Every provider on this site is scored out of 100 on the same seven dimensions, with the weights published below. Nothing about that score is negotiable, and nothing about it is for sale.
Most "best med spa" lists are advertising with a headline on top. Somebody paid, or somebody's affiliate link is buried in the button. I wanted the version that doesn't exist yet: one rubric, applied the same way to every provider in Boulder County, with the math shown.
The seven dimensions
| Dimension | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Provider credentials and medical oversight | 25% | Whether there's an MD, DO, NP, or PA involved, whether a medical director is named, and who actually performs injectables. This carries the most weight because it's the part that can hurt you. |
| Verified client reviews | 20% | Rating, volume, and recency together. A 5.0 from 40 reviews does not outrank a 4.9 earned across 800. |
| Range of services | 15% | How much they actually do, taken from their own published service pages. |
| Price transparency | 15% | Whether prices are published where you can see them before you call. |
| Consultation quality | 10% | Whether the consult is honest and unhurried, and whether they'll tell you when a treatment is wrong for you. Assessed in person. |
| Facility and safety | 10% | Cleanliness, equipment, and how the space is run. Assessed in person. |
| Booking experience | 5% | How hard it is to actually get an appointment. |
What's scored now, and what waits for a visit
Five of the seven dimensions come from public evidence: credentials, reviews, services, pricing, and booking. Those are live for all 235 providers today, and the scores you see are calculated only from those five, renormalized so the math still lands on 100.
Consultation quality and facility safety can't be judged from a website. Those get added as I visit, and each profile will say the date I was there. I'd rather show you a partial score honestly than a complete-looking one I made up.
How the review score works
Star averages on their own are close to useless in this industry. Nearly everyone sits between 4.7 and 5.0, and a brand new clinic with eleven glowing reviews will show a perfect score.
So the review dimension weighs three things: the rating, how much volume it was earned across, and what recent reviewers actually describe. A rating built from hundreds of reviews counts for more than the same rating from a handful. That's why the scores on the rankings page spread from the thirties to the high nineties instead of bunching at the top.
Where the data comes from
- Their own websites. Services, pricing, credentials, and booking, read from published pages.
- Google Business Profiles. Ratings, review counts, and photos.
- Google reviews. Over 7,400 collected across the 235 providers. Quotes shown on the site must be from the past year and must name a specific procedure.
- In-person visits. Ongoing, and always dated on the profile.
What would change a score
Scores aren't frozen. They move when a provider publishes pricing, adds or loses a credentialed provider, changes their service menu, or accumulates a meaningfully different body of reviews. If you own one of these businesses and something here is out of date or wrong, tell me and I'll check it.
What this is not
It's not medical advice, and it isn't a safety certification. A high score means a provider looks strong on the things I can measure. It doesn't mean a given treatment is right for you, and it isn't a substitute for a real consultation with a licensed clinician who has examined you.
The scoring is versioned. This is version 1.0, published July 2026. If the method changes, the change gets noted here rather than quietly applied.
See the 2026 rankings