Maximus vs. Hone Health
Hone Health bundles the testing. Maximus tests wider and treats in more formats.
Maximus prescribes testosterone as a pill, a cream, or an injection, from $99.99/mo, with medication included. Fertility-friendly enclomiphene and hCG options come as part of the protocol, and panels run to 146 markers. Hone Health bundles a 50+ marker panel into a membership and bills medication on top of it. Either way, it starts with a blood test.
What Maximus prescribes
Oral · Cream · Injection
- ✓Oral, topical, and injectable testosterone — plus fertility-friendly combinations
- ✓At-home testosterone test, 10 markers, $99.99 — no lab visit
- ✓A board-certified U.S. physician sets the dose. Message them 24/7.
- ✓Ranked #1 by Policy Lab for offering the full menu of TRT formats under one clinical roof[1]
Lab-guided · Doctor-supervised
The three differences that matter
Where these two actually diverge
01
Three purchases at Hone, one at Maximus
Maximus is $99.99/mo with the medication included. Getting treated at Hone means buying three things: the $65 test, then a membership at $25/mo or $155/mo, then the medication on top of it — cypionate from $28/mo, cream from $60/mo. A Premium membership with cypionate reaches $183/mo before the test.
02
Maximus panels go wider. Hone includes testing in the membership.
Hone runs 50+ biomarkers for a $65 test at signup and folds retesting into the membership after that, so testing arrives without a separate decision. Maximus sells testing separately: a 10-marker at-home test at $99.99, or comprehensive panels of 110 or 146 markers at $199.99 or $349.99 a year.
03
Fertility is a protocol, not an add-on
Maximus runs fertility-friendly testosterone as its own protocol category, with four tagged protocols, hCG available alongside injectable testosterone, and two in-house studies reporting participants who held LH and FSH above fertility thresholds. Hone’s fertility pathway is oral SERMs only, enclomiphene and clomiphene, and hCG did not appear on any Hone page read for this comparison.
The short answer
Similar testing. Different way of paying for it.
Hone Health is a longevity platform built around broad biomarker testing. Maximus is a testosterone clinic built around treatment formats and fertility markers. The right pick depends on which problem is yours.
Fit check
Choose Hone Health if…
- You want testing to arrive without thinking about it. Hone folds a 50+ biomarker panel and its retests into the membership, covering thyroid, kidney, liver, metabolic and immune markers alongside hormones, so a broad workup is the default rather than a separate purchase.
- You mainly want to know where you stand before committing to treatment. Hone’s entry is a $65 biomarker test plus a $25/mo Basic membership, drawn at a partner lab or by free mobile phlebotomy where available.
- Your protocol calls for anastrozole, clomiphene citrate, or a testosterone troche. Hone lists all three. Maximus does not carry any of them.
Fit check
Choose Maximus if…
- You want oral testosterone or an hCG protocol. Maximus prescribes both. Neither is listed on Hone’s site.
- Fertility matters. Maximus runs fertility-friendly testosterone as its own protocol category, with four tagged protocols and published in-house studies behind them.
- You want to message a physician 24/7 without buying a top tier. At Hone, unlimited messaging sits on the $155/mo Premium plan; Basic members pay per consultation.
Every Hone Health statement on this page was read from Hone’s own pages on July 31, 2026, and is listed with its source in this page’s editorial notes. Providers change pricing and formularies; check both sites before deciding.
What each one costs
The two price structures are not built the same way
Maximus prices the protocol: the medication and the physician oversight are the monthly number. Hone prices a membership, and the test and the medication are separate purchases either side of it. Comparing the headline figures alone will mislead you — the $25/mo entry is a membership fee, not the cost of getting treated.
| Maximus | Hone Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price* |
$99.99/mo Enclomiphene or injectable testosterone, 12-month plan. Medication included. |
$25/mo Basic membership. The $65 test and the medication are both extra. $155/mo Premium membership. The $65 test and the medication are both extra. |
| What the monthly price covers | The medication, physician oversight, and 24/7 messaging with a physician |
Basic Lab testing every 6 months, and member pricing on medication Premium A retest and clinician visit every 3 months, and unlimited messaging |
| Medication cost |
Included in the protocol price |
Billed separately, on top of membership Cypionate from $28/mo · cream from $60/mo · troches from $60/mo · enclomiphene from $42/mo · clomiphene from $38/mo · anastrozole $22/mo |
| Testing cost |
$99.99 one-time At-home testosterone test $199.99 or $349.99 per year Comprehensive venous panels |
$65 one-time The 50+ marker test at signup, plus a $25 onboarding fee on Basic Bundled after that Ongoing testing is included in the membership |
| Plan terms |
1, 3, 6, and 12-month plans Committed 3 and 6-month plans run the full term, and the remainder is not refundable |
Auto-renewing subscription Hone’s terms state cancellation needs at least 15 days’ notice before the payment date, and that fees already paid are not refundable |
Compounded medications are not FDA-approved for safety, efficacy, or quality.
What treatment actually costs
The advertised $25/mo is a membership fee, not the cost of being treated
Hone bills the assessment, the membership, and the medication as three separate charges. Hone’s own medication price list makes the dependency explicit — every line reads “+ membership”. Here is what each realistic path adds up to, using Hone’s published figures.
Hone, cheapest path
$53/mo, after $65 up front
The $65 assessment, then Basic membership at $25/mo, then injectable testosterone from $28/mo. Basic covers lab testing every 6 months, and physician consults stay a per-visit purchase rather than an inclusion.
Hone, its own hormone tier
$163/mo, after $65 up front
Hone’s published cost guide calls its $135/mo Plus tier “ideal for patients only receiving hormone treatment”. With injectable testosterone from $28/mo on top, that reaches $163/mo before any dose change.
Maximus
$99.99/mo, medication included
One number covers the medication, the physician oversight, and 24/7 messaging with a physician. Testing is bought separately: $99.99 for the at-home test, or $199.99 to $349.99 a year for a comprehensive panel.
Hone lists its medication prices as starting prices, and states the final cost depends on dose and frequency. The three paths above are the lowest arithmetic totals at each tier, not a quote.
Maximus prices pulled from the Maximus prices API on August 4, 2026. Hone Health prices as listed on honehealth.com on August 4, 2026, across its home page, men’s health page, testosterone-replacement-therapy page, and its published cost guide. Both providers change prices without notice.
*Billed monthly or by plan term. Full billing, availability, and cost terms are at the bottom of this page. HSA and FSA eligible.
Formulary
What each clinic will actually prescribe
Neither formulary contains the other. Hone carries three compounds Maximus does not; Maximus carries two Hone does not list. Which gaps matter depends entirely on the protocol you want.
| Maximus | Hone Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Injectable testosterone | ✓ Offered |
✓ Offered Cypionate |
| Oral testosterone | ✓ Offered | — Not listed |
| Topical / cream | ✓ Offered | ✓ Offered |
| Troche | — Not offered | ✓ Offered |
| Enclomiphene | ✓ Offered | ✓ Offered |
| Clomiphene citrate | — Not offered | ✓ Offered |
| hCG |
✓ Offered Alongside injectable testosterone |
— Not listed |
| Anastrozole | — Not offered | ✓ Offered |
| Peptides |
✓ Offered Sermorelin |
✓ Offered Sermorelin |
Formulary read from each provider’s own website on July 31, 2026. “Not listed” means the compound did not appear on any page read that day, not that the provider refuses it. Formularies change; verify before switching.
A testosterone troche and an oral testosterone capsule are different products with different pharmacokinetics, and are not interchangeable. A clinician decides which, if either, is appropriate.
Testing and monitoring
Hone tests broader. Maximus tests closer to the dose.
This is the section where Hone competes hardest, and the comparison should say so. A 50+ marker panel across nine body systems is a wider look at general health than a 10-marker hormone test.
| Maximus | Hone Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel size | At-home testosterone test: 10 markers, including total and free testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, LH, FSH, PSA, and hematocrit. Separate comprehensive panels run 110 or 146 metrics. | 50+ biomarkers across nine systems: blood, electrolytes, heart, hormone, immune, kidney, liver, metabolic, thyroid. |
| How blood is collected | At-home capillary collection with the Tasso+ device, no lab visit. The comprehensive panels use a venous draw at a partner location. | Venous draw at a partner lab, with 2,000+ Quest Diagnostics locations, or free mobile phlebotomy where available in your area. |
| Retest cadence | Baseline labs before the first dose, follow-up labs 4 weeks after a dose change, and annual labs at minimum thereafter. |
Premium: every 3 months A retest and a clinician visit Basic: every 6 months Testing only. Hone’s clinical policy conditions continued treatment on follow-up testing and physician consultations every 90 days. |
| Who provides care | US-based, licensed, board-certified physicians with expertise in hormone optimization. | Board-certified physicians, MDs and DOs, through Hone-affiliated medical practices that are independently owned and operated. |
| Messaging and dose changes | Message a physician 24/7. The physician adjusts the dose. |
Unlimited messaging is a Premium feature At $155/mo. Basic members pay a fee for a 30-minute consultation. The prescribing physician adjusts the dose |
Hone Health details read from honehealth.com on July 31, 2026. Maximus details from maximustribe.com, same date.
Coverage and fertility
Where each one operates, and what happens to fertility
State availability
State availability changes as regulations, formularies, and company policy shift. Check with Hone Health and Maximus directly for current coverage in your state.
Fertility support
- Maximus. Fertility-friendly testosterone is a top-level protocol category, with four tagged protocols and hCG available alongside injectable testosterone. Two in-house studies report participants maintaining LH and FSH above fertility thresholds.
- Hone Health. Fertility preservation runs through oral SERMs — enclomiphene and clomiphene. Hone’s clinical policy states plainly that testosterone may reduce future fertility and points toward alternatives, which is a candid disclosure worth crediting. hCG is not listed.
Fertility preservation is not guaranteed. Injectable testosterone consistently suppresses sperm production without an enclomiphene or hCG adjunct. Fertility-friendly protocols at Maximus means the enclomiphene-containing and hCG-containing protocols specifically — not testosterone cream or injectable testosterone taken alone.
Fit check
Who Hone Health is not the right fit for
Nothing below is a knock on the care Hone provides. These are cases where what a man is looking for sits outside what Hone publishes.
Men who want oral testosterone.
Hone lists a compounded testosterone troche, which dissolves in the mouth. It does not list an oral testosterone capsule, and the two behave differently. If a daily capsule is the format you want, Hone’s published formulary does not carry it.
Men whose protocol calls for hCG.
hCG did not appear on any Hone page read on July 31, 2026. For a man who wants hCG alongside testosterone to support testicular function, Hone’s fertility pathway is oral SERMs only. Maximus offers an injectable testosterone protocol that includes hCG.
Men who want ongoing clinician access without the top tier.
Unlimited messaging at Hone is a Premium feature at $155/mo. Basic members at $25/mo pay a fee for each 30-minute consultation. Someone who wants responsive access but not the full membership is caught between the two.
Why the Maximus protocol is built this way
Licensed physicians, certified pharmacies, published studies
Testosterone is a Schedule III controlled substance. A pharmacy can fill it only against a valid prescription from a licensed prescriber, and no online provider changes that.
How the care is delivered
- Blood work before the first dose, with an at-home collection kit
- A US-based, board-certified physician who sets the dose from those markers
- A LegitScript-certified U.S. pharmacy filling the prescription
- Follow-up labs 4 weeks after a dose change, and annual labs at minimum
- A physician reachable by message 24/7
What third parties say
- Policy Lab ranked Maximus #1 of seven providers in July 2026, for offering the full menu of TRT formats — oral, topical, and injectable — under one clinical roof. Hone Health placed fifth on the same list.[1]
- Innerbody ranked Maximus first in April 2026 on testing quality, affordability, convenience, and treatment options. Hone Health placed fourth.[2]
- Maximus runs and publishes its own studies. Mean free testosterone rose 129.8% on Oral Testosterone (N=34, p < 0.001), and 100% of those participants held LH and FSH above fertility thresholds.[3]
Both roundups carry affiliate disclosures and monetized outbound links, so neither is a disinterested editorial verdict. Rankings move; each is dated above.
Study sources and what the figures mean
Oral Testosterone. Source: Maximus Oral T HPTA Non-Suppression Study, N=34, an open-label observational study with no placebo control. Figures are group means, not per-client outcomes. The mean is the generally expected result. Individual results vary, and some men respond less than the mean.
Testosterone Cream. Source: Maximus Topical Testosterone with Enclomiphene Study, N=45, open-label and observational. Its fertility-marker figures apply only to the cream paired with enclomiphene at 12.5mg or higher.
FDA's approved indication for testosterone products is classical or organic hypogonadism. FDA retained a Limitation of Use explicitly warning that the safety and efficacy of testosterone products have not been established for men with age-related hypogonadism.
Bottom line: pick the clinic that carries the protocol you want
If a broad biomarker workup is the goal, Hone Health is built for that. If the goal is testosterone in the format that fits your life — with fertility markers accounted for — that is what Maximus is built for. Either way, it starts with a blood test.
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FAQ
Questions men ask when they are comparing clinics
Can you switch from Hone Health to Maximus?
Yes. Switching means starting a Maximus intake and being evaluated by a Maximus physician, who writes any new prescription. Cancel the Hone membership directly with Hone — Hone’s terms ask for at least 15 days’ notice before the next payment date and state that fees already paid are not refundable.
Can an existing testosterone prescription transfer?
A Maximus physician writes a new prescription after reviewing your labs. Recent bloodwork can shorten the process: results from the last 6 months can be uploaded during signup if they include total testosterone, SHBG or free testosterone, LH, PSA, and hematocrit. Anything older or thinner and you start with a fresh panel.
Does insurance cover either one? What about HSA and FSA?
Maximus is direct pay and does not bill insurance. Maximus protocols are HSA and FSA eligible, so pre-tax dollars can be used. Check Hone’s current policy with Hone.
Which states does each clinic serve?
State availability changes as regulations, formularies, and company policy shift for both companies. Check with Hone Health and Maximus directly for current coverage in your state.
What happens if the labs say testosterone therapy is not right for you?
A physician reviews the panel before prescribing anything. If testosterone therapy is not appropriate, the physician says so and discusses what else the markers point to. Billing and cancellation terms are set out in full at the bottom of this page.
Is Maximus testosterone compounded?
A licensed U.S. pharmacy compounds Oral Testosterone, Testosterone Cream, and Injectable Testosterone against your prescription.
Compounded medications are not FDA-approved for safety, efficacy, or quality.
Does Maximus offer everything Hone Health does?
No. As of July 31, 2026, Hone lists three things Maximus does not carry: anastrozole, clomiphene citrate, and testosterone troches. Maximus lists two Hone does not: oral testosterone and hCG. If a specific compound is what you are after, check both formularies before switching.
Important safety information
Prescription testosterone requires a physician evaluation and ongoing lab monitoring. Reported effects across the class include acne or oily skin, libido changes, mood changes, fluid retention, elevated blood pressure, elevated hematocrit and hemoglobin, elevated PSA, testicular shrinkage, suppressed fertility, gynecomastia, and worsening of sleep apnea.
Serious risks include polycythemia or elevated hematocrit (CBC monitoring required), deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (rare), cardiovascular events in high-risk individuals, significant suppression of sperm production, and hypersensitivity reactions.
Read full safety information
Testosterone products carry a class-wide warning about increases in blood pressure, per FDA class-wide labeling changes announced February 28, 2025.[4]
Topical secondary exposure. Testosterone Cream can transfer to another person through skin contact. Wash your hands after applying it and cover the application site with clothing. The site can be washed after 2 hours. Keep children and pets away from the site.
Injection-specific. Injection site pain, swelling, or bruising. Hypersensitivity to the oil carrier is rare. Injectable testosterone is a controlled substance.
Review the Medication Guide for any FDA-approved testosterone product your physician prescribes. Full safety information: maximustribe.com/safety
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
References
This page compares two providers using each provider’s own published information, read on July 31, 2026. It is general information, not medical advice.
- 01Policy Lab. The Best Online TRT Clinics of 2026: 7 Providers Ranked. policylab.us/testosterone-replacement-therapy/online-trt
Ranks Maximus first of seven providers, under the heading “Best for Oral and Topical TRT Options,” for offering the full menu of TRT formats under one clinical roof. Hone Health is ranked fifth on the same list. Page updated July 2026 and read July 31, 2026. Policy Lab carries an affiliate disclosure and its Maximus link is a tracked redirect, so this is a monetized ranking rather than an independent editorial verdict.
- 02Innerbody Research. Best Online TRT Clinic. innerbody.com/best-online-trt-clinic
Ranks Maximus Tribe first, described as best for most men, on testing quality, affordability, convenience, and treatment options. Hone Health is ranked fourth. Page updated April 6, 2026 and read July 31, 2026. Innerbody carries an affiliate disclosure. Its pricing table is out of date; prices on this page come from the Maximus prices API instead.
- 03Maximus Oral T HPTA Non-Suppression Study (N=34). maximustribe.com/white-paper-oral-native-trt
Open-label observational study with no placebo control. Source for the 129.8% mean free-testosterone figure and the fertility-marker result quoted on this page. Group means, not per-client outcomes.
- 04U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA issues class-wide labeling changes for testosterone products. Drug Safety Communication, February 28, 2025. fda.gov/drugs/drug-alerts-and-statements/fda-issues-class-wide-labeling-changes-testosterone-products
FDA states that completed blood-pressure studies confirmed an increase in blood pressure across all testosterone products, class-wide. The same action retained the Limitation of Use on age-related hypogonadism.
- 05Hone Health. Testosterone Replacement Therapy, How It Works, Biomarkers, Enclomiphene, Clinical Policy, and Terms of Service. honehealth.com
Source for every Hone Health figure on this page: membership tiers, medication pricing, the 50+ biomarker panel, lab collection method, retest cadence, provider credentials, messaging entitlements, state count, and fertility pathway. All pages read July 31, 2026. Hone changes pricing and formulary without notice; verify before deciding.
- 06Maximus Topical Testosterone with Enclomiphene Study (N=45). maximustribe.com/white-paper-testosterone-cream
Open-label observational study with no placebo control. Its fertility-marker results apply only to testosterone cream paired with enclomiphene at 12.5mg or higher.
Compounded medications are prepared by licensed 503A/503B pharmacies using pharmaceutical-grade active ingredients. They are not FDA-approved finished drug products. Maximus protocols require a physician prescription.
Billing, availability, and cost
Billed monthly on the 1-month plan, or paid in advance or in installments across the full term on the 3-month and 6-month plans. At current rates a 6-month plan totals $899.94 for Oral Testosterone, $659.94 for Testosterone Cream, and $599.94 for Injectable Testosterone and for Enclomiphene, and a 3-month plan totals $599.97, $479.97, $449.97 and $449.97 respectively. New clients starting a 6-month plan get 50% off the first month, which lowers those totals. Lab testing is required, and any lab fee is disclosed in writing before your card is charged. Auto-renews on the day your current term ends, at the plan price and cadence shown at checkout. Cancel by turning off auto-renewal in your Maximus dashboard at app.maximustribe.com/login or by emailing support@maximustribe.com, with no phone call required. Committed 3-month and 6-month plans run through the full term you agree to at checkout. They cannot be ended early, and the remainder of a committed term is not refundable.
HSA and FSA eligible. Direct pay, no insurance billing.
Availability varies by state. Click into the product to see whether Maximus can ship to your state.
Maximus is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hone Health. Hone Health is a trademark of its owner and is referenced here only to compare publicly available information about the two services, read on July 31, 2026.
