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Ascend Medical vs WeightRx

Quick answer

WeightRx costs $125 a real month and Ascend Medical costs $130 — a difference of $6 a month, or $67 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 WeightRx?

WeightRx is the cheaper way to start, at $125 a month against $130 for Ascend Medical; WeightRx does not publish what its top dose costs, so ask before you commit past the first month. Ascend Medical names 2 states; WeightRx does not say where it ships. Neither has an FDA warning letter on record.

What each one bills

 Ascend MedicalWeightRx
True monthly cost$130$125
Advertised as$240$83
Chargedevery 8 weeksevery 6 months
Each charge$240$749
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 WeightRx charges every 6 months. 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. WeightRx advertises $83 and bills $125.

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 WeightRx. 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.