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GLP-1 Cost With Insurance: Typical Copays by Plan Type

With commercial insurance that covers the drug, manufacturer savings cards bring GLP-1 copays down to for up to 3 months, you might pay as little as $25 monthly. Without a card, you pay your plan's copay.

Lowest card copay
For up to 3 months, you might pay as little as $25 monthly
Medicare GLP-1 Bridge
$50 a month
Medicines compared
9

Two things affect your GLP-1 costs with insurance: what your plan covers, and whether the manufacturer's savings card applies to you. The cards cannot be used by government plans

GLP-1 cost with insurance: a pharmacy receipt and a calculator

Weight loss and half-life at a glance

How long each one remains in the body
Wegovy7 dOzempic7 dRybelsus7 dZepbound5.5 dMounjaro5 dTrulicity5 dFoundayo1.6 dSaxenda0.5 dVictoza0.5 dByetta0.1 d

Half-life in days shows how long your body needs to remove half a dose. Each FDA label lists this in section 12.3.

Main trial weight loss for each medicine
Zepbound20.9%Wegovy14.9%Foundayo11.1%Saxenda7.4%

Body weight, as a percentage. The trials differ in doses and lengths, so compare each one with the placebo on its own page.

Sources (10)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. FDA label (DailyMed)

GLP-1 cost with insurance: a price table

Each medicine's GLP-1 price with insurance
MedicineSavings card copayCard limitIf your plan does not cover itMedicare
OzempicFor up to 3 months, you might pay as little as $25 monthlySaves up to $100 per 1-month fill--
WegovyAs little as $25 a monthSaves up to $100 a month-$50 a month
MounjaroYour monthly payment may be as little as $25 for up to 3 monthsSaves up to $150 per 1-month fill$499 a month$0 to $50 per 28 days
ZepboundYour monthly payment may be as little as $25 for up to 3 monthsSaves up to $100 per 1-month fill$299 a month$50 a month
FoundayoAs little as $25 a monthSaves up to $100 per 1-month fill-$50 a month
RybelsusA fill of 1, 2, or 3 months for as little as $25Saves up to $100 per 1-month supply--
TrulicityYour monthly payment may be as little as $25 for up to 3 monthsSaves up to $150 per 1-month fill--
Saxenda----
Victoza----

Prices checked November 2026. Every listed price points to its source page.

Sources: Novo Nordisk pricing, NovoCare, TrumpRx, rx.costco.com.

Savings card rules for each drug

Sources: NovoCare, mounjaro.lilly.com, zepbound.lilly.com, foundayo.lilly.com.

Each medicine has a Price page

Monthly prices for telehealth programs

The Mochi Health choice

$60 a month

A compounded semaglutide choice

Found

$99 a month

Compounded GLP-1 plan

Ro

$149 a month

Starting dose of the Wegovy pill

Hims & Hers telehealth services

$149 a month

Wegovy in pill form

Med+ through WeightWatchers

$149 a month

Foundayo pill (self-pay)

LillyDirect

$149 a month

Starting dose of the Foundayo pill

LillyDirect review

Each listed price is based on the pricing page for that specific program. We do not make money from any of them.

Sources: ro.co, hims.com, henrymeds.com, noom.com.