What to verify in a Strive Pharmacy clinic agreement
Because Strive is the compounder, the markup question is different from a multi-pharmacy portal. You are not paying a platform that sits above another 503A partner. You are paying Strive's compounding rate, plus potentially separate shipping, handling, and day-supply charges. Ask pricing@strivepharmacy.com for an itemized agreement that separates the drug rate from shipping and any ancillary fees. If the rate comes back as a single blended per-vial number with no breakdown, you cannot independently confirm what portion is compounding cost versus logistics.
The point is not to assume bad faith. A high-volume 503A compounder can offer competitive direct rates. The point is that pass-through visibility is a structure question: a model where you can see drug cost and fee separately lets you confirm the math, while a blended clinic agreement asks you to accept the number after onboarding.