Compounding pharmacy and platform vetting scorecard
Score each compounding pharmacy or sourcing platform 0 to 5 on 7 criteria: ordering workflow, pricing transparency and direct accountability (20% each), and multi-state coverage, turnaround, security posture and onboarding speed (10% each). Leave a criterion unscored if the supplier gives no answer, then divide the points by the weight you did score. Dated 26 September 2026.
Contents
- How the scorecard works
- Note
- The 7 criteria and their weights
- Before you score
- Score anchors for your team
- Criterion 1: Ordering workflow (20%)
- Criterion 2: Pricing transparency (20%)
- Criterion 3: Direct accountability (20%)
- Criterion 4: Multi-state coverage (10%)
- Criterion 5: Turnaround (10%)
- Criterion 6: Security posture (10%)
- Criterion 7: Onboarding speed (10%)
- How to total a supplier
- A worked example you can check against the index
- Why the evidence share goes beside every total
- Summary sheet
- What a score does not say
- Questions clinics ask
- Use it with
- Sources
How the scorecard works
Score each compounding pharmacy or sourcing platform 0 to 5 on 7 criteria: ordering workflow, pricing transparency and direct accountability at 20% each, and multi-state coverage, turnaround, security posture and onboarding speed at 10% each. Leave a criterion unscored when the supplier gives you no answer, then divide the points by the weight you did score. That is the arithmetic of ourpublished methodologySource 3, v1.0, updated August 2026, as of 26 September 2026.Source 2
The difference is the evidence. Clinic Partner Guide'sCompounded Sourcing Platform IndexSource 1scores 12 platforms from their own public pages, read on 31 August 2026.Source 2Your scorecard scores what each supplier tells you in writing, which can cover far more than a public page does.
The index built on these criteria ranks Avanta Pharma Group highest (5.0 out of 5, scored 31 August 2026), and Clinic Partner Guide has a commercial affiliation with Avanta.Source 2Use the scorecard with that in mind, and change a weight if your clinic's priorities differ (see "Can I change the weights?" below).
Disclosure: Clinic Partner Guide has a commercial affiliation with Avanta Pharma Group. Avanta is scored on the same criteria as every platform in the index, and no payment changes a score, a rank or an award. See our commercial disclosure: https://clinicpartnerguide.com/commercial-disclosure/Source 4
The 7 criteria and their weights
Ordering workflow
20%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Pricing transparency
20%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Direct accountability
20%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Multi-state coverage
10%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Turnaround
10%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Security posture
10%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Onboarding speed
10%
Weight in Clinic Partner Guide's methodology v1.0 (updated August 2026)
Before you score
Collect written answers first.
Send every supplier on your shortlist the same questions, in writing. OurRFP question templategroups them by these 7 criteria. Score from the answers and documents you receive, not from a sales call you did not write down.
Run three pass or fail gates.
Before scoring, confirm: the business can take and fill your order (or you are using it only to find pharmacies); every filling pharmacy holds a license for your state, which you checked yourself with the issuing state board; and you hold a written price at your monthly volume. A supplier that fails a gate is not scored. It is not ready to compare.
Score each criterion 0 to 5, or mark it U.
Use the anchors below so two people on your team score the same answer the same way. U means unknown: no answer.
Total it and record the evidence share.
The steps are under "How to total a supplier". Write the evidence share beside every total.
Score anchors for your team
- Our methodology publishes each criterion's definition and weight on themethodology pageSource 3; it does not publish a description of each score level. The "Ask for" lines and the anchors below are our suggestion for consistent scoring inside your clinic, not the index's rubric.
- 5: the written answer covers every "Ask for" item for the criterion, and a document backs it.
- 4: covers every item, with one gap or with the document still to come.
- 3: covers about half of the items.
- 2: covers a small part of them.
- 1: the supplier answers, but the answer covers none of the items.
- 0: the supplier states it does not offer this.
- U (unknown): no answer. A verbal answer counts once you record who gave it and when, the rule the index applies to a statement a platform confirms directly: "recorded with the date and the person who confirmed it".Source 3
Criterion 1: Ordering workflow (20%)
- Ask for: a live or recorded reorder in the ordering system; whether one login covers every location and prescriber; any step that still runs on fax, email or phone.
- Evidence received (document or demo, and date): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 20): ____
Criterion 2: Pricing transparency (20%)
- Ask for: the current price list, or a statement that none is published; a written unit price at your monthly volume; every fee (platform or facilitation, membership, setup, shipping, minimum order); how price changes with volume.
- Evidence received (document and date): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 20): ____
Criterion 3: Direct accountability (20%)
- Ask for: which party is responsible to you from order to delivery (the supplier, the filling pharmacy or the carrier) and the clause in the terms that says so; your day-to-day contact by role; the escalation route; how damaged or wrong orders are replaced or credited.
- Evidence received (document and date): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 20): ____
Criterion 4: Multi-state coverage (10%)
- Ask for: the states in which each filling pharmacy holds a license covering your locations; the license number for each of your states; what changes if you open a site in another state.
- Evidence received (license numbers, date checked): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 10): ____
Criterion 5: Turnaround (10%)
- Ask for: the typical and slowest time from an approved order to shipment for clinics in your state over a stated recent period; how order status is shown to you; an account of the last delay that affected clinic orders, and how clinics were told.
- Evidence received (figures, period, date): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 10): ____
Criterion 6: Security posture (10%)
- Ask for: whether ordering is restricted to licensed providers; which of your credentials are verified before the account opens; how prescriptions reach the filling pharmacy and who can see them.
- Evidence received (document and date): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 10): ____
Criterion 7: Onboarding speed (10%)
- Ask for: every step from signup to first order; whether a call, demo, contract or membership fee comes before the first order; how long verification took for the last clinics onboarded.
- Evidence received (dates applied and approved): ______________________________
- Score (0 to 5 or U): ____ · Points (score × 10): ____
How to total a supplier
Multiply each score by its weight.
20 for ordering workflow, pricing transparency and direct accountability; 10 for the other four. A criterion marked U gets no points and no weight.
Add the points.
Write the sum: ____
Add the weights of the criteria you scored.
The maximum is 100. Write the sum: ____
Divide the points by the weight you scored.
The result is the supplier's total out of 5: ____
Record the evidence share.
The weight you scored, as a percentage, is the evidence share: ____%. The methodology explains why it matters: "A criterion neither published nor confirmed to us is recorded as unknown and excluded from the weighted average rather than scored low, so silence is not punished."Source 3
A worked example you can check against the index
The arithmetic reproduces the index. AutoPilotRx was scored on 6 of the 7 criteria, with turnaround unknown: ordering workflow 5, pricing transparency 4, direct accountability 2, multi-state coverage 5, security posture 4 and onboarding speed 5 (scored 31 August 2026).Source 2
Points: 5 × 20 + 4 × 20 + 2 × 20 + 5 × 10 + 4 × 10 + 5 × 10 = 360. Weight scored: 90. 360 ÷ 90 = 4.0, which is the overall score the index shows, with 90% of criteria weight evidenced.Source 2
Summary sheet
- Supplier 1: ______________ · kind of business ________ · gates passed ___ of 3 · total ____ of 5 · evidence share ____% · answers dated ________
- Supplier 2: ______________ · kind of business ________ · gates passed ___ of 3 · total ____ of 5 · evidence share ____% · answers dated ________
- Supplier 3: ______________ · kind of business ________ · gates passed ___ of 3 · total ____ of 5 · evidence share ____% · answers dated ________
- Weights changed from the index's (yes or no; which, and why): ______________________________
- Scored by ____________ · reviewed by ____________ · date ________
What a score does not say
A score on this sheet describes what a supplier told you and could document. It does not assess clinical quality, formulations or outcomes, and it is not legal advice. The methodology puts the same limit on the index: "A platform that discloses little scores lower on transparency, which is a statement about its disclosure and not about its service."Source 3
Answers age. Date every one, and re-ask before you renew or expand an account.
Questions clinics ask
What criteria should a clinic use to compare compounding pharmacies and sourcing platforms?
Clinic Partner Guide's methodology uses 7: ordering workflow, pricing transparency and direct accountability at 20% each, and multi-state coverage, turnaround, security posture and onboarding speed at 10% each.Source 2This scorecard applies the same criteria and weights to the written answers your clinic collects.
How is the weighted score calculated?
Multiply each 0 to 5 score by its weight, add the points, and divide by the total weight of the criteria you scored. A criterion with no answer is left out rather than scored 0, as in the index's methodology.Source 3Record the weight you scored as the evidence share.
What if a supplier will not answer a question?
Mark that criterion U (unknown), leave it out of the total and note it on the summary sheet. The evidence share will show the gap. Ask again in writing before you decide.
Can I change the weights?
Yes, for your own decision. A multi-state group may weight coverage higher than a single-site med spa would. Write the weights you used on the summary sheet, and do not compare a reweighted total with the index's scores.
Does Clinic Partner Guide have a commercial relationship with any supplier?
Disclosure: Clinic Partner Guide has a commercial affiliation with Avanta Pharma Group. Avanta is scored on the same criteria as every platform in the index, and no payment changes a score, a rank or an award. See our commercial disclosure: https://clinicpartnerguide.com/commercial-disclosure/Source 4
Sources
- Official primary sourceClinic Partner GuideRetrieved
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Contents
- How the scorecard works
- Note
- The 7 criteria and their weights
- Before you score
- Score anchors for your team
- Criterion 1: Ordering workflow (20%)
- Criterion 2: Pricing transparency (20%)
- Criterion 3: Direct accountability (20%)
- Criterion 4: Multi-state coverage (10%)
- Criterion 5: Turnaround (10%)
- Criterion 6: Security posture (10%)
- Criterion 7: Onboarding speed (10%)
- How to total a supplier
- A worked example you can check against the index
- Why the evidence share goes beside every total
- Summary sheet
- What a score does not say
- Questions clinics ask
- Use it with
- Sources
What each 503A pharmacy partner publishes about pricing
There is no standard 503A compounding pharmacy price for clinics, and the reason is disclosure rather than variation alone: of the 12 sourcing platforms in this index, one publishes actual clinic rates. The rest either describe how pricing works without saying what it costs, or publish nothing about price and quote only after a call. Read as at 2026-08-31.
| Platform | Clinic pricing | What is published |
|---|---|---|
 Avanta Pharma Group | Rates published | Publishes per-vial list prices (semaglutide 2 mL from $65, tirzepatide from $60), three volume tiers (up to 24, 25 plus, 100 plus) and an on-site price comparison calculator; states repeat volume is quoted case by case. |
 AutoPilotRx | Model only, no rates | States pricing, state licensing and formularies are comparable in-portal and free for providers. No per-clinic negotiated pricing is stated. |
 Fizy Health | Model only, no rates | States pass-through pricing and zero platform fee. Pass-through is the pharmacy price rather than a per-clinic negotiated rate. |
 The Banyan Network | Model only, no rates | Publishes negotiated per-partner rates, net-30 terms, no membership or joining fees, and an all-inclusive definition covering medication, supplies, dispensing fees and shipping. States that rates depend on category, volume and partner, and are fixed in the agreement before a first order. No rate card or tiers are published. |
 CompoundingFinder | Model only, no rates | Compares pharmacies by price, turnaround, shipping and inactive ingredients, free and with no obligation. |
| Peptide Association Pharmacy Directory | Model only, no rates | States price ranges are tracked alongside accreditation and compounds. |
 Find My Chemist | Model only, no rates | Invites submitted prices and shows price information, but not provider-negotiated rates. |
 VitaRelay | Nothing published | No pricing is published; entry is book a call. |
 Ironsail Pharma / ImpetusOne | Nothing published | No pricing is published; the product sits behind a demo. |
| CLR RX | Nothing published | No pricing is published; entry is a private demo request. |
 Find My Compounder | Nothing published | No pricing is published. |
 APC / A4PC Pharmacy Locator | Nothing published | No pricing is published. |
Pricing shown is what each provider published at the time we recorded it and may change. Actual pricing varies by product, formulation, order volume, shipping, pharmacy, location and commercial terms. Confirm current pricing directly with the provider.