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Semaglutide Cost: Ozempic, Wegovy, Pill, Compounded

Without insurance, the lowest semaglutide self-pay price is $25 a month, for Walgreens: commercial insurance plus savings card. List prices run far higher.

Lowest self-pay
$25 a month
Medicines compared
3
Highest list price
$1,349.02 a month

Your semaglutide cost varies by medicine, strength, and where you buy it. Self-pay programs from the manufacturer usually cost much less than list price.

Semaglutide cost: a pharmacy receipt and a calculator

Overview of Wegovy

Time in the body
100%50%25%0%07 d14 d21 d28 d35 d50%25%12.5%time after the dose

Its half-life is about 1 week: after 7 d, half is gone, and about 3% remains after five half-lives (35 d).

Weight loss in the main trial
Wegovy (STEP 1)14.9%Placebo2.4%

STEP 1 showed 14.9% of body weight over 68 weeks, against 2.4% on placebo.

Prices over time
202520262027$1,349.02$0List priceSelf-pay

In US dollars, the monthly figures include list prices and self-pay offers, all taken from the maker's price page.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), healthsystemtracker.org, prnewswire.com 1 2.

Prices per month and year

Semaglutide cost by medicine
MedicineLowest self-payList pricePatient assistanceMedicare
Wegovy$25 a month$1,349.02 a month-$50 a month
Ozempic$149 a month$1,027.51 per penFree if approved-
Rybelsus-$1,027.51 per 30 tablets--

Prices checked November 2026. Each price links to its source page.

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

Cost of a year at the lowest self-pay rate

Lowest self-pay price
MedicineLowest self-pay routePer monthPer year (12 fills)
WegovyWalgreens: commercial insurance plus savings card$25 a month$300
OzempicNovoCare Pharmacy: Ozempic pill (from 1.5 mg)$149 a month$1,788

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

A separate price page for each medicine

Telehealth programs with monthly prices

The Mochi Health program

$60 a month

Compounded semaglutide

Found

$99 a month

Compounded GLP-1 plan

Ro

$149 a month

Wegovy pill, starting dose

The Hims & Hers program

$149 a month

Wegovy pill

WeightWatchers Med+

$149 a month

Self-pay pricing for the Foundayo pill

LillyDirect

$149 a month

Foundayo pill, starting dose

LillyDirect review

Each program posts its prices on its own pricing page. Our income from any of them is zero.

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