What Ozempic costs without insurance
Last updated 2026-09-22 — the price on this page. Read and dated by Alex Seot.
How much does Ozempic cost without insurance?
halfrx records Ozempic at $349 a month paying cash, read from its own published page on 2026-09-22. That is one of 11 verified routes to semaglutide on this site, and the cheapest of them is Strut Health at $129 a month. A pharmacy acquires it for about $996 a month under the federal NADAC survey, which is the number the price above is worth reading beside. A year is not twelve times the monthly figure: walking the titration ladder at each step's published price, and counting the thirteen fills a 28-day month bills, gives $4,237 rather than the $4,188 the monthly price implies. Paying cash is a different transaction from being covered: the cash price does not touch a deductible. A plan that covers the drug can cost less or more than this, depending on the plan rather than on the drug.
- 0.25 mg, first fill$199 a month
- 0.5 mg, second fill$199 a month
- 0.25 mg to 1 mg$349 a month
- 2 mg$499 a month
The cheapest way to get Ozempic, and every other verified route
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| Route | A month, cash | What it is | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strut Health | $129 | compounded, not FDA approved | 2026-09-22 |
| Noom Med | $249 | compounded, not FDA approved | 2026-09-22 |
| Found | $289 | compounded, not FDA approved | 2026-09-22 |
| Henry Meds | $297 | compounded, not FDA approved | 2026-09-20 |
| Medvi | $299 | provider | 2026-09-14 |
| Wegovy pill | $299 | branded, FDA approved | 2026-09-10 |
| Wegovy | $349 | branded, FDA approved | 2026-09-22 |
| Ozempicthis page | $349 | branded, FDA approved | 2026-09-22 |
| NovoCare Pharmacy | $349 | provider | 2026-09-22 |
| LifeMD | $498 | provider | 2026-09-13 |
| Calibrate | $548 | provider | 2026-09-22 |
What a pharmacy pays
$996
Per month under the federal NADAC survey, effective 2026-09-23. Not a price a patient can obtain and not net of rebates — it is the cost side of the same transaction, published. The full table →
What a year really costs
$4,237
Against the $4,188 that the monthly figure times twelve implies. The early months are a different dose at a different price, and a 28-day month makes a year thirteen fills. The arithmetic →
Where these Ozempic figures come from
- [1] Ozempic self-pay pricing, NovoCare Pharmacy, read 12 September 2026primary archived 2026-09-11
- [2] GoodRx and Novo Nordisk $199 cash price announcementprimary archived 2026-02-07
- [3] FDA prescribing information for OZEMPIC (semaglutide) injectionprimary archived 2026-09-01
- [4] TrumpRx, the federal direct-purchase price site — $199 for the first fills for new self-pay patients, read 6 September 2026primary
- [5] FDA prescribing information for WEGOVYprimary archived 2026-09-10
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Ozempic cost, answered
- How much is Ozempic without insurance?
- $349 a month paying cash, read from its own published page on 2026-09-22. That is the maintenance figure — what you pay once titrated — rather than an introductory rate covering the first month or two.
- What is the cheapest way to get Ozempic without insurance?
- Strut Health at $129 a month, of 11 verified routes to semaglutide — each with its source and the date it was read, and listed in full above. That one is compounded rather than FDA approved, which is a legal status rather than a quality claim: it has no trial of its own and no approved label, and the pharmacy that makes it decides what is in it. Cheapest is not the same as best value: the table carries the maintenance price, because a starting-dose headline is not what anyone pays for long.
- Is there a cheaper route to the same medication?
- halfrx records 11 verified routes to semaglutide. The cheapest is Strut Health at $129 a month, though that one is compounded rather than FDA approved, which is a legal status and not a quality claim. They are listed in full above with the date each was checked.
- Does a cash price touch my deductible?
- No. Paying cash is a transaction outside your plan, so it neither counts toward a deductible nor toward an out-of-pocket maximum. That cuts both ways: it is often cheaper today and it buys nothing toward the year's cap. Whether your plan covers this at all is a separate question — see does insurance cover it.
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