Healthicare vs Noom
Healthicare costs $5 less a month, and both sell semaglutide and tirzepatide.
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Healthicare
Best for: moving between compounded and brand without changing seller
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If you are choosing between Healthicare and Noom, the first difference is cost: Healthicare is $5 a month cheaper at the entry price. Both prescribe semaglutide and tirzepatide, so moving from one to the other would not change your drug. Healthicare leads our six-part score, 7.4 to 6.9.
Healthicare vs Noom price
Healthicare is the cheaper way in: $174 a month against $179 a month at Noom. That is $5 less each month (3% lower), or about $60 over a year of treatment.
Drug by drug: Semaglutide is cheaper at Healthicare ($174 a month vs $179 a month); tirzepatide is cheaper at Healthicare ($264 a month vs $349 a month).
Medications and formats
Both sell semaglutide and tirzepatide.
On format, Healthicare prices compounded injections, an oral option and brand-name pens, while Noom prices compounded injections and brand-name pens.
Where each one treats patients
Neither Healthicare nor Noom publishes the states it serves, so enter your state at the very start of each sign-up.
Pricing
Healthicare
$174/mo billed monthly; $147.90/mo on the 3-month plan ($443.70 billed every 3 months)
$264/mo billed monthly; $224.40/mo on the 3-month plan ($673.20 billed every 3 months)
$149.99 first month ($100 off), $249.99/mo after
From $1,299.99/mo; first month From $1,199.99 ($100 off)
Noom
The first 3 weeks of the program with 4 weeks of medication start from $149, then $349 per month plus tax on a 12-week subscription. The program also offers generic liraglutide.
The first 3 weeks with 4 weeks of medication start from $79, then $179 per month plus tax on a 12-week subscription. Compounded tirzepatide is also offered on this plan.
What each price covers
Both prices cover the clinician visit and coaching.
Healthicare's price also covers the medication itself and shipping, which Noom does not claim.
Healthicare is silent on lab work.
Noom is silent on the medication itself, shipping and lab work.
That matters most for the drug: unless Noom confirms otherwise, budget for medication on top of its listed price.
Healthicare
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
In the price
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
In the price
Noom
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
Not stated
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
In the price
Where each one scores higher
Overall, Healthicare scores 7.4 and Noom 6.9 out of 10.
Healthicare is stronger on support (8.5 vs 4.0).
Value, effectiveness, user experience, trust & safety and accessibility are within half a point.
Healthicare
7.4/10
Noom
6.9/10
Value25%
Effectiveness25%
User Experience15%
Trust & Safety15%
Accessibility10%
Support10%
FDA warning letters
Neither Healthicare nor Noom has an FDA warning letter on record with us.
Features & Coverage
| Feature | Healthicare | Noom |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | ✓$174/mo | $179/mo |
| Features | ✓8 features | 2 features |
| States Available | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Compounded | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Brand Name | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| FSA/HSA Accepted | — | — |
| FDA Warning Letters | None | None |
About Healthicare
Two names Healthicare puts in public that most of this segment keeps quiet: Beluga Health, its clinical partner, and Jungle Jim's Pharmacy of Fairfield, OH, which dispenses. Coverage on this GLP-1 telehealth platform reaches 44 states. Compounded semaglutide opens at $147.90/mo, compounded tirzepatide at $224.40/mo. One account also reaches the full brand menu, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic.
Read our full Healthicare review →About Noom
Noom is a behavioral weight loss app. It also prescribes GLP-1 medications through Noom Med.
Read our full Noom review →Pros & Cons
Healthicare
What we like
- Semaglutide costs $174 a month, close to the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $264 a month, close to the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
- The monthly price stays the same as your dose goes up
- The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits, shipping and coaching
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Healthicare
- Offers both oral and injectable options, so the format is your choice
Watch-outs
- Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
- Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
Noom
What we like
- Semaglutide costs $179 a month, close to the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $349 a month, 72% below the $1249 median for brand-name tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
- The monthly price includes clinician visits and coaching
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Noom
Watch-outs
- Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
- Its semaglutide is compounded rather than FDA-approved, so it has not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
Our Verdict
Healthicare wins this one, 7.4 to 6.9, above all for moving between compounded and brand without changing seller. It also costs $5 less each month than Noom. Noom fits better if coaching bundled into the price rather than sold separately is your priority.
Choose Healthicare if…
You want moving between compounded and brand without changing seller and an opening price near $174 a month.
Choose Noom if…
You want coaching bundled into the price rather than sold separately and an opening price near $179 a month.
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