Maximus$349.99/mo Wellorithm$1,199/mo Fridays$1,498/mo

Prices checked Aug 27 · Aug 27

Ozempic price tracker

Name: Ozempic (Semaglutide)
Author: Julian Caraulani

We check 37 GLP-1 programs weekly and list every verified Ozempic 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.

$349.99–$1,498/mo

3 verified sellers · membership fees included · checked Aug 27

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Read this first

Ozempic is approved for type 2 diabetes, not for weight loss*
Wegovy is the same molecule, from the same manufacturer, approved for weight management
If you do not have type 2 diabetes, Ozempic is an off-label prescription and plans generally will not cover it for weight loss
That is why 'Ozempic for weight loss' so often ends in a denial and a cash price

*The manufacturer's own indication wording is quoted verbatim in the receipts below.

About the ingredient

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist
The same molecule is sold as Wegovy for weight management
Sold as a weekly injection pen and, now, as a daily tablet
Tirzepatide, in Zepbound and Mounjaro, beat semaglutide in the only head-to-head weight-loss trial*

*SURMOUNT-5, quoted verbatim in the receipts below.

What it costs, plainly

$25/mo with commercial coverage and the savings offer, capped at $100/mo of savings
$199/mo self-pay for a new patient's first two fills, through December 31, 2026
$349/mo self-pay to 1 mg, $499/mo at 2 mg
$149/mo self-pay for the tablets
Government beneficiaries are excluded from the savings offer

Safety, plainly

Boxed warning: risk of thyroid C-cell tumors
Most common side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation
Not to be combined with other GLP-1 medicines
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 Ozempic price, checked Aug 27.

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

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Rank by3 listed

Cheapest verified5.9/10

4.4 (1.0k)

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Wegovy, Zepbound +1

from $349.99/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · ozempic

Visit Maximus Full breakdown

7.9/10

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Wegovy, Zepbound +2

from $1,199/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · ozempic

Visit Wellorithm Full breakdown

6.8/10

4.2 (4.6k)

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Zepbound, Ozempic

from $1,498/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · ozempic

Visit Fridays Full breakdown

What Ozempic does, beyond the scale

See every price

The cheapest Ozempic is usually the manufacturer's

Unusually for this site, the programs below are not the cheap route. Novo Nordisk self-pays Ozempic from $199/mo and the savings offer takes it to $25/mo with coverage, which almost no telehealth listing beats.*

It is a diabetes drug

Approved for adults with type 2 diabetes to improve blood sugar. Used for weight loss it is off-label, which is the single biggest reason coverage gets denied.*

Same molecule, cheaper elsewhere

If what you want is semaglutide rather than Ozempic specifically, compounded semaglutide starts far lower and Wegovy carries the weight-loss indication. Both are tracked here.

Ozempic 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: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and constipation. It is approved for type 2 diabetes; using it for weight loss is an off-label decision that belongs to a licensed clinician, not a price table.

Is Ozempic 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, $280.99 less than Ozempic on the same appetite pathway. Different medicine, different evidence, real saving.

OzempicThis pageStarts at$349.99/moon this pageHow to takeOnce-daily pillActive ingredientSemaglutide

Wegovy penStarts at$208/mobrandHow to takeWeekly injectionActive ingredientSemaglutideSee prices →

ZepboundStarts at$358/mobrandHow to takeWeekly injectionActive ingredientTirzepatideSee prices →

Compounded 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

0.25 / 0.5 mg$199/moa new patient's first two fills, through Dec 31, 2026

0.25 / 0.5 / 1 mg$349/mothe standard self-pay price

2 mg$499/mo

The climb, step by step

1Start0.25 mg

The lowest tier, and the one every advertised price quotes. Nobody's bill stays here.Manufacturer self-pay: $199/mo

2Step up0.5 mg

The second tier. The manufacturer's self-pay price is flat from here to 1 mg.Manufacturer self-pay: $349/mo

3Build1 mg

The third tier, and the same self-pay price as the one below it.Manufacturer self-pay: $349/mo

4Maximum2 mg

The top tier, and the only one that costs more: $499/mo self-pay against $349 below it.Manufacturer self-pay: $499/mo

A year of Ozempic, 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

$1,338

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 $349.99/mo all in

Each bar is one month at the manufacturer’s published price. The dark part is what you pay above Maximus's line. Reaching 2 mg by month 3.

Manufacturer, twelve months: $5,538
Maximus, twelve months: $4,200

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

If you have type 2 diabetes

As low as $25/mo

with commercial drug insurance and the savings offer, capped at $100/month of savings. This is the route Ozempic is priced for, and it is by far the cheapest one.

Cash, from the manufacturer

$199 to $499/mo

$199/mo covers a new patient's first two fills through December 31, 2026, then $349/mo to 1 mg and $499/mo at 2 mg. The tablets self-pay at $149/mo.

If you want it for weight loss

Ask about Wegovy

Wegovy is the same molecule with the weight-loss indication, so it is the prescription a clinician writes for that purpose and the one an insurer assesses. Compounded semaglutide is cheaper still, and is not FDA-approved.

What insurers publish about Ozempic

Aetna: generally not covered Anthem: generally not covered BCBS: generally not covered Cigna: generally not covered Humana: generally not covered Kaiser Permanente: generally not covered TRICARE: generally not covered UHC: generally not covered

Coverage is decided by your specific plan, not just the insurer. Each sheet quotes the insurer’s own words and tells you exactly what to ask.

Where these facts come from

We track prices. Every clinical and manufacturer claim about Ozempic 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.

3 sources · read Aug 23

01read Aug 23
For adults with type 2 diabetes, along with diet and exercise, to improve blood sugar ... Only Novo Nordisk manufactures FDA-approved semaglutide medicines, like Ozempic.
Novo Nordisk, Ozempic indication
02read Aug 23
Pay as little as $25, subject to a maximum savings of $100/month. Eligibility and restrictions apply. Government beneficiaries excluded. ... Patients new to the Ozempic Savings Offer or NovoCare Pharmacy pay $199 for each month of 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg. Offer for 2 monthly fills through December 31, 2026, then $349 per month for Ozempic 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, or 1 mg, and $499/month for Ozempic 2 mg. ... Self-pay pricing varies by dose. ... One month is defined as 1 bottle of 30 tablets.
NovoCare, Ozempic savings offer and self-pay pricing
03read Aug 22
at 72 weeks, the least-squares mean percent change in body weight was −20.2% for tirzepatide users vs. −13.7% for semaglutide users (p<0.001)
American College of Cardiology on SURMOUNT-5 (tirzepatide vs semaglutide, head to head)

Ozempic: the questions this page raises

The drugsMounjaro vs OzempicMounjaro is tirzepatide and Ozempic is semaglutide: different molecules, not two brands of the same drug. Both are approved for type 2 diabetes, and the weight-loss versions are Zepbound and Wegovy. In the one head-to-head trial, SURMOUNT-5, tirzepatide produced 20.2% mean body-weight loss at 72 weeks against semaglutide's 13.7%. The detail almost every page omits: that trial dosed semaglutide to 2.4 mg in people without diabetes, which is the Wegovy range. Ozempic tops out at 2 mg. The famous result did not test Ozempic's dose range.7 min · checked Aug 27 Side effectsOzempic face“Ozempic face” is not a side effect of Ozempic. It is the hollowed, older look a face takes on after fast, substantial weight loss, and it happens the same way after bariatric surgery or a hard diet. Facial fat pads shrink along with fat everywhere else, and skin that has lost volume quickly does not always retract to match. It is not listed in the prescribing information for semaglutide, because the drug is not doing anything to your face that losing the weight another way would not. What you can influence is how fast you lose and whether you can stay on a steady maintenance dose instead of stopping and rebounding.6 min · checked Aug 27 What it costsDoes Medicaid cover Ozempic or Wegovy?For type 2 diabetes, effectively yes everywhere: state Medicaid programmes must cover FDA-approved drugs for medically accepted indications, so Ozempic and Mounjaro are covered for blood sugar, almost always behind prior authorisation. For obesity it is a patchwork. As of January 2026 only 13 state Medicaid programmes covered GLP-1s for weight under fee-for-service. That is changing: CMS's BALANCE model opened to state Medicaid programmes on 1 May 2026 with no out-of-pocket cost for beneficiaries, but joining is voluntary for each state.6 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.

7 checks · 3 sellers

MaximusLatest verified$349.99/moFebverified since Aug 23Modeled from $412↓ $62.01

no change in 1 verified check

WellorithmLatest verified$1,199/moMarverified since Aug 22Modeled from $1,383↓ $184

no change in 2 verified checks

FridaysLatest verified$1,498/moMarverified since Aug 20Modeled from $1,711↓ $213

no change in 4 verified checks

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