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Ascend Medical vs Healthicare
Quick answer
Ascend Medical costs $130 a real month and Healthicare costs $144 — a difference of $14 a month, or $163 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 Healthicare?
Ascend Medical is the cheaper way to start, at $130 a month against $144 for Healthicare; Ascend Medical does not publish what its top dose costs, so ask before you commit past the first month. Judged by the headline prices you would pick Healthicare, advertised at $122 against Ascend Medical's $240, and that is the wrong way round once each bill is restated as a calendar month. Ascend Medical names 2 states; Healthicare does not say where it ships. Neither has an FDA warning letter on record.
What each one bills
| Ascend Medical | Healthicare | |
|---|---|---|
| True monthly cost | $130 | $144 |
| Advertised as | $240 | $122 |
| Charged | every 8 weeks | every calendar month |
| Each charge | $240 | $144 |
| Price basis | a starting-dose price that climbs | the same at every dose |
| Mandatory recurring fee | none found | none found |
| States it names | 2 states | not published |
| FDA warning letter | none on record | none on record |
Where they actually differ
- They bill on different clocks. Ascend Medical charges every 8 weeks and Healthicare 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; Healthicare’s is the same at every dose. See what titration does to an advertised figure.
- What they advertise is not what they bill. Healthicare advertises $122 and bills $144.
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 Healthicare. 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.