Wegovy savings card: how to get the $25 coupon, and every other way to pay less in 2026

How do you get the $25 Wegovy savings card?

There is no paper coupon to hunt down and no income form. The card is a digital offer from Novo Nordisk, the company that makes Wegovy. It takes a few minutes to get. What it does for you depends on your insurance, not on your dose.

• Check you're eligible: the $25 price needs commercial insurance. That means a plan from your job, the ACA marketplace or one you buy yourself. Federal and state employee plans count too.
• Know who is left out: Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA and other government coverage can't get the $25 price. If you have both a job plan and a government plan, Novo treats you as government-insured.
• Activate it before you fill: text SAVE to 83757, or fill in the short form on NovoCare. You get a card with a BIN, PCN, group and member ID, like a second insurance card. Fills bought before you enroll can't be paid back.
• Give it to the pharmacy: hand those numbers to your pharmacist, or add them to your online pharmacy profile. They run your insurance first, then the card. Your copay drops to as little as $25. A copay is your share of the bill at the pharmacy.
• Where it works: the card works at participating US retail pharmacies. If you use a mail-order pharmacy, Novo pays you back through a mail-in form. NovoCare Pharmacy, Novo's own home-delivery pharmacy, gives its self-pay prices without any card.
• Reuse it at every fill: the same card stays on your pharmacy profile from one refill to the next. That includes when your prescriber raises your dose.

Does the Wegovy coupon work on every dose, including 1.7 mg and the pill?

Yes. The offer works the same way on every dose, pen or pill.

• Pens: 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.7 and 2.4 mg, plus the 7.2 mg HD pen
• Pills: 1.5, 4, 9 and 25 mg
• One month: one box of four pens, or one bottle of 30 tablets

That settles the 1.7 mg question. Some people stay on 1.7 mg for the long term, so they look for a coupon made for it. There isn't one, and you don't need one. The card you activated at 0.25 mg carries straight through. Our Wegovy dosage guide explains how the doses step up.

Say your pharmacy quotes a different price at 1.7 mg than at 1 mg. The card was likely not applied to the new product. Ask them to run it again.

How much does the card save, and what if your plan doesn't cover Wegovy?

The $25 is a floor, not a promise. Novo pays up to $100 of your copay per one-month fill.

• Copay of $125 or less: you pay $25.
• Copay of $200: the card takes off $100, so you pay $100.
• Longer fills: Novo pays up to $200 on a two-month fill, and up to $300 on a three-month fill.
• Deductible not met yet: a deductible is what you pay before your insurance starts paying. Until you reach it, the card still takes off only $100 a month. So the bill can stay large for a while.
• If your plan uses a copay program: some plans keep the card's money from counting toward your deductible. These programs go by names like accumulator or maximizer. Novo's terms exclude these plans, and Novo can reduce or stop your savings.

If your commercial plan doesn't cover Wegovy at all, keep the card anyway. It won't get you to $25. It does unlock Novo's self-pay price at your local pharmacy.

The same card works for people with no insurance. People on government insurance can pay the self-pay price too, as long as the pharmacy runs the sale outside their insurance. That money won't count toward their deductible or yearly out-of-pocket limit.

Getting Wegovy covered by insurance: where to start

The card only brings Wegovy to $25 if your insurance covers it. Coverage varies a lot from one plan to the next. Many employers decide for themselves whether to cover weight-loss drugs.

• Check your plan's formulary, its list of covered drugs. Look for Wegovy or semaglutide under weight management or obesity treatment, not just the general list.
• Know the usual criteria: the FDA label covers adults with a BMI of 30 or more. It also covers a BMI of 27 or more with at least one weight-related condition, such as high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. Plans usually ask for proof of these.
• Mention your heart, if it applies: Wegovy is also FDA-approved to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in adults with heart disease and excess weight. Some plans cover it for that use.
• Expect a prior authorization: this means your insurer wants to approve the drug first. Your prescriber sends proof of your BMI and health conditions. Plans often ask about past diet and exercise attempts too.
• If you're denied, appeal: ask your prescriber for a letter that explains your medical need. A denial is not always the final word.
• Ask HR at a large employer: the employer often chooses whether the plan covers weight-loss drugs. HR can tell you what yours includes.

NovoCare self-pay: Wegovy from about $150 a month without insurance

If your plan won't cover Wegovy, or you have no insurance, Novo's self-pay program is the cheapest brand-name route. It comes in two forms.

• Wegovy pill: about $150/mo at 1.5 mg · about $200 at 4 mg · about $300 at 9 and 25 mg
• Wegovy pen: about $350/mo from 0.25 to 2.4 mg · about $400 at the 7.2 mg HD dose
• New-patient pen offer: about $200/mo for your first two fills, at 0.25 and 0.5 mg, through Dec 31, 2026

To pay these prices, show the savings card at a local pharmacy. Or have your prescriber send the prescription to NovoCare Pharmacy for home delivery. Either way, it is FDA-approved Wegovy.

Both price ladders climb with the dose. Plan your budget on the dose you will stay on, not the starting one. The pen's intro price lasts two fills, so count on about $350 from the third. You count as new if you haven't used a Wegovy pen savings offer in the past year.

GoodRx coupons: the same price as NovoCare

GoodRx now shows Novo's own self-pay price, at more than 70,000 pharmacies. It won't beat NovoCare. It is a handy way to see that price at your usual drugstore. TrumpRx.gov, the government's drug price website, lists the same Novo cash price. One difference: GoodRx no longer gives the two cheaper first pen fills. Its own $199 offer ended in March 2026. The TrumpRx.gov coupon still includes them at your local pharmacy.

There is one limit. You can't combine a GoodRx price with insurance or with the $25 card.

The list price is about $1,350 a month for the pen. That is Novo's price before any discount. You risk paying it only with no card, no self-pay enrollment and no coverage. With the options on this page, nobody should.

Medicare and Wegovy: the $50 GLP-1 Bridge

Part D, Medicare's drug coverage, has long excluded weight-loss drugs. Federal law also bars the $25 card on Medicare.

That changed on July 1, 2026. CMS, the agency that runs Medicare, launched the GLP-1 Bridge. Eligible members get any Wegovy dose, pen or pill, for $50 a month. The program runs through December 31, 2027.

The Bridge works outside your normal Part D benefit. The Part D deductible doesn't apply. The $50 doesn't count toward your yearly out-of-pocket cap. Extra Help, Medicare's program for people with low incomes, doesn't lower it either.

You must be 18 or older and meet one of these when you start:

• BMI of 35 or more: you qualify on BMI alone.
• BMI of 30 or more: you also need one of these. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a type where the heart muscle is stiff. Uncontrolled high blood pressure. Or kidney disease at stage 3a or higher.
• BMI of 27 or more: you also need prediabetes, a past heart attack or stroke, or blocked arteries in the legs or arms that cause symptoms.
• Who is left out: people with type 2 diabetes, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea or fatty liver disease. Their Part D plan may cover a GLP-1 for those conditions instead.
• Which plans: a standalone Part D plan, or a Medicare Advantage plan with drug coverage, such as an HMO or PPO. Special needs plans and employer retiree plans count too.
• How to start: you don't apply yourself. Your prescriber sends the prescription and, when asked, a prior authorization, meaning approval in advance. It stays valid for refills and dose changes through 2027.
• Already covered for heart disease? Since 2024, some Part D plans cover Wegovy for people with established heart disease. If your plan already pays for your GLP-1, you can't use the Bridge. You simply stay on your plan's coverage. Our Wegovy cost with insurance page covers Medicare, Medicaid and appeals.

What doesn't exist: free trials and patient assistance

Novo Nordisk runs a patient assistance program that gives free medicine to some people with low incomes. Its 2026 list includes Ozempic and insulins, but not Wegovy. NovoCare lists no free trial for Wegovy either.

In practice, the self-pay pill at about $150 a month is the lowest official price. Compounded semaglutide from a telehealth provider can cost a little less. It is a pharmacy-mixed version, not FDA-approved Wegovy.