Wegovy Pill Cost: Every Dose and Every Way to Pay

Without insurance, the Wegovy pill costs $149 to $299 a month from Novo Nordisk's own pharmacy, depending on the dose. The 1.5 mg starter bottle is $149, the 4 mg bottle is $199, and the 9 mg and 25 mg maintenance bottles are $299 each.^[1] With commercial insurance that covers it, the savings offer can bring it to as little as $25 a month. On Medicare, the GLP-1 Bridge charges a $50 copay for eligible people.^[1][5]

Wegovy pill price at each dose

The dose schedule comes from the FDA label, which starts every adult at 1.5 mg and steps up every 30 days to 25 mg.^[4] Each strength is sold as a bottle of 30 tablets.^[4] Novo Nordisk's list price, the figure insurers negotiate from, is $1,349.02 a package; the self-pay prices above replace it for cash buyers.^[1] Some older pages still show $149 for 4 mg; NovoCare's current price for that dose is $199.^[1]

Following the label's schedule, the first twelve bottles (360 days) cost $3,338 at NovoCare self-pay prices: $149, $199 and $299 for the first three months, then nine months at $299. After that, a full year on 25 mg is about $3,640.

Wegovy pill cost with commercial insurance

If your commercial plan covers the pill, Novo Nordisk's savings offer lets you pay as little as $25 a month, with savings capped at $100 a month.^[1] Four details to know:

• The $100 cap. If your copay is $125, you pay $25. If it is $400, the offer takes off $100 and you pay $300.^[1]
• It is for pharmacy pickup. NovoCare lists the insurance offer for local pharmacy pickup only.^[2]
• Government insurance is excluded. Medicare, Medicaid and other government beneficiaries cannot use it.^[1]
• It may be time-limited. NovoCare's pharmacy page describes it as $25 a month “for up to 3 months.”^[3]

If your plan does not cover weight-loss drugs at all, or covers the injection but leaves out the tablets as UnitedHealthcare typically does, the offer does not help, and the self-pay price is the one to compare. Coupons across all GLP-1 brands are compared in GLP-1 manufacturer coupons.

Wegovy pill cost with Medicare

Since July 1, 2026, Medicare covers the Wegovy pill for weight management through the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, at a $50 copay for a one-month supply.^[5] The program covers Wegovy as an injection or a tablet, and it runs through December 31, 2027.^[5][6]

• You need Medicare drug coverage (Part D) and must meet the program's clinical criteria.^[5]
• Your prescriber sends the prescription and completes a prior authorization when asked, and must certify that you are using the drug alongside a diet and exercise program.^[5]
• Once approved, the authorization covers refills and dose changes through December 31, 2027, unless you switch GLP-1s.^[5]

Who qualifies and how to apply is covered in the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge.

Wegovy pill price through a telehealth seller

Telehealth sellers that prescribe the pill usually pass through NovoCare's price and add their own fee. These are the 29 sellers in the GLP Watchdog register with a published Wegovy pill price:

Some sellers publish a Wegovy pill figure that leaves something out: either a membership fee with the medication billed separately at NovoCare's price, or a pill price with the membership extra. These are AskRx ($100 a month), Bloom MD ($75 a month), ElixaMD ($99 a month), FORM ($95 a month), Good Life Meds ($149 a month), Harmon Health ($249 a month), HuHealth ($59 a month), Kin Meds ($149 a month), MEDVi ($99 a month), NowPatient ($119 a month), Ora Medical Clinic ($250 a month), Remedy Well ($59 a month) and Tummala Health ($99 a month). Check each review for what the figure includes before adding it to the dose price in the first table.

Some pill sellers also sell compounded semaglutide, so a later switch to a compounded form does not have to mean a new seller and a new intake. GOAL.MD, Oak and Good Girl Rx list both. So do Healthicare and Aspire Health, and both of those show a price before the health questionnaire.

Others sell the pill on its own terms. Rex MD lists one monthly price across every titration dose from 1.5 to 25 mg, with provider care included. Näky sells an all-in plan at the maintenance dose. Heally prices the starter dose and says higher doses may cost more.

Several newer sellers charge a fee and leave the pill itself to the maker. Imbue Health charges $29 a month and has the pill shipped by NovoCare, so its lowest total is $178. At Healthspan a membership from $99 a month covers clinician care, coaching and lab panels, and the pill is paid for separately at the maker’s pharmacy. Phoenix NP, an Arizona practice for women, adds $99 every 4 weeks, so the starting pill comes to $248. Intermountain Health On-Demand Weight Loss charges a $49 service fee with each intake, and its clinical pharmacists prescribe after an intake form and a phone call.

Others charge for the visit and leave the medication to your pharmacy or plan. Circle Medical bills its video visits to most commercial plans, or $120 self-pay, and its clinicians can prescribe the pill or the pen. Life IV Weight Loss, a Michigan practice, charges $99 for a self-pay first visit and has the pill filled through insurance or a manufacturer pharmacy. At Ora Medical Clinic, a California telehealth practice, the first video consultation is $250 with the physician.

Any monthly fee is added to NovoCare's price. At 25 mg, a fee of $50 or more brings the month to at least $349, the injection's own self-pay price. What the fee buys is the prescription and follow-up. Sellers that price the pill itself are on our Wegovy pill board. To compare sellers of the branded drug in either form, see brand semaglutide providers or the wider semaglutide provider rankings.

Those compounded tablets are priced on their own scale. VigoreMD sells a daily semaglutide dissolving tablet for $199 a month as a one-time purchase. PharmSourced Health & Weight Loss charges $170 a month for its daily dissolvable tablets, the same as its injections. Wellya lists a daily oral semaglutide tablet at $229 for a 28-day supply.

Wegovy pill vs. Wegovy injection: cost per month

At maintenance, the pill is about $50 a month cheaper than the 2.4 mg injection, and a little more than that once you account for the injection's 28-day box.^[1] During the first two months the gap narrows or closes: new patients pay $199 a month for the injection's first two doses, through December 31, 2026, against $149 and $199 for the pill.^[1] The label says 25 mg tablets produce blood levels comparable to the 2.4 mg injection, with more variation from person to person.^[4] Whether that translates into the same weight loss is covered in is the pill as good as the shot, and the injection's own prices are on Wegovy cost. For the high-dose pen, see what Wegovy 7.2 mg costs.

How to take the Wegovy pill so you do not waste a dose

Only about 1% to 2% of each tablet's semaglutide reaches the blood, and it is absorbed mainly in the stomach, so a tablet taken the wrong way can mean paying for a dose you did not absorb.^[4] The label's rules, which our guide to taking the Wegovy pill covers in full:

1. Each morning, before any food, swallow one tablet with a small amount of plain water, 4 ounces at most. Coffee, tea and juice do not count as water.^[4]
2. Keep the tablet intact: no splitting, crushing or chewing.^[4]
3. Hold off on breakfast, other drinks and any other pills for 30 minutes or more.^[4]
4. Missed a morning? Let it go and resume the next day. Doubling up is not allowed.^[4]

The label explains why: in absorption studies, semaglutide levels were higher with a small glass of water than a large one, and higher the longer people waited before eating.^[4] Keep the tablets in their original bottle, at room temperature, away from moisture.^[4] The full dose ladder is on the Wegovy dose ladder cheat sheet, side effects by dose are in Wegovy pill side effects, and everything else about the drug is on the Wegovy hub.