The Verdict · Calculators · Price
The GLP-1 cost calculator — what you pay at month twelve, not what the sticker says.
Advertised monthly rates leave two things out: intro prices that step up, and terms you cannot leave early. Both are recorded in the prices these providers filed, and nothing on the internet computes with them. This does, across all 499 providers we rule on.
What these totals cover — and what they leave out
Medication program only. Every figure is the price each provider publishes for the medicine, extended over your horizon with its own conditions applied. Our roster does not record consultation fees, membership fees, labs or shipping, so this calculator does not print them — an invented zero would be as false as an invented charge. Treat every total as a floor for the medication line, and ask any provider you shortlist what else lands on the first invoice.
Molecule
How long you expect to stay on it
A term commitment does not end when you stop wanting it — set this to three months and watch what the annual plans do.
Cheapest over 12 months
WeightRx
$996
month to month, from at $83/mo effective, and the filed figure is a floor — expect more, not less, cancellable any month.
Cheapest with no condition attached
Trimi Health
$1,500
A flat monthly rate: no “from”, no term commitment, no microdose asterisk, no step-up after the intro month. You can leave next month and owe nothing further. It costs $504 more than the headline row above over 12 months — that is the price of the conditions, stated as a number.
1 provider will bill you more than their advertised rate implies
Multiply the advertised monthly figure by 12 and you get one number. Follow the terms the provider actually filed and you get another. Across these rows the difference totals $1,100 over 12 months. Two mechanisms cause all of it: a rate that steps up after an intro period, and a term you cannot leave early.
| Provider | Why | Sticker implies | Actually billed | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breeze Meds | Rate steps $299 → $399 after 1 month | $3,588 | $4,688 | +$1,100 |
The microdose filter above does not apply to this table — a commitment on a microdose plan is still a commitment, and hiding it would defeat the point of the table.
Every provider, ranked on what you will actually pay
320 rows matching your filters, sorted on the total billed over 12 months — not on the advertised monthly rate. Where a provider files several plans we quote the one that costs least over your horizon, because that is the offer a reader would take. The spread from top to bottom is $16,992 for the same molecule.
- 02
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,164or more
over 12 months · $97/mo effective
- 04
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,188or more
over 12 months · $99/mo effective
- 05
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,428or more
over 12 months · $119/mo effective
- 06
Month to month · cancel any month
$1,500
over 12 months · $125/mo effective
- 07
3-month commitment · billed in 3-month terms
$1,500or more
over 12 months · $125/mo effective
- 08
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,512or more
over 12 months · $126/mo effective
- 12
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,596or more
over 12 months · $133/mo effective
- 14
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,596or more
over 12 months · $133/mo effective
- 16
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,620or more
over 12 months · $135/mo effective
- 17
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,620or more
over 12 months · $135/mo effective
- 19
12-month commitment — “12-mo” · billed in 12-month terms
$1,668
over 12 months · $139/mo effective
- 20
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,668or more
over 12 months · $139/mo effective
- 23
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,740or more
over 12 months · $145/mo effective
- 32
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,788
over 12 months · $149/mo effective
- 34
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,788or more
over 12 months · $149/mo effective
- 35
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,788or more
over 12 months · $149/mo effective
- 36
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,800or more
over 12 months · $150/mo effective
- 38
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,800or more
over 12 months · $150/mo effective
- 41
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,908or more
over 12 months · $159/mo effective
- 44
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,980or more
over 12 months · $165/mo effective
- 45
Month to month · cancel any month
$1,992
over 12 months · $166/mo effective
- 46
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,992or more
over 12 months · $166/mo effective
- 47
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$1,992or more
over 12 months · $166/mo effective
- 49
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,028or more
over 12 months · $169/mo effective
- 50
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,028or more
over 12 months · $169/mo effective
- 51
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,028or more
over 12 months · $169/mo effective
- 53
12-month commitment · billed in 12-month terms
$2,040or more
over 12 months · $170/mo effective
- 54
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,100or more
over 12 months · $175/mo effective
- 56
Month to month, from — “compounded” · cancel any month
$2,100or more
over 12 months · $175/mo effective
- 57
12-month commitment — “annual” · billed in 12-month terms
$2,148
over 12 months · $179/mo effective
- 60
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,148or more
over 12 months · $179/mo effective
- 61
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,148
over 12 months · $179/mo effective
- 62
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,148or more
over 12 months · $179/mo effective
- 64
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,148
over 12 months · $179/mo effective
- 65
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,160or more
over 12 months · $180/mo effective
- 69
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,220or more
over 12 months · $185/mo effective
- 71
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,268or more
over 12 months · $189/mo effective
- 76
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,352or more
over 12 months · $196/mo effective
- 77
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,352or more
over 12 months · $196/mo effective
- 78
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,376or more
over 12 months · $198/mo effective
- 80
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,388
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 81
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,388
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 82
Either route, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 85
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 87
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 88
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 89
Month to month, from — “shared weight-loss price” · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 90
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 97
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 98
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 101
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 102
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 107
Month to month, from — “quoted after review” · cancel any month
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 108
6-month commitment · billed in 6-month terms
$2,388or more
over 12 months · $199/mo effective
- 110
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,400or more
over 12 months · $200/mo effective
- 112
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,520or more
over 12 months · $210/mo effective
- 113
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,520or more
over 12 months · $210/mo effective
- 115
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,628or more
over 12 months · $219/mo effective
- 116
12-month commitment · billed in 12-month terms
$2,628or more
over 12 months · $219/mo effective
- 118
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,628
over 12 months · $219/mo effective
- 119
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,688
over 12 months · $224/mo effective
- 120
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,688or more
over 12 months · $224/mo effective
- 123
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,700
over 12 months · $225/mo effective
- 126
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,748or more
over 12 months · $229/mo effective
- 128
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,748or more
over 12 months · $229/mo effective
- 129
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,748
over 12 months · $229/mo effective
- 130
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,760or more
over 12 months · $230/mo effective
- 131
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,796
over 12 months · $233/mo effective
- 133
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,820or more
over 12 months · $235/mo effective
- 134
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,820or more
over 12 months · $235/mo effective
- 135
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,856
over 12 months · $238/mo effective
- 136
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,856or more
over 12 months · $238/mo effective
- 138
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,868or more
over 12 months · $239/mo effective
- 140
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,868or more
over 12 months · $239/mo effective
- 141
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,868or more
over 12 months · $239/mo effective
- 144
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,880or more
over 12 months · $240/mo effective
- 146
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,988
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 147
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 148
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,988
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 150
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 151
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 155
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 156
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 158
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 160
Month to month, from — “starting price, not flat” · cancel any month
$2,988or more
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 162
Month to month · cancel any month
$2,988
over 12 months · $249/mo effective
- 165
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,000or more
over 12 months · $250/mo effective
- 168
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,000or more
over 12 months · $250/mo effective
- 169
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,000or more
over 12 months · $250/mo effective
- 170
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,000or more
over 12 months · $250/mo effective
- 172
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,108or more
over 12 months · $259/mo effective
- 173
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,168or more
over 12 months · $264/mo effective
- 174
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,180or more
over 12 months · $265/mo effective
- 176
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,204or more
over 12 months · $267/mo effective
- 177
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,228or more
over 12 months · $269/mo effective
- 179
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,228or more
over 12 months · $269/mo effective
- 181
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,300or more
over 12 months · $275/mo effective
- 184
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,312or more
over 12 months · $276/mo effective
- 185
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,348
over 12 months · $279/mo effective
- 192
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,360
over 12 months · $280/mo effective
- 193
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,360or more
over 12 months · $280/mo effective
- 195
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,420or more
over 12 months · $285/mo effective
- 196
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,444or more
over 12 months · $287/mo effective
- 198
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,468or more
over 12 months · $289/mo effective
- 200
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,552or more
over 12 months · $296/mo effective
- 201
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,576or more
over 12 months · $298/mo effective
- 203
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,588
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 207
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 209
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 216
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 217
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,588
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 219
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 221
3-month commitment · billed in 3-month terms
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 222
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 224
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 227
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 228
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 229
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 230
Month to month, from — “per-drug price quiz-gated” · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 231
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 233
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 234
12-month commitment · billed in 12-month terms
$3,588or more
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 236
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,588
over 12 months · $299/mo effective
- 238
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,600or more
over 12 months · $300/mo effective
- 239
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,708or more
over 12 months · $309/mo effective
- 240
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,708or more
over 12 months · $309/mo effective
- 241
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,780or more
over 12 months · $315/mo effective
- 243
3-month commitment · billed in 3-month terms
$3,840or more
over 12 months · $320/mo effective
- 246
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$3,948or more
over 12 months · $329/mo effective
- 248
Month to month · cancel any month
$3,960
over 12 months · $330/mo effective
- 249
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,068
over 12 months · $339/mo effective
- 251
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,068or more
over 12 months · $339/mo effective
- 252
Month to month — “injection” · cancel any month
$4,068
over 12 months · $339/mo effective
- 254
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,188
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 256
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,188
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 257
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,188
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 258
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 259
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 260
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 261
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 262
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 265
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 267
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 268
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,188or more
over 12 months · $349/mo effective
- 272
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,308or more
over 12 months · $359/mo effective
- 274
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,308or more
over 12 months · $359/mo effective
- 277
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,500
over 12 months · $375/mo effective
- 278
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,548or more
over 12 months · $379/mo effective
- 280
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,680or more
over 12 months · $390/mo effective
- 281
Intro month, then standard rate — “first month, $399/mo thereafter” · cancel any month
$4,688or more
over 12 months · $391/mo effective
$1,100 more than the $299/mo sticker implies (rate steps up)
- 282
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,764
over 12 months · $397/mo effective
- 283
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,788
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 285
Month to month · cancel any month
$4,788
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 287
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 289
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 290
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 295
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 296
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 297
3-month commitment · billed in 3-month terms
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 298
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 299
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 300
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 301
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 302
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$4,788or more
over 12 months · $399/mo effective
- 306
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,100or more
over 12 months · $425/mo effective
- 308
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,340or more
over 12 months · $445/mo effective
- 309
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,388or more
over 12 months · $449/mo effective
- 310
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,400or more
over 12 months · $450/mo effective
- 311
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,400or more
over 12 months · $450/mo effective
- 312
Month to month · cancel any month
$5,508
over 12 months · $459/mo effective
- 313
3-month commitment · billed in 3-month terms
$5,964or more
over 12 months · $497/mo effective
- 314
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$5,988or more
over 12 months · $499/mo effective
- 315
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$7,188or more
over 12 months · $599/mo effective
- 316
Month to month, from · cancel any month
$7,548or more
over 12 months · $629/mo effective
- 318
Month to month, from · cancel any month · FDA-approved brand
$12,828or more
over 12 months · $1,069/mo effective
- 319
Month to month, from · cancel any month · FDA-approved brand
$16,200or more
over 12 months · $1,350/mo effective
- 320
Month to month, from · cancel any month · FDA-approved brand
$17,988or more
over 12 months · $1,499/mo effective
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The two mechanisms that make a headline rate wrong
Neither is a secret and neither is illegal. Both are simply absent from the number every price board — including, until now, ours — sorts on.
Mechanism one
The rate steps up
A provider quotes an introductory month and a standard rate thereafter. A board that reads the first dollar figure in the string ranks it on the introductory month — a price you pay exactly once. The largest example on our roster is Breeze Meds, whose filed tirzepatide price steps from $299 to $399 after the first month. Twelve months of the headline figure implies $3,588. The schedule bills $4,688 — a gap of $1,100.
Mechanism two
The term does not end when you do
Several of the lowest rates on our roster exist only behind a twelve-month commitment, and a few behind a quarterly or six-month one. The rate is real. What is not disclosed by the rate is that stopping in month three still costs a full year. Set the horizon above to 3 months and every committed plan jumps to its full term — which is exactly what happens on the invoice.
There is a third thing a headline rate hides that this calculator deliberately does not model: dose tiering. A provider may quote one rate at a starting dose and another at a maintenance dose. Our roster records one published figure per provider per molecule, so we cannot compute a tiered price and will not guess one — the honest move is to tell you to ask. The titration planner shows how far your dose travels, which is the reason to ask.
How this differs from our cash ruling
Two pages, two different questions, and it is worth being explicit about which answers which.
Best GLP-1 without insurance ranks providers on the lowest figure each one advertises, and separately on the lowest figure with no condition attached. It is a ruling: it names a winner and defends it. This calculator asks a narrower question with your own horizon in it — what will I have paid by then — and answers it with arithmetic rather than judgment. Where they disagree, the ruling is telling you who to trust and the calculator is telling you what to budget. Both numbers come from the same 499 roster records.
Questions this calculator gets asked
- How much does compounded semaglutide cost per month?
- Across the 349 providers on our roster that publish a semaglutide figure and are not a microdose program, the cheapest twelve-month total works out to $74 a month effective and the most expensive to $1,999. That is a $23,100 difference over a year for the same molecule. "Effective" matters: it is the total billed divided by the months you are on the hook for, which is not the same as the advertised monthly rate wherever a term commitment or an intro step-up is involved.
- Why is the total higher than the monthly price times twelve?
- Two reasons, and this calculator separates them. First, intro rates: a provider may advertise a first-month rate and bill a higher one from month two, so the number in the headline is a price you pay once. Second, term commitments: a rate offered "annual" or on a twelve-month plan is real, but you buy all twelve months whether or not you want them, so leaving in month three costs a full year. Across both molecules those two mechanisms account for $1,100 of billing that no headline rate on our roster discloses.
- Is compounded always cheaper than brand-name Wegovy or Zepbound?
- No, and that claim is out of date. Both manufacturers now sell direct to self-pay patients at rates that overlap the compounded range, so the cheapest compounded program is not automatically cheaper than the cheapest brand route — and brand is an FDA-approved product where compounded is not. Our roster records cash prices and a brand-access flag, not brand self-pay pricing, so this calculator compares compounded programs to each other and says so rather than implying it has ruled on the brand question.
- Does this include consultation fees, labs and shipping?
- No, and it will not pretend to. It prices the medication program at the figure each provider publishes. Our roster does not record consultation fees, membership fees, lab charges or shipping, so putting a zero in for them would be an invented number dressed as a complete one. Treat every total here as a floor for the medication line only, and ask any provider you are seriously considering what else appears on the first invoice.
- Why are microdose programs excluded by default?
- Because a microdose is not a labelled therapeutic dose, and the cheapest figure on our whole roster is one. Ranking it against full-dose programs would put a different product at the top of a board people read as a like-for-like price comparison. The toggle turns it back on, clearly labelled, for readers who genuinely want to price that route.
- Do you earn money from these rankings?
- From some of them. The board is sorted on cost, honestly — several of the cheapest rows pay us nothing at all, and they still sort above providers that do pay us. We would rather rank on the number the page claims to rank on than quietly reorder it, because a cost calculator that is not sorted by cost is useless for the one job it exists to do.
Where to go next
- The dose calculatorConvert your dose to units on a U-100 syringe at your own vial concentration.
- The titration plannerHow many months the climb to a maintenance dose takes, and what they cost.
- What compounded GLP-1 costs per monthThe written analysis behind these figures, and why the range is as wide as it is.
- Cheapest GLP-1 paying cashThe ruling: advertised and obtainable ranked as two separate ladders.
Roster prices are recorded as each provider published them and re-checked on our publication cycle. 320 providers publish a tirzepatide figure and 349 a semaglutide figure, excluding microdose programs. Prices move; the date on each ruling is the date we last confirmed them.