The advertised price usually needs a year up front
Ten of the 22 programs reach their lowest price only on a multi-month plan. The clearest case is the floor itself. Embody's $69 semaglutide is $69 a month on a 12-month plan, $828 paid before the first dose; month to month it is $79. SnagRx quotes the same $69 with no term stated before its intake quiz.
That changes the answer for anyone who expects to stop. Over six months, Embody's cheapest route is its 6-month plan at $438, not the 12-month plan, which still bills the full year. Our cost calculator now does this sum for every program.
The moves were at the edges
Two programs repriced their entry offer. Gala Health rose from $149 to $179 on 13 September, when its microdosing page disappeared and its cheapest standing plan became the $179 yearly one. Pallas Health went the other way: $199 on 13 September, back to $139 on 2 October as an annual-plan average, the same figure it showed in August.
Neither moved the median, because the middle of the market held still.
One molecule, still 4.3 times apart
Compounded semaglutide sells for $69 to $299 a month across the 13 programs that list it: the same 4.3-fold spread we measured in August. Compounded tirzepatide runs from $119 to $399 across 13 programs. Same molecule, same day, different websites.
Insurance moved on 1 October
CVS Caremark said Zepbound would join Wegovy as a preferred weight-loss GLP-1 on its commercial formularies on 1 October 2026, and Aetna listed it for addition to its Standard Control formulary on that date. For readers on those plans, a covered brand may now beat every cash price in this index; our coverage pages quote what each insurer publishes.
The opening state, by molecule
All-in monthly prices, October 2026. One program contributes its own cheapest verified offer.
| Molecule | Programs | Cheapest | Median | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semaglutide | 20 | $69 | $154 | $299 |
| Tirzepatide | 16 | $119 | $179 | $399 |
| Orforglipron | 1 | $208 | $208 | $208 |
Method 1.0 · data read October 2026
Fair cash price, October 2026
What a month of each product costs at the middle program when you pay month to month and prepay nothing. The median all-in monthly price, paying month to month, across every live US telehealth GLP-1 program we track that sells the product at that dose tier. Each program counts once, at its cheapest month-to-month offer. Published only where at least 3 programs price the tier.
Live figure, added after publication. This table is recomputed from our newest reads and is not part of the frozen report above. The figures in the report do not change.
| Product | Fair cash price | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide injectionstarting dose · 17 programs · cheapest at SnagRx | $179 | $69-$299 |
| Compounded oral semaglutidestarting dose · 6 programs · cheapest at Wellorithm | $249 | $147-$299 |
| Ozempicstarting dose · 3 programs · cheapest at Sesame Care | $1,199 | $408-$1,299 |
| Compounded tirzepatide injectionstarting dose · 14 programs · cheapest at Collective | $249 | $85-$399 |
| Compounded oral tirzepatidestarting dose · 3 programs · cheapest at Wellorithm | $299 | $249-$399 |
Not published, fewer than 3 programs price it month to month: Wegovy (2), Wegovy pill (1), Zepbound (2), Mounjaro (1), Foundayo (1).
- All-in: the advertised monthly price plus any membership fee we verified. Insurance prices are left out.
- Each program counts once per product, at its cheapest month-to-month offer, which is its starting-dose price or its one flat price. A stated dose (for example 2 mg) becomes its own row only when 3 programs price that same dose.
- Offers that name no brand are counted as compounded. Microdosing plans are a separate row.
- The month is the month of our newest read; the oldest read behind the table is from October 2026.
PriceTracker GLP-1. (2026, October 9). GLP-1 fair cash price, October 2026 (method 1.0) [Data set]. https://pricetrackerglp1.com/price-index#fair-price
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Published October 2026 · figures frozen as of October 2026 · the live index has moved since and says so
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PriceTracker GLP-1. (2026, October 2). October 2026: nearly flat underneath, and the real price is the plan length. https://pricetrackerglp1.com/price-index/2026-10
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<p>On the same 22 programs, the median GLP-1 price moved $5 since August. What moved is the small print: 10 of 22 programs only reach their advertised price if you prepay for months. Source: <a href="https://pricetrackerglp1.com/price-index/2026-10">PriceTracker GLP-1</a> (data read October 2, 2026, CC BY 4.0).</p>
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