GLP-1 Price Check

Methodology

This page is the receipt. Every figure this site holds is below, with where it came from, what kind of source that is, when we last checked it, and whether we were able to confirm it. Nothing is aggregated away.

Pricing data as of .

How a figure becomes a published price
  1. 1 Located A figure is found in circulation: an announcement, a search summary, an aggregator. This is a lead, never a source.
  2. 2 Read directly We open the manufacturer or government page that owns the number and read it ourselves, and we record the date we did.
  3. 3 Confirmed, or not If the primary source states the figure, it is confirmed. If sources conflict, or the page cannot be read, it is not.
  4. 4 Published as a number (26 of 47) Only a confirmed figure renders as a price, and it carries its source and its verification date.
  5. 5 Withheld (21 of 47) Everything else renders as unverified, with what we found and what a confirmation would require.

A figure never skips step 2. That is the whole discipline: a number without a direct read is a rumour with a dollar sign in front of it.

The tally

Price figures tracked
47
Confirmed against a primary source
26
Sources conflict
1
Not verified
20
Eligibility rules applied
17
Rules that remove a pathway
5
Rules awaiting a verbatim source quote
0
Figures rendered as a number
26

Our rules of evidence

Only a primary source can confirm a figure. For us that means the manufacturer’s own site or investor relations, or a government source: fda.gov, cms.gov, medicare.gov, hhs.gov, trumprx.gov.

A secondary source may locate a fact. It may never confirm one. Press coverage, price aggregators and drug databases are how we find out that a price may have changed; they are not how we establish what it is. A press-release wire copy of a company announcement is secondary. The company’s own page is primary.

We do not reconcile conflicting figures into a midpoint. If two sources disagree, we mark the figure as conflicting and show you both positions, because the average of two prices is a price that nobody charges.

Any figure we cannot confirm against a primary source does not render as a number anywhere on this site. It renders as "price not currently verified" with a link to the pathway’s official page. That rule is enforced in our code by a single function and asserted by a test that tries to break it, not by editorial discipline.

Current verification status: what has been read, and what has not

We could have printed the figures anyway. Every competitor does, and most readers would not have noticed. We would rather show you an empty column than a number we have not seen with our own eyes, because the cost of being wrong here is somebody at a pharmacy counter who cannot pay for their medication.

Alongside each unverified figure we record what our research located and the provenance we actually hold for it, so that a single verification pass can promote it. That data is in the site’s price file and is summarised in the table below.

A figure that is confirmed is still only as good as the day it was read. Every published figure therefore carries the date we read it, and the freshness of the whole set is visible on the same page.

Staleness

Every figure carries the date we last verified it, and every rendered price passes through the same check. Past 30 days a figure is flagged as possibly outdated. Past 60 days a prominent warning appears above all results. Prices in this market have moved repeatedly, so age is part of the price, not a footnote to it.

What we do not do

Compounded GLP-1 products

Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide are excluded from this tool. The regulatory position has shifted with FDA shortage-list resolutions and subsequent litigation, and we were unable to establish the current lawful status against FDA sources directly. Our default in that situation is exclusion.

This is also where the competitive conflict in this market is most acute: much of the GLP-1 cost content that ranks well is published by companies selling compounded products. We are not going to rank a product category we cannot verify the legality of, and we would not rank it alongside approved products even if we could.

Every eligibility rule we apply

These rules decide which pathways you are shown. A rule that removes a pathway is a claim about what you may legally do, so each one carries its source. Where we could not retrieve the verbatim terms, the rule is marked pending and the basis we are relying on is stated, rather than a quote being invented.

Rule Pathway Effect Status Source
Manufacturer savings cards exclude anyone enrolled in a federal healthcare program, including Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and VA coverage. This pathway is not available to you. Manufacturer savings card suppress Quoted verbatim Open
A manufacturer savings card requires commercial insurance. It cannot be used without coverage. Manufacturer savings card require Quoted verbatim Open
This pathway is available only to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare GLP-1 Bridge require Quoted verbatim Open
Requires a valid prescription from a licensed healthcare provider. All caveat Editorial —
Paying cash bypasses your insurance, so what you spend here does not count toward your deductible or your out-of-pocket maximum. LillyDirect Self Pay note Editorial —
Paying cash bypasses your insurance, so what you spend here does not count toward your deductible or your out-of-pocket maximum. NovoCare Pharmacy note Editorial —
Patient assistance programs are income-gated and require an application, usually with proof of income and a prescriber's involvement. Approval is not immediate. Patient assistance program note Editorial —
Patient assistance is limited to applicants below an income threshold. Patient assistance program require Quoted verbatim Open
Figures for this pathway were read directly from trumprx.gov on 2026-10-28, so they are no longer hand-curated from an unreachable page. They still carry the date they were read, and prices in this market move without announcement, so check trumprx.gov directly before relying on a price. TrumpRx caveat Editorial —
Mounjaro is approved for type 2 diabetes, not for weight management. Coverage and program eligibility follow the diabetes indication. All note Editorial —
Ozempic is approved for type 2 diabetes, not for weight management. Coverage and program eligibility follow the diabetes indication. All note Editorial —
Medicare states that you are not eligible for this program if you already get GLP-1 drugs covered through your Medicare Part D plan, or if you have type 2 diabetes, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea, or fatty liver disease. Your Part D plan might cover your GLP-1 instead. Confirm your own position with Medicare. Medicare GLP-1 Bridge suppress Quoted verbatim Open
This programme requires a BMI of 35 or higher, or a BMI of 30 or higher with diastolic heart failure, uncontrolled high blood pressure, or chronic kidney disease at stage 3a or higher, or a BMI of 27 or higher with prediabetes, a previous heart attack or stroke, or peripheral artery disease with symptoms. It covers Foundayo tablets, Wegovy injection and tablets, and the Zepbound KwikPen specifically rather than Zepbound vials, and it is available nationwide. Read from medicare.gov on 2026-10-28. Medicare GLP-1 Bridge note Editorial —
Medicaid GLP-1 coverage is state-by-state. A federal program for 2026 negotiates terms on behalf of state Medicaid agencies, but participation is voluntary and what you pay depends on your own state. There is no national Medicaid price for these medications and this site does not publish one. All note Editorial —
IMPORTANT AND UNRESOLVED: sources disagree about whether Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries may buy through this cash-pay program at all. One reading excludes government-programme beneficiaries outright; another permits anyone with a prescription who chooses to pay cash. We could not settle it, so we are neither hiding this pathway from you nor telling you it is available. Call the program and ask before you rely on it. LillyDirect Self Pay note Editorial —
This cash-pay pharmacy appears to be open to people who have Medicare or other government coverage but choose to pay cash and not use it. That is a different rule from the manufacturer savings card, which bars government-programme beneficiaries outright. We have not confirmed it directly, so verify before you rely on it. NovoCare Pharmacy note Editorial —
Patient assistance programmes generally require that you have Medicare or no insurance at all. If you have commercial insurance you are typically not eligible, even if your plan does not cover the medication. Income thresholds also vary by product and we have not confirmed which applies here. Patient assistance program note Editorial —

The complete price table

Every figure, every source, every date. 47 rows.

Medication Pathway Dose or tier Monthly Confidence Source type Verified Source
Zepbound LillyDirect Self Pay 2.5mg $299 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound LillyDirect Self Pay 5mg $399 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound LillyDirect Self Pay all other doses $449 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound TrumpRx 2.5mg $299 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound TrumpRx 5mg $399 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound TrumpRx all other doses $449 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound Manufacturer savings card any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound Medicare GLP-1 Bridge any $50 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound List price, no program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy Manufacturer savings card any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy List price, no program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic NovoCare Pharmacy any $199 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic TrumpRx any $199 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic Manufacturer savings card any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic List price, no program any Not verified Sources conflict Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets NovoCare Pharmacy 1.5mg $149 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets NovoCare Pharmacy higher doses $199 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets List price, no program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Mounjaro LillyDirect Self Pay any From $499 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Mounjaro Manufacturer savings card any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Mounjaro List price, no program any $1,112.16 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy NovoCare Pharmacy low doses $199 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy NovoCare Pharmacy standard doses $349 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy Medicare GLP-1 Bridge any $50 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets Medicare GLP-1 Bridge any $50 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo LillyDirect Self Pay 0.8mg $149 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo LillyDirect Self Pay 2.5mg $149 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo LillyDirect Self Pay mid doses $299 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo LillyDirect Self Pay top doses $299 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo Manufacturer savings card any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo TrumpRx any $149 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo Medicare GLP-1 Bridge any $50 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo List price, no program any $649 Confirmed Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy TrumpRx low doses $199 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy TrumpRx standard doses $349 Confirmed Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Zepbound Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Ozempic Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Mounjaro Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Mounjaro Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Wegovy tablets Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo Patient assistance program any Not verified Not verified Primary, manufacturer 2026-10-29 Open
Foundayo Medicare Part D any Not verified Not verified Primary, government 2026-10-29 Open

What our research located but could not confirm

For transparency, these are the figures our research surfaced together with the provenance we hold. None of these is a price we are publishing. They are shown so you can see the gap between what is in circulation and what has actually been verified.

Medication Pathway Tier Figure located What we hold What would confirm it
Zepbound Manufacturer savings card any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Zepbound savings card terms were read directly and state three separate figures, each as a bound rather than a price. With commercial insurance that covers the single-dose pen: "pay as little as $25 for a 1-month, 2-month, or 3-month prescription fill", capped at $100 a month and $1,300 a year. With commercial insurance that does NOT cover the pen: "pay as low as $499". For the KwikPen where insurance does not cover it: $299 at 2.5 mg, $399 at 5 mg, $449 at 7.5 mg, and $449 at 10, 12.5 and 15 mg, each capped by a stated maximum monthly saving. Every one of those is "as little as" or "as low as", so none of them is a price and the value stays null. The card also states that it expires and savings end on 12/31/2026. A single copay figure. The manufacturer publishes a set of bounds, each with its own monthly savings cap and its own coverage condition, and a bound is not a price.
Zepbound List price, no program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: pricinginfo.lilly.com was read directly and states the list price (WAC) of Zepbound as "$499 - $1,086.37 per fill", with the wholesale acquisition cost accessed from AnalySource on January 1, 2026. That single authoritative statement supersedes the four circulating figures previously recorded here (1086, 1059, 1059.87, 1087), which were never reconciled. The statement is a range, so no single price can be published and the row stays null. A per-dose list price from the manufacturer. The disclosure page publishes a range for the product line and does not map each end of the range to a dose.
Wegovy Manufacturer savings card any none Direct read of novocare.com on 2026-10-28 confirms the insured offer as a bound, not a price: "Pay as little as $25, subject to a maximum savings of $100/month. Government beneficiaries excluded. One month is defined as 1 box of 4 pens of Wegovy® and 1 bottle of 30 tablets of Wegovy®." Value stays null because a bound is not a price. A single copay figure from the manufacturer terms. The offer is expressed as a bound with a maximum monthly saving, so no single price is defensible.
Wegovy List price, no program any $1,349 Re-checked 2026-10-28: novocare.com was read directly and states no list price for this product. TrumpRx (read 2026-10-28 at trumprx.gov/p/wegovy) displays "Original Price $1,349.02" beside the offer, but the platform does not label that figure a list price, so it is not promoted and no manufacturer list price is adopted. A list price from a Novo Nordisk source. The federal platform shows a reference price but does not label it as a list price.
Ozempic Manufacturer savings card any none Re-read 2026-10-28 on ozempic.com/savings-and-resources/save-on-ozempic.html, read directly: "Pay as little as $25, subject to a maximum savings of $100/month. Eligibility and restrictions apply. Government beneficiaries excluded." and "Commercially insured patients with Ozempic® coverage can pay as little as $25/month, saving up to $100/month for up to 48 months". Value stays null because "as little as" is a bound, not a price. A single copay figure from the manufacturer terms. The offer is expressed as a bound with a maximum monthly saving, so no single price is defensible.
Ozempic List price, no program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: Novo Nordisk publishes its own Ozempic price guide, and it was read. It publishes the self-pay and savings prices and says nothing about a list price or a wholesale acquisition cost, so the two circulating figures are still unreconciled and no value is adopted. For the record, the federal platform states in its own payload that its "Original Price" represents the wholesale acquisition cost, and it shows $1,027.51 beside the Ozempic offer, but that is a platform display and not a disclosure by the manufacturer. A list price published by Novo Nordisk itself. The manufacturer price guide does not carry one.
Wegovy tablets List price, no program any $1,349 Re-checked 2026-10-28: novocare.com was read directly and states no list price for the oral product. TrumpRx (read 2026-10-28 at trumprx.gov/p/wegovy-pill) displays "Original Price $1,349.02" beside the offer, but the platform does not label that figure a list price, so it is not promoted. A list price for the oral product from a Novo Nordisk pricing source. The federal platform shows a reference price but does not label it as a list price.
Mounjaro Manufacturer savings card any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Mounjaro price-disclosure page was read directly and states "Patients with Medicaid, Medicare, Medigap, DoD, VA, TRICARE®/CHAMPUS, or any state patient or pharmaceutical assistance program are not eligible for the Mounjaro Savings Program." The page publishes no copay figure at all, so the value stays null. The Mounjaro Savings Card copay figure, from the savings card terms themselves.
Foundayo Manufacturer savings card any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Foundayo price-disclosure page was read directly and states "If you have commercial drug insurance with coverage for Foundayo, you may be eligible to pay as little as $25 for a 1-month, 2-month, or 3-month prescription fill of Foundayo. Governmental beneficiaries excluded." The figure is a bound, so the value stays null. A single copay figure. The manufacturer publishes a bound with a monthly and annual savings cap.
Zepbound Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Lilly Cares pages were read directly. The programme publishes its income limits, at 300%, 400% or 500% of the 2026 federal poverty guidelines depending on the medication group, and it lists the products in each group. The published groups do not include this medication, so this programme does not cover it. Nothing about the programme is published that would confirm a figure for this medicine, so the row stays null. A patient assistance programme that covers this medicine, and its income threshold and coverage conditions, read from that programme.
Zepbound Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.
Wegovy Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Novo Nordisk Patient Assistance Program page was read directly. It states the income limits: an uninsured patient on Ozempic must have household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, and an uninsured patient on any other medicine at or below 400%. It states that you must have Medicare or no insurance, that private or commercial insurance makes you ineligible, and that you must not be enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare Extra Help or VA benefits. It gives no price, because the medicine is free to a qualifying applicant, so the row stays null. The host previously cited for this row, novonordiskpap.com, does not resolve; this programme page is where the terms now live. A price for the medicine, or the list of medicines still covered by the programme for 2026, which the page links but does not reproduce.
Wegovy Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.
Ozempic Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Novo Nordisk Patient Assistance Program page was read directly. It states the income limits: an uninsured patient on Ozempic must have household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, and an uninsured patient on any other medicine at or below 400%. It states that you must have Medicare or no insurance, that private or commercial insurance makes you ineligible, and that you must not be enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare Extra Help or VA benefits. It gives no price, because the medicine is free to a qualifying applicant, so the row stays null. The host previously cited for this row, novonordiskpap.com, does not resolve; this programme page is where the terms now live. A price for the medicine, or the list of medicines still covered by the programme for 2026, which the page links but does not reproduce.
Ozempic Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.
Mounjaro Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Lilly Cares pages were read directly. The programme publishes its income limits, at 300%, 400% or 500% of the 2026 federal poverty guidelines depending on the medication group, and it lists the products in each group. The published groups do not include this medication, so this programme does not cover it. Nothing about the programme is published that would confirm a figure for this medicine, so the row stays null. A patient assistance programme that covers this medicine, and its income threshold and coverage conditions, read from that programme.
Mounjaro Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.
Wegovy tablets Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Novo Nordisk Patient Assistance Program page was read directly. It states the income limits: an uninsured patient on Ozempic must have household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, and an uninsured patient on any other medicine at or below 400%. It states that you must have Medicare or no insurance, that private or commercial insurance makes you ineligible, and that you must not be enrolled in Medicaid, Medicare Extra Help or VA benefits. It gives no price, because the medicine is free to a qualifying applicant, so the row stays null. The host previously cited for this row, novonordiskpap.com, does not resolve; this programme page is where the terms now live. A price for the medicine, or the list of medicines still covered by the programme for 2026, which the page links but does not reproduce.
Wegovy tablets Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.
Foundayo Patient assistance program any none Re-checked 2026-10-29: the Lilly Cares pages were read directly. The programme publishes its income limits, at 300%, 400% or 500% of the 2026 federal poverty guidelines depending on the medication group, and it lists the products in each group. The published groups do not include this medication, so this programme does not cover it. Nothing about the programme is published that would confirm a figure for this medicine, so the row stays null. A patient assistance programme that covers this medicine, and its income threshold and coverage conditions, read from that programme.
Foundayo Medicare Part D any none Re-checked 2026-10-28: medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d was read directly (it redirects to /health-drug-plans/part-d). It confirms that Part D coverage is provided by insurance companies and that plans decide which drugs are covered, and it introduces the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan. It publishes no price for these medicines, so no value is adopted. Not a figure this site can ever publish. The useful additions are the current annual out-of-pocket cap and whether the monthly payment-smoothing programme applies, both from CMS.

Corrections

If a figure here is wrong, it is worth more to us to know than to look right. Every change we make is logged with its date and source on the price changelog, including corrections.