What Our Ratings Are
Every provider we list carries a rating from 1 to 10. That number is an editorial assessment made by our team. It is not the output of a formula, and we do not run a weighted calculation that turns a set of sub-scores into the number you see.
We are saying that plainly because an earlier version of this page described a weighted scoring system with fixed percentages per category. No such computation exists behind our ratings, so that description has been removed rather than left to imply more rigor than we have. We are working on a documented, reproducible methodology and will publish it here, with the date it was applied, once every rating on the site has actually been through it.
Until then, treat our ratings as what they are: our opinion of a provider as a place to buy care, formed from the facts described below. A rating is not a clinical judgment, not a recommendation to take any medication, and not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a question for a licensed provider.
Our Rating Scale (1-10)
Each rating is published with a label. The labels below are the ones you will see on provider cards and provider pages across the site.
| Score Range | Label | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| 9.5 - 10.0 | Exceptional | Our strongest assessment, with no drawbacks we consider significant next to close peers |
| 9.2 - 9.4 | Outstanding | Strong on the things we look at, with only minor trade-offs |
| 9.0 - 9.1 | Excellent | Strong overall, leading peers in some areas and trailing in others |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Very Good | A solid option with limitations we think you should know about |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Good | Workable, with trade-offs significant enough to weigh carefully |
| Below 7.0 | Below Average | Concerns we consider notable in more than one area |
What Informs a Rating
These are the facts we gather and weigh when we form a view of a provider. We do not assign them fixed percentages, because we do not calculate the score.
Price and what it includes
We record what a provider charges and what that price covers: consultation fees, medication cost, subscription terms, shipping, and whether the price you see up front is the price you end up paying. We record the date we last verified each price, and prices change without notice, so confirm at checkout before you commit.
Treatment options and their FDA approval status
We record which treatments a provider offers and their regulatory status, because the status is part of what you are buying. FDA-approved products, off-label prescribing of an approved drug, and compounded formulations are three different things. Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved and have not been reviewed by the FDA for safety, effectiveness, or quality, and we label them that way wherever we mention them.
State coverage and access
We record where a provider operates, since availability varies by state, along with the consultation format it offers and how refills and dose changes are handled.
What the provider publishes about its own service
We read what each provider states publicly about who prescribes, what is included in a plan, and what its cancellation and refund terms are. Where we report one of those details, it comes from the provider’s own published material or another source we name. Where we cannot confirm something, we say so instead of filling the gap.
Why Provider Cards Show No Review Counts
Provider cards do not show a review or vote count. The counts recorded when each provider was listed could not be verified against an original source, so we removed them rather than show you a number we cannot stand behind. The rating you see is our editorial judgment, not a tally of votes or reviews. For current reviews of a provider, check the review platform itself.
We do not write, buy, solicit, or incentivize reviews, and we do not publish testimonials from people we have paid.
How Providers Are Ordered
The order providers appear in on a list is not the same thing as their rating. Ordering is a position number we set by hand against each provider in each category, and the list is drawn in that order. Nothing is calculated when you load the page, and the list is not the ratings sorted from high to low.
An earlier version of this page said we could not describe how ordering is produced. We can describe the mechanism, and the paragraph above now does. What we still will not tell you is that the order is independent of what we earn.
No provider pays us for a position, for a rating, or for a listing. Nobody sends us money for a slot, and that has not changed. But that sentence on its own invites you to assume an independence we cannot demonstrate, so here is what our own records actually show. In our two largest earning categories, weight loss and erectile dysfunction, the providers that earn us the most per click do sit at the top. In three other categories they do not: in testosterone and in women’s health the single provider that has ever earned us anything sits last on its list, and in hair loss a provider that has never earned us a cent is listed above one that has.
We are not going to build a rule out of that, in either direction, because the whole picture rests on 41 purchases across the site, and the testosterone list rests on exactly one. That is far too thin to describe as a policy, and we would rather say so than publish a tidier story. The honest position is this: read the order with the commercial relationship in view, and decide on the checkable facts published beside each provider, its price, its rating, the FDA approval status of what it prescribes, and the states it covers.
How We Make Money
ManyTreatments earns affiliate commissions. When you click through to a provider and buy, most of the providers listed here pay us a commission on that purchase. That is our only revenue from the providers on this site, and it is disclosed on every page via our Advertising Disclosure. Commission rates differ from one provider to another.
We accept no payment for placement, no payment for a rating, and no listing fees. We are not going to make the further claim that commissions have never influenced anything on this site, because that is a claim about our own conduct we cannot show you evidence for, and the ordering figures above are not evidence either way. Ratings are a separate thing, and they stay an editorial judgment rather than a computed score. So weigh what you read here with the commercial relationship in view, on every page.
What We Do Not Do
- We do not accept payment from providers in exchange for a rating, a position, or a listing
- We do not test medications ourselves or make medical efficacy claims of our own
- We do not diagnose, prescribe, or tell you which treatment to take
- We do not guarantee that any provider or treatment will be suitable for you
- We do not provide medical advice. Always talk to a licensed healthcare provider
How Often We Update
Our category, comparison, and article pages show the date we last updated them, and we record a last-verified date against each price we publish. We re-check a provider when its pricing or treatment lineup changes, when a regulatory change affects what it offers, or when you tell us something looks wrong. We are not going to promise a fixed review cycle we cannot demonstrate we hold to. If you see something outdated, please contact us.
Questions About Our Methodology
If you have questions about how we rate providers or want to report an error, email us at contact@manytreatments.com. We take accuracy seriously and will investigate any concerns within 48 hours.