Glossary
The words the records use, defined once
Cadence, derived monthly equivalent, unresolved required fee. Each definition exists so a record can be read without guessing what a word meant.
17 terms · checked Oct 23, 2026
Arithmetic
- All-in monthly equivalent
- The recurring charge, a separate membership and every priced required cost, converted to a monthly figure. Withheld entirely when a required cost has no published amount.
- Billing cadence
- How often a charge is taken: a fixed number of days, a calendar month, or annual. It belongs to the charge and is never inferred from how long a supply lasts.
- Calendar-month charge
- A charge taken once per calendar month. Unlike a 28-day cycle it produces twelve charges a year, which is why the two are never treated as the same.
- Confirmed mandatory fee
- A required fee that carries both an amount and a cadence. It is counted in the all-in figure.
- Derived monthly equivalent
- A monthly figure calculated from the charge as billed. It is always labeled derived, and it is never the amount a provider charges each month.
- Fixed-days cadence
- A charge repeated every N days, such as every 28 or every 90. A 28-day cadence recurs 13.04 times a year rather than 12.
- Membership fee
- A recurring charge for access to the program, separate from the medication unless the record shows it is included. An explicit $0 is recorded as $0.
- Unresolved required fee
- A fee the program states as required but does not price. Its presence withholds the all-in figure for that offer.
- Standard rate
- The price a provider charges under its normal plan, with no introductory offer, free first month, term discount or 'from' price applied. Every figure in this guide is a standard rate, and a one-time charge is never spread across it to make it look smaller.
Method
- Check date
- The date a source was last read for a figure. Every row in the current set carries one, and the record shows it beside the figure.
- Not established
- No published source supports the field at the check date. It is not zero, not an average and not an estimate, and the field stays blank.
- Product option
- A second medicine billed inside the same plan and the same membership, such as progesterone inside a combined plan. It is not a second priced record.
- Supply period
- How long the dispensed quantity lasts. It is recorded, and it never determines the billing cadence.
- Reported figure
- A figure read from a provider's own pricing page, or from a comparison listing where the provider publishes none, with the source named and the read date beside it. A figure is never inferred from a neighbouring one.
Treatment
- Bioidentical
- A marketing term rather than a regulatory category. It describes a hormone as structurally identical to the one the body produces, and it says nothing about whether a product is FDA-approved. A compounded 'bioidentical' preparation is still not an FDA-approved finished product and is not interchangeable with a branded one.
- Compounded preparation
- A medicine prepared for an individual prescription rather than manufactured as a finished product. It is not FDA-approved and is not interchangeable with a branded product.
- Estriol
- A weaker estrogen that is not an FDA-approved ingredient in a US prescription product at the check date. It appears in compounded creams, which are not FDA-approved finished products and are not interchangeable with a branded estradiol product.
Last modified Oct 23, 2026