How to Get a Wegovy Prescription: Every Route, Prices
To get Wegovy you need a prescription for an approved use: weight loss, heart risk and MASH liver disease. Then use insurance, or self-pay from $149 a month (NovoCare Pharmacy: Wegovy pill 1.5 mg).
- Prescription
- RequiredFDA label (DailyMed)
- Lowest self-pay
- $149 a month
- Telehealth from, all in
- $223 a month
- Shortage
- Resolved
Wegovy facts at a glance
Its half-life is about 1 week. After 7 days, half is gone, and about 3% remains after five half-lives (35 days).
In STEP 1 over 68 weeks, 14.9% of body weight was lost, compared with 2.4% on placebo.
US dollar monthly prices include list prices and self-pay offers. Each comes from the maker's price page.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.
All legitimate ways to get Wegovy, in order
| Route | Who it is for | What you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Your doctor, with insurance and the savings card | Commercial insurance that covers it | As little as $25 a month |
| NovoCare Pharmacy: Wegovy pill 1.5 mg | Anyone with a prescription, no insurance needed | $149 a month |
| TrumpRx listing (pill, starting) | Self-pay only | $149 a month |
| Costco Pharmacy: member price | Cash at the pharmacy counter | $149 a month |
| Telehealth: WeightWatchers Med+, Wegovy pill (self-pay) | Online visit, medicine shipped | $223 a month all in |
Prices checked November 2026. Every price links to the source page.
Sources: TrumpRx, NovoCare, CMS, medicare.gov.
Who qualifies
In the US, GLP-1s are available only with a prescription. A prescriber provides the prescription for a use approved on the label:
- For adults with heart disease and obesity or overweight, it lowers the risk of heart attack or stroke.
- For adults and children 12 and older with obesity, it supports weight loss and long-term weight maintenance alongside diet and activity.
- For adults using the injection, it treats MASH liver disease with moderate to advanced scarring (no cirrhosis).
Required: FDA label on DailyMed
Telehealth compared
| Program | Medicine option | Medicine price | Membership | All in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 WeightWatchers Med+ | Wegovy pill (self-pay) | $149 a month | $74 a month | $223 a month |
 Ro | Wegovy pill, starting dose | $149 a month | $149 a month | $298 a month |
 Hims & Hers | Wegovy pill | $149 a month | $149 a month after first month | $298 a month |
| Sesame (Success by Sesame) | Wegovy or Ozempic pen, after intro months | $349 a month | $59 a month | $408 a month |
| Ro | Wegovy pen, 1 mg to 2.4 mg | $349 a month | $149 a month | $498 a month |
Each price comes from its program's own pricing page. We do not earn money from any of them.
Sources: weightwatchers.com, ro.co, hims.com, sesamecare.com.
Shortage status
On February 21, 2025, the shortage for semaglutide injections was resolved. Discontinuing the older Rybelsus tablets is under way.
- The FDA shortage list first included it in March 2022
- Shortage resolved: February 21, 2025
- State pharmacies had to end compounding copies on April 22, 2025
- May 22, 2025 was the deadline for outsourcing facilities to stop
Source: FDA.
Scam signals
- A seller that bypasses the prescription requirement is not a licensed US pharmacy.
- A price well below what the manufacturer charges: self-pay prices for the brand start at $149 a month
- A compounded drug marketed under a brand name is not FDA approved, so it is not one of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or Zepbound brand medicines.
- Salt forms: The approved drugs use an active ingredient other than semaglutide sodium and semaglutide acetate, according to the source.
- Telehealth companies received 30 warning letters from the FDA about misleading claims that their product is the same as the brand.
- Harm reports: the FDA has 990 adverse event reports linked to compounded semaglutide.
- A program faced FTC action because its monthly price left out the drug, as the NextMed review shows.
Sources: TrumpRx, NovoCare, CMS, medicare.gov.
Find it in your state
- Hims & Hers: availability does not include all 50 states
- Noom Med does not serve all 50 states
- NovoCare Pharmacy: Its delivery network reaches all 50 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico
Medicaid rules make the biggest difference to your route for weight loss, 10 state Medicaid programs now cover GLP-1s Pick your state to view its drug list and prior authorization rules:
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- Alaska
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- California
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- Delaware
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