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Head-to-head for women

HealthSource vs Sesame Care

HealthSource and Sesame Care 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.

HealthSource

Ranked #49 for women · Grade C

Best for: Women who want an oral tirzepatide option and a documented nationwide footprint, and who will read the four-week billing cycle rather than assuming it is monthly.

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Sesame Care

Higher score

Ranked #4 for women · Grade B

Best for: Shoppers who want genuine FDA-approved brand-name GLP-1s and the ability to pick their own provider and see the price up front, rather than one fixed compounded program.

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The verdict for women

Higher Luna Fit Score: Sesame Care

Sesame Care edges out HealthSource on the Luna Fit Score, 85 to 74 (B vs C). Shoppers who want genuine FDA-approved brand-name GLP-1s and the ability to pick their own provider and see the price up front, rather than one fixed compounded program. The reasoning behind that number is in the Sesame Care scorecard.

HealthSource is still a genuine option — one of the few programs that documents its all-50-state footprint rather than asserting it, with an oral tirzepatide route and a starter-dose plan priced the same as the full dose. Weigh the six women's-health factors below against your own priorities; what we found reviewing HealthSource goes through each of them, and if neither of these two is the one, what women pick instead of HealthSource 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.

HealthSource Sesame Care
PCOS & hormonal suitability6084
HealthSource
Sesame
Clinical oversight & labs7288
HealthSource
Sesame
Price transparency7080
HealthSource
Sesame
Nationwide access9592
HealthSource
Sesame
Ongoing support8282
HealthSource
Sesame
Cancellation fairness7085
HealthSource
Sesame

Price, access & features

DetailHealthSourceSesame Care
Luna Fit Score74/100 · C85/100 · B
Overall rank#49#4
Semaglutide$199 every 4 weeks (13 charges a year; $174.50 per 4 weeks on the 8-week plan)From $149/mo (brand Wegovy pill)
Tirzepatide$299 every 4 weeks (13 charges a year; $274.50 per 4 weeks on the 8-week plan)Brand Zepbound (price varies)
CoverageAll 50 statesNationwide marketplace
Brand-name accessCompounded onlyYes
Oral / sublingualYesYes

HealthSource

Ranked #49 · Grade C

What we like

  • The only provider in this batch whose all-50-state claim is documented on its own service-areas page rather than asserted in marketing copy
  • An oral tirzepatide programme alongside the injections
  • Starter-dose and full-dose plans cost the same, so titrating up does not raise the bill

The caveats

  • Billed every four weeks, not monthly — thirteen charges a year, so the effective annual cost is about 8% above the sticker
  • Never actually claims flat pricing across all doses; the variants it sells happen to cost the same
  • The form of the oral tirzepatide — sublingual, troche or swallowed tablet — is not disclosed anywhere

Sesame Care

Ranked #4 · Grade B

What we like

  • Real FDA-approved brand-name access — Wegovy pen and pill, Zepbound, Ozempic, Mounjaro and Rybelsus
  • Established platform (operating since 2018) with LegitScript, BBB accreditation and large third-party review volume
  • You choose the provider and see the price up front — genuine marketplace transparency

The caveats

  • A generalist marketplace, not a dedicated weight-loss program — lighter ongoing hand-holding than a specialist desk
  • Two-part cost (a platform subscription plus the medication) makes the true monthly total harder to compare
  • Brand-name cash prices can run high without insurance

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 HealthSource nor Sesame Care is only worth comparing with the other. HealthSource is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 19 points apart on the Luna Fit Score — see how HealthSource and CoreAge Rx compare on the Luna Fit Score. Sesame Care is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 8 points apart — see Sesame Care against CoreAge Rx, factor by factor.

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