Liraglutide Cost: Generic Victoza vs Saxenda
Liraglutide cost: the prices of each GLP-1 medicine, side by side.
- Medicines compared
- 2
- Highest list price
- $1,349.02 per 5 pens
What you pay for liraglutide comes down to the medicine, the strength, and the place you buy it. Self-pay programs run by manufacturers usually come with a price far below the list price.
A quick look at Saxenda
Its half-life is about 13 hours: after 13 h half is gone, and after five half-lives (2.7 d) about 3% is left.
In the SCALE Obesity and Prediabetes, 56 weeks trial: 7.4% of body weight lost, against 3% on placebo.
Sources: FDA label (DailyMed).
Monthly and yearly price
Prices checked November 2026. Every price points to the page it comes from.
Sources: Novo Nordisk pricing, NovoCare.
Cost pages for each medicine
Sources: Novo Nordisk pricing, NovoCare.
Telehealth programs and their monthly charges
The Mochi Health program
$60 a month
Compounded semaglutide
Found
$99 a month
Compounded GLP-1 plan
Ro
$149 a month
The Wegovy pill at a starting dose
Hims & Hers
$149 a month
Wegovy in pill form
WeightWatchers Med+
$149 a month
Foundayo pill (self-pay)
Each program posts the prices on its own pricing page. We make no money from any of them.
Sources: ro.co, hims.com, henrymeds.com, noom.com.