Lower medication cost, with shipping already in it.
DrWell orders in volume across its pharmacy network, so your practice buys at a rate it would not reach negotiating alone. Every medication rate you see in Connect already includes shipping to the patient's address, which is the line most pharmacy quotes leave out.
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Four reasons your medication cost is lower on Connect
None of this is a signup discount. It comes from how the network buys and how the rate is quoted to you.
DrWell orders on behalf of every practice running programs on Connect, so pricing reflects combined volume rather than one practice's monthly order count.
Your practice does not open pharmacy accounts, work out tiers or renegotiate each quarter. The rate you see in Connect is the rate you pay.
Every medication rate includes shipping to the patient's address, so the number you price against is the number your practice actually pays.
DrWell works with pre-vetted 503A and 503B pharmacies it has ordered through for years, which keeps rates stable and supply predictable.
A pharmacy quote is not your landed cost
Most compounding pharmacy quotes price the medication and stop there. Shipping is billed separately, per shipment, and cold-chain packaging is sometimes its own line. A monthly medication program ships every month, so that cost repeats for every patient in every cycle.
Add shipping into both numbers before you compare them. DrWell quotes one rate with shipping to the patient already included, which is why the Connect figure can look higher per vial and still cost your practice less.
The $104 quote and the $25 shipping charge are example inputs, shown so you can see the shape of the math. Put your own quote and your own shipping terms in their place.
Example figures carried straight from the comparison above, at 50 actively enrolled patients each receiving one shipment a month. Your own number moves with your patient count, your refill frequency and your shipping terms.
What the medication rate covers, and what it does not
Every cost in a Connect program settles on the transaction it belongs to. No pharmacy invoice arrives three weeks later for your team to reconcile.
Nothing else is added to a medication order.
You see the landed cost while you build the treatment plan
Cost is not something your team looks up afterward. It sits in front of you while you decide what to charge, so the margin is a decision instead of a surprise.
When you add a medication to a treatment plan, Connect shows its cost with shipping included, at the dose and order cycle you selected.
You enter what the patient pays. Connect holds both numbers, so the contribution per cycle is visible before you enroll anyone.
Patient revenue, medication cost and the platform service fee land on the orders they belong to. See revenue reporting.
Seven questions to ask before you compare prices
Ask these first. Until you have the answers, you are comparing two numbers that were put together differently.
DrWell does not quote against another pharmacy's number sight unseen. Normalize both quotes for shipping first, then compare them. See the bar a pharmacy clears before it receives an order.
How medication cost moves program contribution
These are example program figures rather than a projection for your practice. They show how a landed medication cost flows through to what one enrolled patient contributes.
Example program economics used in planning conversations, not a performance claim. Your own figures depend on your patient pricing, your medication mix, how long patients stay enrolled and the plan you are on.
Medication cost questions, answered directly
Not as a blanket promise, and any pricing commitment has to come from DrWell leadership. What a rep will do is pull up the live rate for the medications you actually run and normalize both numbers for shipping, so you are comparing the same thing. A smaller pharmacy can genuinely come in lower on a given medication, sometimes without holding the certifications a certified program requires.
Yes. A rep can pull up live rates for your medication list during a strategy call, and every rate is visible inside Connect once your practice is set up.
No. DrWell works only with compounded medications, and compounded medications are not FDA approved. They are prepared by licensed 503A and 503B pharmacies for individual patients based on a prescription.
Pre-vetted 503A and 503B pharmacies that DrWell has worked with for years, collectively licensed across all 50 states and Washington, DC. Each one meets the sourcing standard described on the pharmacy vetting page before it can receive a patient order.
The rate you see includes shipping to the patient's address. Typical turnaround is two to five days, measured from order placement to delivery.
The order routes to another pharmacy in the network at the rate you already saw. Your cost does not change because of where the order was filled.
Medication cost and the platform service fee settle on the patient transaction. Your plan fee bills annually or monthly. No separate pharmacy invoice arrives at the end of the month for your team to reconcile.
See what your medication cost would actually be.
Bring your current pharmacy quote, your shipping terms and the price you charge patients. In 30 minutes you will see the Connect rate beside what you pay today, normalized the same way, so the comparison is a real one.