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Ascend Medical vs Potere Health MD

Quick answer

Ascend Medical costs $130 a real month and Potere Health MD costs $145 — a difference of $14 a month, or $174 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 Potere Health MD?

Ascend Medical is the cheaper way to start, at $130 a month against $145 for Potere Health MD; 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 Potere Health MD, advertised at $135 against Ascend Medical's $240, and that is the wrong way round once each bill is restated as a calendar month. Only Ascend Medical reaches Georgia and Texas, while only Potere Health MD reaches Utah, going by where each says it ships. Neither has an FDA warning letter on record.

What each one bills

 Ascend MedicalPotere Health MD
True monthly cost$130$145
Advertised as$240$135
Chargedevery 8 weeksevery 12 weeks
Each charge$240$400
Price basisa starting-dose price that climbsa starting-dose price that climbs
Mandatory recurring feenone foundnone found
States it names2 states1 states
FDA warning letternone on recordnone on record

Where they actually differ

  • They bill on different clocks. Ascend Medical charges every 8 weeks and Potere Health MD 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. Potere Health MD advertises $135 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 Potere Health MD. The method is set out in how we verify.

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