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Semaglutide cost: every product that contains it
Semaglutide is the active ingredient in the prescription medicines Wegovy, Ozempic and Rybelsus.
General information, not medical advice. Last reviewed: pending clinical review.
People search for “semaglutide cost”, but nobody sells semaglutide by that name with one price. This page lists each FDA-approved product that contains it, what its manufacturer charges people paying for it themselves, and where the full price list for each is.
Manufacturers’ self-pay prices
Published prices$149 – $499a month, across 3 products and their doses
Semaglutide is an ingredient, not a product: the price is the price of the product it comes in. Newest price seen October 11, 2026.
By product
What each semaglutide product costs
The manufacturer’s published self-pay price a month, from the lowest dose it prices to the highest. Different products, different doses: a month of one is not a month of another.
| Product | Price a month, by dose | First year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wegovyweekly injection · penLabel: reducing excess body weight | $349 – $3990.25 mg to 7.2 mgFirst year: $4,237 – $4,637novocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | novocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | |
| Wegovy pilldaily tabletLabel: reducing excess body weight | $149 – $2991.5 mg to 25 mgFirst year: $3,338novocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | novocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | |
| Ozempicweekly injection · penLabel: type 2 diabetes | $349 – $4990.25 mg to 2 mgnovocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | novocare.com (opens in a new tab)seen Oct 11, 2026 | |
| Rybelsusdaily tabletLabel: type 2 diabetes | No checked self-pay price yet | ||
“First year” is the manufacturer’s prices added up along the dose schedule on the product’s label, shown line by line on the product’s own page. It is arithmetic, not a recommendation of any dose.
From the labels
What each semaglutide product’s label is for
The same ingredient is sold under labels for different uses. Each label’s own words, linked and dated.
- The label for Wegovy injection is for use with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity: to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events in adults with cardiovascular disease and obesity or overweight; to reduce excess body weight and maintain the reduction in adults and children 12 and older with obesity, and in adults with overweight and a weight-related condition; and for MASH with moderate to advanced liver fibrosis in adults.Source: FDA-approved label for Wegovy (DailyMed) (opens in a new tab), label revised 6/2026. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Wegovy tablets are on the same label as the injection. For the tablets the label’s uses are in adults only, with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity: to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events in adults with cardiovascular disease and obesity or overweight, and to reduce excess body weight and maintain the reduction.Source: FDA-approved label for Wegovy (DailyMed) (opens in a new tab), label revised 6/2026. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Ozempic’s label is for adults with type 2 diabetes: to improve blood sugar control, to lower cardiovascular risk in those with cardiovascular disease, and to lower kidney and cardiovascular risk in those with chronic kidney disease. It has no use for weight management on its label.Source: Ozempic prescribing information (Novo Nordisk) (opens in a new tab), revised 05/2026. Checked October 11, 2026.
- Rybelsus and Ozempic tablets, which are semaglutide taken by mouth, share one label: for adults with type 2 diabetes, to improve blood sugar control and to lower cardiovascular risk. Neither has a use for weight management on its label, and the label says the two tablets cannot be substituted for each other milligram for milligram.Source: Rybelsus and Ozempic tablets prescribing information (Novo Nordisk) (opens in a new tab), revised 1/2026. Checked October 11, 2026.
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Compounded semaglutide
Some pharmacies and programs also sell compounded semaglutide, which is not one of the products above and is not priced on this page.
FDA says compounded drugs are not FDA-approved, and that it does not review them for safety, effectiveness or quality.Source: FDA’s concerns with unapproved GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss (opens in a new tab), content current as of 10/01/2026. Checked October 11, 2026.
Questions
Questions people ask about semaglutide cost
- How much does semaglutide cost without insurance?
- It depends on which product and which dose. By the manufacturers’ published self-pay prices: Wegovy is $349 – $399 a month; Wegovy pill is $149 – $299 a month; Ozempic is $349 – $499 a month. Each is a different product with its own doses.Product by product
- What is the lowest published price for a semaglutide product?
- Among the manufacturers’ self-pay prices on this page, the lowest is $149 a month for Wegovy pill at 1.5 mg, which is its starting dose. Higher doses of the same product cost more: see its page for every dose.Wegovy pill by dose
Semaglutide products
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Not medical advice. This page is about what things cost. Prices change: the newest here was seen on its source page on October 11, 2026.
What that means, and how we check prices
Not medical advice
This page is about what things cost. It does not say what anyone should take or have done; that is a decision for you and a licensed clinician. Statements from labels and agencies are quoted from the sources linked beside them and have not been clinically reviewed.
Prices change
Every price here is a published price as it was seen on its source page — the newest on October 11, 2026. Sellers change prices and end offers; the seller’s page is the authority.
How we check prices
Each price is read from the seller’s own page and checked against its source before it appears, with the unit it is quoted in and the conditions printed beside it. Published prices are re-checked monthly. How we estimate · How this site works