Foundayo (Orforglipron)
Maximus$199.99/moSesame Care$208/moRo$223/mo
Prices checked Aug 27 · Aug 27

Foundayo price tracker

We check 37 GLP-1 programs weekly and list every verified Foundayo price, cheapest first.

Julian CaraulaniFounder, PriceTracker GLP-1Prices verified Aug 27We track prices. Clinical facts on this site are quoted from the drug's label, the FDA or the published trial, with the source and the date beside each one. We do not write medical guidance and we do not tell anyone what to take.

$199.99–$223/mo

MaximusSesame CareRo3 verified sellers · membership fees included · checked Aug 27
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Meet Foundayo
  • A once-daily oral GLP-1 medication for chronic weight management
  • FDA-approved April 1, 2026 for adults with obesity, or overweight with weight-related conditions
  • 12.4% average body weight lost at the highest dose over 72 weeks in its pivotal trial*
About the ingredient
  • The active ingredient is orforglipron, a small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist
  • Works the same appetite pathway as semaglutide and tirzepatide, in tablet form
  • A small molecule rather than a peptide, so it absorbs without injections or special carriers

*ATTAIN-1 results and the FDA approval are quoted verbatim in the receipts below.

How to take
  • One tablet, once a day
  • Any time of day, with or without food
  • No water restrictions, unlike oral semaglutide (Rybelsus)
  • No refrigeration: it travels like any tablet
Safety, plainly
  • Boxed warning: increased risk of thyroid C-cell tumors
  • Not to be combined with other GLP-1 medicines
  • Most common side effects in the trial: nausea (33.7% at the highest dose vs 10.4% on placebo) and constipation (25.4% vs 9.3%)
  • Prescription only: whether it is right for you is a clinician's call, not a price table's

The work we do for you

Every Foundayo price, checked Aug 27.

We check Foundayo at every program that sells it, weekly, and quote the price from their own page. Each number below is that program’s real Foundayo price, never a cheaper compounded teaser used to advertise.

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Maximus websiteCheapest verified5.9/10

4.4 (1.0k)

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Wegovy, Zepbound +1

from $199.99/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · foundayo

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Sesame Care website7.2/10

4.5 (4.4k)

Wegovy · Zepbound · Ozempic · Mounjaro +2

from $208/mosteady

$149 + $59/mo membership

checked Aug 27 · foundayo

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Ro website6.7/10

3.9 (5.7k)

Wegovy · Zepbound · Ozempic · Foundayo

from $223/mosteady

$149 + $74/mo membership

checked Aug 27 · foundayo

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What Foundayo does, beyond the scale

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Cuts body weight

12.4% average loss at the highest dose over 72 weeks in ATTAIN-1, against 0.9% on placebo, across 3,127 adults.*

No needle, no fridge

A shelf-stable daily tablet you take any time of day, with or without food. The first weight-loss GLP-1 that asks nothing of your routine.*

Improves cardiometabolic markers

The ATTAIN-1 program reported meaningful cardiometabolic improvements alongside the weight loss, published in NEJM.*

Foundayo carries a boxed warning for thyroid C-cell tumor risk, and should not be combined with other GLP-1 medicines. The most common side effects are gastrointestinal: in the pivotal trial, nausea hit 33.7% of people on the highest dose (vs 10.4% on placebo) and constipation 25.4% (vs 9.3%). This is a prescription drug: whether it is right for you is a conversation with a licensed clinician, not a price table.

Is Foundayo the right price for you?

Same appetite pathway, very different needles, prices, and evidence. Every column links to its live prices.

Worth knowing before you buy: Compounded semaglutide starts at $69/mo, $130.99 less than Foundayo on the same appetite pathway. Different medicine, different evidence, real saving.

FoundayoFoundayoThis pageStarts at$199.99/moon this pageHow to takeOnce-daily pillActive ingredientOrforglipronWegovy penWegovy penStarts at$208/mobrandHow to takeWeekly injectionActive ingredientSemaglutideSee prices →ZepboundZepboundStarts at$358/mobrandHow to takeWeekly injectionActive ingredientTirzepatideSee prices →Compounded semaglutideCompounded semaglutideStarts at$69/mocompoundedHow to takeWeekly injectionActive ingredientSemaglutideSee prices →

Your dose will climb.So will the bill.

Starting low isn’t a trick, it’s clinical practice: it eases the side effects in. But the advertised price is the starting-dose price. Budget for the tier you’ll maintain on, not the one you start on.

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Manufacturer self-pay, by dose

manufacturer price verified Aug 23

0.8 mg$149/mostarting dose
2.5 mg$199/mo
5.5 / 9 mg$299/mo
14.5 / 17.2 mg$299/moapplied automatically, on refills inside the 45-day window

The climb, step by step

1Ease in0.8 mg
The starting dose. Early side effects like nausea are most common here while your body adjusts; starting low is clinical practice, not a sales trick.Manufacturer self-pay: $149/mo
2Step up2.5 mg
The first increase. Tolerance typically builds as the dose climbs, and so does the bill: this tier costs $50/mo more at the manufacturer's self-pay price.Manufacturer self-pay: $199/mo
3Build5.5 / 9 mg
The mid-range your clinician titrates through toward full effect. Budget from here, not from the starting dose.Manufacturer self-pay: $299/mo
4Maintain14.5 / 17.2 mg
The maintenance range most people settle into. $299/mo self-pay, applied automatically from your first order at this dose and held as long as each refill lands within 45 days of the last delivery.Manufacturer self-pay: $299/mo

A year of Foundayo, honestly.

Month one is the number everyone advertises. This is the other one: twelve months, your dose climbing, membership fees counted. The assumptions are yours to set.

How fast your dose climbs
Compared against

$938

is what a year costs you extra at the manufacturer’s published prices instead of Maximus’s, once your dose climbs and fees are counted.

Manufacturer price that month Maximus $199.99/mo all in
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Each bar is one month at the manufacturer’s published price. The dark part is what you pay above Maximus's line. Reaching 14.5 / 17.2 mg by month 4.
Manufacturer, twelve months
$3,338

$278/mo average

Maximus, twelve months
$2,400

$199.99/mo, no membership fee · if the price holds

Dose prices are the manufacturer’s published self-pay ladder, including the $299 offer that applies automatically at 14.5 mg and above while refills stay inside its 45-day window; the seller price is the one we last verified. Nobody can promise a price holds for a year, and how fast anyone climbs doses is a clinical decision, which is why both are controls here and not claims.

The three ways people pay

Commercially insured

As low as $25/mo

with an eligible Lilly savings card, when your plan covers it. Government insurance (Medicare, Medicaid) is excluded from the card; plan-specific, so confirm before counting on it.

Medicare Part D

About $50/mo

for eligible beneficiaries, available as soon as July 1, 2026 per Lilly. Ask your Part D plan directly.

Cash, no insurance

$149 to $299/mo

The memberships on this page start at $149/mo and bundle the prescribing visit. The manufacturer's own published self-pay ladder runs $149 to $299 by dose, so the membership entry price matches it head-on.

No insurer has published a Foundayo position we could verify yet; we recheck weekly and post verdicts on the coverage fact sheets the moment one appears.

Where these facts come from

We track prices. Every clinical and manufacturer claim about Foundayo on this page is quoted here in its source’s own words, with the date we read it. We do not write medical guidance and we do not tell anyone what dose to take.

7 sources · read Aug 22

  1. 01read Aug 21
    FDA approved Foundayo (orforglipron) for adults with obesity, or overweight with weight-related medical problems. ... a once-daily small molecule (non-peptide) oral glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist that can be taken any time of the day without restrictions on food and water intake. ... available in 0.8 mg, 2.5 mg, 5.5 mg, 9 mg, 14.5 mg, or 17.2 mg oral tablets.
    Eli Lilly, FDA approval announcement
  2. 02read Aug 21
    ATTAIN-1 (NCT05869903) is a Phase 3, 72-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial ... -12.4% (-12.4 kg; -27.3 lbs) [highest dose] vs -0.9% with placebo ... nausea (33.7%) vs. 10.4% with placebo, constipation (25.4%) vs. 9.3%.
    Eli Lilly, ATTAIN-1 results (NEJM)
  3. 03read Aug 21
    The wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) for Foundayo, which represents the medicine's list price before any discounts through insurance or other channels, is landing at $649 per month.
    Fierce Pharma on the list price
  4. 04read Aug 21
    Eligible people with commercial insurance may pay as little as $25 per month with the Foundayo savings card ... eligible Medicare Part D individuals may be able to get Foundayo for $50 per month, beginning as soon as July 1, 2026. ... Individuals opting for self-pay can access Foundayo starting at $149 per month for the lowest dose.
    Eli Lilly on savings and access
  5. 05read Aug 22
    Pay $299 for each 1-month supply of the 14.5 mg and 17.2 mg Foundayo dosages. You will automatically receive the $299 purchase offer on your first purchase of the 14.5 mg and 17.2 mg Foundayo dosages beginning April 1, 2026. ... To remain eligible for this purchase offer, you must complete your refill purchase of Foundayo within 45 days of the delivery/receipt date of your previous Foundayo prescription. ... Regular pricing for a 1-month supply of Foundayo: $149 (0.8 mg), $199 (2.5 mg), $299 (5.5 mg), $299 (9 mg), $349 (14.5 mg), $349 (17.2 mg).
    Eli Lilly, Foundayo Self-Pay Journey Program terms
  6. 06read Aug 21
    Foundayo has a boxed warning for the increased risk of thyroid C-Cell tumors. ... The most common Foundayo side effects are nausea, stomach (abdominal) pain, heartburn, constipation
    Drugs.com Foundayo monograph (medically reviewed)
  7. 07read Aug 20
    Foundayo pill Starting at $649 $149 /mo Save up to 77% off the list price
    Ro pricing page (list price framing)

Foundayo: the questions this page raises

The drugsFoundayo (orforglipron)Lilly's oral GLP-1 was approved on 1 April 2026, and it does something no other weight-loss pill does: you take it any time of day, with or without food. The pricing is the surprising part. Lilly self-pay starts at $149 a month, and every telehealth program we track charges more once its membership fee is counted, between $199.99 and $223. That reverses the usual arithmetic in this market, and the reason is simple: orforglipron is a new small molecule under patent, so there is no compounded version to undercut it.7 min · checked Aug 28The drugsGLP-1 pills 2026Four swallowable GLP-1s exist now, and three of them launched in 2026. Rybelsus, the Wegovy pill and the Ozempic pill are all semaglutide in a tablet but are approved for different things; Foundayo is a different molecule entirely and the only one with no food or timing rules. Two are for weight, two are for type 2 diabetes, and the cheapest thing on most rankings is not any of them. Here is the whole landscape, with what each actually costs.8 min · checked Aug 28

The price log

Each trail is one seller’s price over the year. The hairline is modeled: a plausible walk that ends on the price we verified. The solid green is our own record, checked weekly since Aug 20 and never rewritten. Only real checks are counted or dated below.

12 checks · 3 sellers

MaximusLatest verified$199.99/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $239↓ $39.01
no change in 4 verified checks
Sesame CareLatest verified$149/moMarverified since Aug 20Modeled from $185↓ $36
no change in 4 verified checks
RoLatest verified$149/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $169↓ $20
no change in 4 verified checks

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