Put like costs beside like costs
What is the full price of the plan?
Ask for a written total. Keep the care fee, medicine, tests and delivery in view together.
A headline price can mean different things
Ask about
What the answer needs to cover
List price
The maker’s published drug price is called the list price; it does not quote the cost of your care.
Self-pay price
Self-pay means paying outside insurance.
In September 2026, maker cash prices could depend on the product, strength and refill terms.
Your share with insurance
Ask your insurance plan whether it has agreed to help pay for this exact medicine and how much of the bill you must pay.
The care fee
Online weight services can charge a monthly care fee and a separate medicine bill. This was the common pattern among six services checked in September 2026.
Use the same product, form, quantity and period when comparing quotes. Ask which kind of price each quote uses.
Published drug prices are a starting point
The maker listed Wegovy at about $1,349 per package and Ozempic at about $1,000 in September 2026.
Zepbound’s maker listed a price range of $499 to $1,086.37 per fill in September 2026. A fill means one supply of medicine from the pharmacy; the maker described a monthly supply as 28 days.
The maker used January 1, 2026 price data.
The maker did not say which device or drug strength cost $499 or $1,086.37.
Saxenda (liraglutide) had a list price of about $1,349 per package at the September 2026 check.
The Wegovy and Saxenda package prices give no number of days of medicine. They cannot tell you a monthly cost on their own.
These figures leave the care fee out. Ask how much medicine each package contains and how long it would last under your prescription. Ask for your own total quote.
Look past the first offer
At the September 2026 check, December 31, 2026 was the end date specified for several cash offers and savings cards.
An end date calls for checking the terms again; it does not prove what the next price will be.
Ask what the next fill costs, whether later care has a fee and how cancellation works.
Ask for the missing lines
- Is medicine included in the care fee?
- Are tests or delivery extra?
- Is any fee owed if no prescription is offered?
- Does this price require paying ahead or staying in a plan?