9 Cheapest Ways to Get Wegovy Right Now (2026)

What's the cheapest way to get Wegovy right now?

It depends first on one question. Does your insurance cover Wegovy? If it does, the maker's savings card beats every other option here. If it doesn't, Novo Nordisk's own self-pay program is the cheapest way to get the real brand-name drug.

• Cheapest with insurance: the Wegovy savings card, as little as $25 a month.
• Cheapest on Medicare: the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, $50 a month if you qualify.
• Cheapest with no coverage: the NovoCare self-pay pill, from about $150 a month.
• Simplest: NovoCare or GoodRx. You pay the maker's cash price, with no membership.
• Cheapest if the brand name doesn't matter: compounded semaglutide from Mochi Health, about $140 a month at the starting dose.

The figure you see quoted most is about $1,350 a month. That is Wegovy's list price, the price the maker sets before any discount or insurance deal. Almost nobody pays it.

Have insurance? The Wegovy savings card can bring it to $25

The NovoCare savings card is the maker's offer for people with commercial insurance. It lowers your copay, the share you pay at the pharmacy. With the card, you pay as little as $25 a month.

There is a limit. Novo Nordisk pays at most $100 a month toward your copay. So if your plan's copay is $200, you would still pay about $100.

Medicare, Medicaid and other government plans are excluded. Federal rules bar drug-maker coupons on those plans.

• Your plan must cover Wegovy. Many plans first ask for prior authorization, meaning your insurer approves the drug in advance.
• You sign up once. Enroll at NovoCare or ask your pharmacist, then use the card at each fill.
• It works on every dose, for the pill and the pen.
• A denial isn't the end. Your doctor can appeal with a letter about your weight history and related health problems.

For step-by-step help with the card and with coverage, see Wegovy savings programs.

On Medicare? The Medicare GLP-1 Bridge costs $50 a month

Medicare drug plans have long been barred from covering drugs for weight loss alone. A federal program, the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, now covers Wegovy from July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027. If you qualify, you pay $50 a month.

• It covers every dose, pen or pill.
• You need Medicare drug coverage. That means a stand-alone Part D drug plan or a Medicare Advantage plan, such as an HMO or PPO.
• You need to meet a BMI rule. A BMI of 35 or more qualifies. So does a lower BMI with certain conditions, such as heart failure, prediabetes or a past heart attack.
• There's nothing to sign up for. Medicare checks eligibility when your prescription is filled.

The $25 savings card can't be used with Medicare. For most women on Medicare who qualify, the Bridge is the cheapest route. Our Wegovy insurance guide covers the rest of your coverage options.

No insurance or a denial: the NovoCare self-pay pill is the cheapest brand-name Wegovy

NovoCare is Novo Nordisk's own pharmacy and pricing program. Its self-pay prices are the lowest verified prices for brand-name Wegovy. You pay the same whether you have no insurance or your plan won't cover the drug.

NovoCare handles the price and the pharmacy, not the medical visit. You still need a prescription, from your own doctor or a telehealth service. For every no-insurance route side by side, see Wegovy without insurance.

The Wegovy pill: from about $150 a month

The FDA approved the Wegovy pill in December 2025. It was the first pill of its kind approved for weight loss. Its price depends on your dose.

• 1.5 mg, the starting dose: about $150 a month.
• 4 mg: about $200 a month.
• 9 mg and 25 mg: about $300 a month.

You move up one dose a month at first, so the price climbs. From the third month, expect about $300 a month. Our Wegovy dosage guide shows each step for the pill and the pen.

The Wegovy pen: about $350 a month after a cheaper start

New patients pay about $200 a month for their first two pen fills at NovoCare Pharmacy. Those fills cover the two lowest doses. The offer runs through December 31, 2026.

After that, every standard dose costs about $350 a month. The high-dose 7.2 mg pen, called Wegovy HD, costs about $400.

GoodRx, Costco or Walmart: is any of them cheaper than NovoCare?

Not for Wegovy. Since January 2026, GoodRx shows Novo Nordisk's own cash price at more than 70,000 pharmacies. It is the NovoCare price, picked up at a local pharmacy instead of by mail. One exception: GoodRx no longer gives the two cheaper first pen fills. Its own $199 offer ended in March 2026.

Watch for one trap. A regular GoodRx coupon at a pharmacy outside the program can land close to the full list price. If you see a price above $1,000, you are looking at the wrong offer.

Costco members can get Wegovy at Novo's standard cash price through Costco's pharmacy program. The pen costs about $350 a month. Costco does not list the cheaper first two pen fills. For those, use NovoCare or the TrumpRx.gov coupon. You need a Costco membership, and it is a cash price, so insurance doesn't apply.

At Walmart and other chains, GoodRx or your NovoCare enrollment gets you the same cash price. Without a program, you pay close to list price. So choose by convenience: mail order from NovoCare, or a nearby pharmacy through GoodRx or Costco.

Compounded semaglutide: cheaper than Wegovy, but not the same product

Compounded semaglutide has the same active ingredient as Wegovy. A pharmacy prepares it, not the drug maker. It is not FDA-approved, so the FDA hasn't checked the finished product for safety, quality or results.

Prices start a little below the Wegovy pill. At maintenance doses, the savings can be larger. Three providers below publish clear prices.

Mochi Health: the lowest starting price

Mochi charges for the medicine by dose, plus a $79 monthly membership. At the starting dose, the total is about $140 a month. At the 2.67 mg dose, it is about $180.

Mochi now also offers two higher weekly doses. At 4.5 mg, the total is about $230 a month. At 6.48 mg, it is about $270.

New members currently get the first month of membership free. That makes month one at the starting dose about $60. Mochi shows no end date, and the offer isn't available in every state.

Many of Mochi's doctors are board-certified in obesity medicine. That helps if you want a specialist. Mochi can also prescribe brand-name Wegovy and file the insurance paperwork. More in our Mochi Health review.

Fridays: about $150 a month if you prepay a year

Fridays' price includes visits, dietitian access and coaching. On the prepaid annual plan, it works out to about $150 a month. Month to month, it is about $280.

A fall code on Fridays' site can bring the prepaid year down to about $115 a month. Fridays shows no end date for it.

Prepaying is the catch. Fridays generally doesn't refund annual prepayments. Its Better Business Bureau page shows repeated refund complaints. Read our Fridays review before you pay for a year.

Henry Meds: one all-in price, pill or shot

Henry Meds bundles the medicine, visits and shipping into one price, with no membership. The compounded semaglutide pill costs about $250 a month. The shot costs about $300 month to month.

A 12-month prepay brings the shot to about $200 a month. Henry Meds says its price varies with your plan and dose. See our Henry Meds review for what is and isn't included.

Is compounded semaglutide still legal?

Yes, within narrower limits than before. During the Wegovy shortage, pharmacies could make near-copies freely. The FDA declared that shortage over in February 2025, which ended that leeway.

Today, a state-licensed 503A pharmacy may still prepare semaglutide for one named patient with a prescription. Large outsourcing facilities, known as 503B facilities, follow separate rules. In April 2026, the FDA proposed barring them from making semaglutide from bulk ingredients.

That proposal was not final as of October 1, 2026. It doesn't target the 503A pharmacies that fill most telehealth orders. Some providers, Mochi among them, use both kinds.

Ranked: the cheapest Wegovy options this month, lowest to highest

Here is everything above in one list. It is ordered by the regular monthly price, not a first-month deal.

• 1. Wegovy savings card, if your insurance covers Wegovy: as little as $25 a month
• 2. Medicare GLP-1 Bridge, if you qualify: $50 a month
• 3. Mochi Health, compounded: about $140 to start, about $180 at the 2.67 mg dose
• 4. NovoCare self-pay pill, also through GoodRx or Costco: about $150 to start, about $300 from month three
• 5. Fridays, compounded, on a prepaid year: about $150 a month
• 6. Henry Meds, compounded: about $200 a month prepaid, about $300 month to month
• 7. NovoCare self-pay pen: about $350 a month after the first two fills
• 8. List price with no program: about $1,350 a month

The pen's cheaper start doesn't get its own line. It lasts two fills, and the price you pay most months is the one that counts.

What a full year of Wegovy costs, by path

• Savings card: about $300 a year, if the card covers your whole copay.
• Medicare GLP-1 Bridge: $600 a year.
• NovoCare pill or GoodRx: about $3,340 in year one, as the dose steps up. After that, about $3,590 a year.
• NovoCare pen: about $4,240 in year one, counting the two cheaper fills. After that, about $4,540 a year, or about $5,190 on the HD pen. Through GoodRx or Costco, which skip the cheaper fills, about $4,540 in year one too.
• Fridays: about $1,800 for a prepaid year. Month to month, about $3,350.
• Mochi Health: about $2,140 a year once you reach the 2.67 mg dose. Year one costs less, because you start on lower doses and the first month's membership is free.
• Henry Meds shot: about $2,365 for a prepaid year. Month to month, about $3,565.
• List price, no program: about $17,500 a year at the 2026 list price.

For how each path works, including appeals and Medicare, see Wegovy cost, every pathway explained. To compare places that sell the real drug, see the best places to get real Wegovy online.

Will Wegovy get cheaper? What's coming

Yes, on paper. The list price of Wegovy's maintenance doses drops to $675 a month on January 1, 2027. Novo Nordisk announced the cut in February 2026.

The cut mainly helps people whose costs are tied to the list price, such as those still paying off an insurance deductible. Novo Nordisk said it doesn't change self-pay prices like NovoCare's.

A US generic isn't close. Semaglutide patents run out this year in some countries, including India and Canada. In the US, Novo Nordisk's patents run into the 2030s.

For now, price pressure comes from Novo Nordisk itself, through NovoCare, GoodRx and Costco. Also watch the FDA's pending 503B decision. If it becomes final, compounded supply could tighten and push more people toward NovoCare's prices.

Red flags: prices that look cheaper than they are

The more attention these drugs get, the more sites trade on confusion. These signs separate a real low price from a trap.

• No licensed clinician reviews your health history. A questionnaire alone produces the prescription.
• A compounded shot priced far below about $140 a month, with no explanation.
• No named, US-licensed pharmacy behind the product.
• Words like "generic Wegovy" or "FDA-approved compound." Neither exists.
• An annual prepay with refund terms you haven't read. Ask what happens if you stop at month four.