Head to head for first-timers
CoreAge Rx vs Heva Health
CoreAge Rx and Heva Health both offer GLP-1 telehealth, but they make different trade-offs on how gentle the start is, honest pricing, real support and access. Here they are side by side on the Mama-Match Score — our first-timer rubric.
CoreAge Rx
Higher scoreRank #1 for first-timers · Grade A
Mama-Match
Best for: Moms who want a clear, honest first step — a real clinician instead of a questionnaire, a flat price, and the freedom to pause when life needs you to.
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Rank #60 for first-timers · Grade C
Mama-Match
Best for: Moms who want real lab work and hormone-optimization options alongside GLP-1, and don't mind the higher month-to-month tirzepatide price for a genuine concierge model.
Visit Heva HealthThe verdict for a first step
CoreAge Rx edges out Heva Health on the Mama-Match Score, 94 to 60 (A vs C). Moms who want a clear, honest first step — a real clinician instead of a questionnaire, a flat price, and the freedom to pause when life needs you to.
Heva Health is still a genuine option — a concierge functional-medicine platform that bundles a 91-biomarker lab panel into GLP-1 care — $189/mo semaglutide, $339/mo tirzepatide (both $149 the first month) — rather than selling the medication as a bare subscription. Weigh the six first-timer factors below against your own priorities.
Side by side on all six factors
Both providers judged on the same first-timer rubric — the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.
Price, access and features
| Detail | CoreAge Rx | Heva Health |
|---|---|---|
| Mama-Match Score | 94/100 · A | 60/100 · C |
| Overall rank | #1 | #60 |
| Semaglutide | $99/mo | $189/mo |
| Tirzepatide | $149/mo | $339/mo |
| Coverage | All 50 states | 45 states for tirzepatide (not AK, AR, IN, MN, SC); semaglutide state list not separately disclosed |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Injection only | Injection only |
Mama-Match
CoreAge Rx
Rank #1 · Grade A
What we like
- One flat monthly price, with no teaser rate that jumps after the first month — you know the number before you commit
- A clinician reads your history and will genuinely talk timing with you if you're postpartum, breastfeeding, or trying to conceive
- Semaglutide and tirzepatide in one account, so you and a clinician can choose — and switch — without starting over
The caveats
- Not the rock-bottom teaser price — a couple of marketplaces dangle a lower first-month number
- Compounded medication only, not FDA-approved brand-name Ozempic or Wegovy
- A general metabolic program, not a dedicated OB-GYN or hormone consult
Mama-Match
Heva Health
Rank #60 · Grade C
What we like
- Bundles a 91-biomarker lab panel into the plan, not sold as a bare medication subscription
- Also offers hormone optimization (HRT/TRT) on the same platform
- One of the clearer state disclosures checked this round — tirzepatide named unavailable in exactly 5 states
The caveats
- Tirzepatide's $339/mo month-to-month rate is on the higher end of what was checked this round
- Semaglutide-specific state restrictions aren't separately disclosed — only tirzepatide's are
- No legal entity name, address, or named pharmacy partner disclosed
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. It never changes a Mama-Match Score. Prices, states and verification reflect what each provider disclosed publicly at our last review; the Mama-Match Score is our editorial judgment under the methodology. Prices change — confirm them on each provider’s site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.
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