Head-to-head for women
Care Bare Rx vs RxSpan MD
Care Bare Rx and RxSpan MD both offer GLP-1 telehealth to women, but they make different trade-offs on PCOS and hormonal suitability, clinical oversight, price and access. Here they are side-by-side on the Luna Fit Score — our women's-health rubric.
Care Bare Rx
Ranked #45 for women · Grade B−
Luna Fit
Best for: Women who want a needle-free route or a brand-name option on the same account, and who care more about knowing who is prescribing than about seeing the exact dose price before they start the intake.
Visit Care Bare RxRxSpan MD
Higher scoreRanked #19 for women · Grade B−
Luna Fit
Best for: Women who want to be able to check the pharmacy and the prescriber before they buy, and who may want to move between compounded, oral and brand-name options on one account — provided they pick the Monthly plan themselves rather than accepting the prepay the funnel has already selected.
Visit RxSpan MDThe verdict for women
RxSpan MD edges out Care Bare Rx on the Luna Fit Score, 81 to 80 (B− vs B−). Women who want to be able to check the pharmacy and the prescriber before they buy, and who may want to move between compounded, oral and brand-name options on one account — provided they pick the Monthly plan themselves rather than accepting the prepay the funnel has already selected. The reasoning behind that number is in our RxSpan MD write-up for women.
Care Bare Rx is still a genuine option — one of the few programs here that puts both molecules in an oral form as well as an injection, alongside a real brand-name Ozempic lane — and it names the physicians behind the prescription, which few rows here do. Weigh the six women's-health factors below against your own priorities; our full Care Bare Rx review goes through each of them, and if neither of these two is the one, the full field we rank against Care Bare Rx widens the field.
Side-by-side on the six factors
Both providers scored on the same women's-health rubric — the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.
Price, access & features
| Detail | Care Bare Rx | RxSpan MD |
|---|---|---|
| Luna Fit Score | 80/100 · B− | 81/100 · B− |
| Overall rank | #45 | #19 |
| Semaglutide | From $199/mo (per-dose price quiz-gated) | $249/mo month-to-month (3/6/12-month prepay: $219/$199/$194 per month, billed $657/$1,194/$2,327 up front) |
| Tirzepatide | From $199/mo (per-dose price quiz-gated) | $329/mo month-to-month (3/6/12-month prepay: $309/$289/$269 per month, billed $927/$1,734/$3,228 up front) |
| Coverage | All 50 states and Puerto Rico | All 50 states |
| Brand-name access | Yes | Yes |
| Oral / sublingual | Yes | Yes |
Luna Fit
Care Bare Rx
Ranked #45 · Grade B−
What we like
- Both molecules in two routes — compounded injectable semaglutide and tirzepatide, plus oral semaglutide (Rybelsus®) and an oral tirzepatide formulation
- A genuine brand-name lane with its price on the page: Ozempic® injection from $705/mo, published rather than quoted on request
- Names its prescribers with NPI numbers — Dr. Ana Lisa Carr, MD and Dr. Kelly Tenbrink, MD — which is rarer in this ranking than it should be
The caveats
- Compounded medication is not FDA-approved the way brand Ozempic, Wegovy, or Zepbound are
- Publishes one "From $199/mo" weight-loss figure that names no molecule; the per-dose price is quiz-gated inside the intake app, and the FAQ only says "price varies by dose and medication prescribed"
- No published lab or monitoring program, which matters more if hormones are part of your picture
Luna Fit
RxSpan MD
Ranked #19 · Grade B−
What we like
- Four dispensing pharmacies named outright, with phone numbers — Belmar, Strive, Epiq Scripts and Casa Pharma Rx — where most of this ranking says only "our partner pharmacies"
- The prescribing group is named too, and checkable: Lion MD, led by Dr Ana Lisa Carr, MD (NPI 1689841744) with Dr Kelly Tenbrink, MD (NPI 1346482684). Both resolve as active physicians in the federal NPPES registry
- A real brand-name lane with prices on the page rather than an enquiry form — Ozempic $1,299, Wegovy $1,349 and Zepbound $1,069 a month — alongside the compounded line, so switching does not mean switching provider
The caveats
- The plan selector arrives with the 3-month prepay already chosen, not Monthly, and badges the 3-, 6- and 12-month tiers alike as "Max Saving" — so the default path takes $657 up front rather than $249, and the headline figures are footnoted "(For the first month)"
- Its FAQ says "no long-term commitments" on the same site where the 12-month semaglutide plan is a single $2,327 charge and the 12-month tirzepatide plan is $3,228. The freedom is real on the monthly plan; it is not what the prepay tiers are
- Brand-name bundles carry a $50 medical review fee if a clinician does not end up prescribing for you — worth knowing before you start an intake for Wegovy or Zepbound
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. Pricing, states and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the Luna Fit Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.
More head-to-heads
Neither Care Bare Rx nor RxSpan MD is only worth comparing with the other. Care Bare Rx is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 13 points apart on the Luna Fit Score — see Care Bare Rx vs CoreAge Rx for women. RxSpan MD is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 12 points apart — see the RxSpan MD–CoreAge Rx head-to-head.
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