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Ascend Medical vs Science & Co

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Quick answer

Ascend Medical costs $130 a real month and Science & Co costs $141 — a difference of $11 a month, or $127 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 MedicalScience & Co
True monthly cost$130$141
Advertised as$240$125
Chargedevery 8 weeksevery 30 days
Each charge$240$139
Price basisa starting-dose price that climbsthe same at every dose
Mandatory recurring feenone foundnone found
States it names2 statesclaims every state
FDA warning letternone on recordnone on record

Where they actually differ

  • They bill on different clocks. Ascend Medical charges every 8 weeks and Science & Co charges every 30 days. 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; Science & Co’s is the same at every dose. See what titration does to an advertised figure.
  • What they advertise is not what they bill. Science & Co advertises $125 and bills $141.

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 Science & Co. The method is set out in how we verify.

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