.