Apps and online care
Monument vs Bicycle Health
They differ on 6 of 10 things we check. No winner here: the better one is the one that fits what you need and how you'd pay.
Monument
You sign up online, choose your state and insurance, and meet a doctor by video who checks whether medication for drinking is safe for you; therapy sessions can be added.
Bicycle Health
You book a video visit with a Bicycle Health clinician, who can prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone), often the same day, and you keep regular check-ins plus optional coaching and support groups.
Where they differ
- Good for
- Monument: Adults who want to cut back or stop drinking with a doctor's help, without going to a clinic; People with in-network insurance (e.g. Cigna/Evernorth, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare/Optum) in a state Monument serves
- Bicycle Health: Adults with opioid use disorder who want to start buprenorphine (Suboxone) quickly by video; People with commercial insurance, Medicaid or Medicare in one of Bicycle's 27 states
- Probably not for
- Monument: Anyone in crisis: call or text 988
- Bicycle Health: Anyone in crisis or overdose: call 911, or call or text 988
- Cost
- Monument: $25/visit with in-network insurance; $100/session self-pay
- Bicycle Health: Copay with insurance (most pay under $35/month); $249/month self-pay
- Research
- Monument: Early research
- Bicycle Health: Limited research
- Sells your data
- Monument: Not stated
- Bicycle Health: No
- HIPAA
- Monument: No
- Bicycle Health: Yes
The same for both: kind of help (a therapist), how you pay (insurance), where (web), privacy (grade c).
In crisis or thinking about suicide? In the US, call or text 988. This page is information from our reviews, not medical advice.