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The cheapest GLP-1 programmes, with the memberships added back in
Advertised prices in this market routinely exclude a mandatory fee. Here is the same list with the fees added back, which reorders it substantially.
The headline is not the price
Four of the cheapest-looking services in this research charge a separate mandatory membership. Adding it back changes the order of the list, and in one case nearly triples the advertised figure.
| Provider | Advertised | Mandatory fee | True entry cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mochi Health | $60/mo | $79/mo membership | $139/mo |
| Alloy | $70/mo | $99/mo membership | $169/mo |
| Ivím Health | $149/mo | $74.99/mo membership | $224/mo |
| Lemonaid (microdose) | $199/mo | $49/mo membership | $248/mo |
| AgelessRx (microdose) | $99/mo | None | $99/mo |
| Noom (microdose, bundled) | $179/mo | Bundled | $179/mo |
| Nurx (metformin) | $15/mo | $79/mo provider support | $94/mo |
| Found (compounded) | $99/mo | Not separated on the page | $99/mo, unconfirmed |
| Ro (Wegovy pill) | $149/mo | $74–149/mo membership | $223–298/mo |
| Hers (Wegovy pill) | $149/mo | $149/mo membership | $298/mo |
| NovoCare (Wegovy pill) | $149/mo | None | $149/mo |
| CVS MinuteClinic | $149/mo medication | $29 per visit | $178 first month |
| Walgreens | $149/mo medication | $49 per visit | $198 first month |
| PlushCare | Medication not priced | $19.99/mo membership | Unknowable up front |
| LillyDirect (Zepbound 2.5 mg) | $299/mo | None | $299/mo |
| Brello Health | $166/mo | Prepaid, $499 per 11 weeks | $499 up front |
Cheapest by what you actually want
- 01Cheapest FDA-approved GLP-1
NovoCare Pharmacy (Wegovy)
The Wegovy pill at $149/month self-pay, with no membership and no insurance required. Novo states you do not need a savings offer or insurance to get it. You do need your own prescription.
Full review - 02Cheapest overall, if compounded is acceptable
Mochi Health
About $139/month all-in, with unlimited physician and care-team access included and cancel-anytime terms. The first month is $39.
Full review - 03Cheapest with prescriber continuity
Alloy Weight Care
$169/month all-in, and Alloy states your prescribing doctor stays your doctor through the whole titration.
Full review - 04Cheapest prescription weight management of any kind
Nurx
Metformin at $15/month plus the $79 provider support fee, and several orals listed as low as $0/month with insurance. Not a GLP-1, and worth discussing with a prescriber on its merits.
Full review - 05Cheapest with insurance
Amazon One Medical
Oral medication from $25/month where insurance covers it, with most major plans accepted and no membership required to start.
Full review
The honest way to budget is to take the maintenance dose price, add every mandatory fee, and multiply by twelve. On the manufacturer-direct route that is roughly $5,400 a year for tirzepatide at the top tier. On the cheapest verified compounded route it is roughly $2,000. Neither is the number on the landing page.
Questions
What is the cheapest GLP-1 overall?
Found publishes $99/month for compounded GLP-1s but does not disclose whether visits cost extra, so the cheapest total you can actually confirm is Mochi Health at about $139/month all-in, with Alloy next at $169. For an FDA-approved product it is the NovoCare Wegovy pill at $149/month, which has no membership at all but requires you to bring a prescription.
Is there a genuinely free option?
Not for a GLP-1. Nurx lists several oral weight-management medications as low as $0/month with insurance, but those are not GLP-1s, and its $79/month care fee is cash-pay regardless.
Do prices go up as the dose goes up?
Usually. Lilly’s published ladder runs $299 at 2.5 mg to $449 at 7.5 mg and above. Sesame’s Wegovy pill goes $149 for lower doses to $299 for higher ones. Budget for the maintenance dose, not the starting one.
Read next
Sources
Everything on this page traces to one of the links below, retrieved on the date shown. Prices and programme terms in this market change without notice — confirm against the provider before you buy.
- 01Mochi Health — membership pricing, medications, FDA caveat, cancellationretrieved 2026-08-14
- 02Alloy — compounded semaglutide pricing and membershipretrieved 2026-08-14
- 03Ivím Health — compounded semaglutide pricing, HSA/FSA and insuranceretrieved 2026-08-14
- 04Lemonaid Health — weight loss pricing and membershipretrieved 2026-08-14
- 05Nurx — weight management medications, prices and feesretrieved 2026-08-14
- 06NovoCare Pharmacy — Wegovy doses, pricing and shippingretrieved 2026-08-14
- 07LillyDirect — Zepbound pricing and fulfilmentretrieved 2026-08-14
- 08Brello Health — compounded tirzepatide billing and refund termsretrieved 2026-08-14
- 09Amazon — One Medical GLP-1 Management Programretrieved 2026-08-14
- 10WeightWatchers Clinic — medications, pricing, insurance coordinationretrieved 2026-08-14
- 11Sesame — semaglutide pricing, labs and compounded positionretrieved 2026-08-14
- 12Found — medications, pricing, insurance network, clinician modelretrieved 2026-08-14
- 13CVS Health — direct-to-consumer weight management (visit price, medication pricing, pickup, pharmacist support)retrieved 2026-08-14
- 14Walgreens corporate — Virtual Healthcare adds weight management (visit price, medication pricing, eligibility)retrieved 2026-08-14
- 15PlushCare — weight loss (membership, visit pricing, insurance, prior authorisation, labs)retrieved 2026-08-14
- 16Ro — weight loss pricing (archived snapshot, 2 Aug 2026; ro.co blocks direct retrieval)retrieved 2026-08-02
- 17Hers — weight loss (archived snapshot, 15 Jul 2026; forhers.com blocks direct retrieval)retrieved 2026-07-15