Methodology
The Match Score, explained
Every GLP-1 provider on MatchScript carries a Match Score out of 100 — a weighted blend of six factors. We give each provider an honest 0–100 sub-score on all six, using the same rubric for every provider — whether or not it pays us. The score you see on a card is the default, all-around weighting. The quiz keeps those sub-scores fixed and simply changes the weights to match your priorities.
The six factors
Percentages are the default (“all-around”) weight for each factor — what you get if you don't take the quiz.
1. Budget Fit
18%The all-in monthly cost relative to what you get — and whether it's honest (no teaser first-month rate that silently jumps, no hidden membership or consult fees). Lower, flatter, more predictable pricing scores higher.
2. Speed to Start
16%How fast you can realistically get a prescriber and a first dose, which is closely tied to nationwide reach. Providers confirmed in all 50 states start people almost anywhere, fast.
3. Formulary Match
16%Breadth of options: both semaglutide and tirzepatide, brand-name (FDA-approved) availability, and oral/sublingual routes for the needle-averse. More ways to match your body and preferences scores higher.
4. Support Level
16%Quality of ongoing care — titration and side-effect guidance, coaching or labs where offered, and responsiveness — versus support that disappears once the first vial ships.
5. Flexibility
17%How easily you can pause, switch, or cancel — and whether the provider locks you into contracts, forced auto-ships, or a deliberately painful exit.
6. Transparency
17%How openly the provider publishes prices, states served, and how the medication is sourced. Clear public disclosure scores higher; opacity scores lower.
What a price scores
Budget Fit is the one factor with a published number behind it. These are the anchors we score a monthly price against — the rate you actually pay month to month, not an introductory month, not a rate that only holds if you prepay a year.
| Monthly price | Budget Fit |
|---|---|
| $100 or less | 82 |
| $101–125 | 76 |
| $126–150 | 71 |
| $151–175 | 62 |
| $176–200 | 55 |
| $201–225 | 50 |
| $226–250 | 47 |
| $251–300 | 43 |
| Over $300 | 37 |
The band is the anchor, not the whole score. A price that jumps after month one, a membership fee stacked on top, or a rate that only holds on an annual plan moves a provider within its band — which is why two programs at the same headline price can score differently.
How the quiz reweights
The quiz never edits a provider's sub-scores. It only adjusts how much each factor counts, then re-sorts the ranking. Here's the honest chain:
- 1.We start from the default weights above (18 · 16 · 16 · 16 · 17 · 17).
- 2.Each answer adds points to the factors it implies. Say “lowest price wins” and Budget Fit gains weight; say “I need to start this week” and Speed to Start gains weight.
- 3.We compute each provider's weighted average of the same six sub-scores under your personalized weights, normalized to a 0–100 match.
- 4.We sort by that number and show your ranking — plus the exact weight mix we used, so you can audit it.
Because it's honest weighting rather than a rigged result, the quiz genuinely produces different winners for different people: a pure price-shopper may be matched to the cheapest program, while someone who wants an oral option or brand-name access is steered to the provider that actually offers it. Whatever comes out on top for you, the six sub-scores behind it are the same published numbers you can read here — so you can always check the result against them.
How we stay honest
- Same sub-scores for everyone. Every provider is scored on identical factors. Assume any provider we list may compensate us — the scoring function has no input for that, so it can never add a point.
- The quiz reweights, it doesn't rewrite. Your answers change how much each factor counts — never the sub-scores themselves — and the quiz prints the exact weight mix it used so you can audit the result.
- Facts are sourced, sub-scores are judgment. Pricing, states served, and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the factor scores are ours.
- We re-check. Telehealth pricing changes constantly — entries are dated and re-verified, and you should confirm current pricing on the provider's own site before deciding.
This page is editorial information, not medical advice. Compounded GLP-1 medications are not FDA-approved finished drug products. Talk to a licensed clinician before starting any weight-management medication. See our affiliate disclosure and medical disclaimer.
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