Weight loss

GLP-1 weight loss, priced honestly

We track 18 channels and verify prices on a schedule. Start with the True-Cost Index for what things cost, or the medication guides below for what they are.

Start here#

The True-Cost IndexEvery legitimate channel, required fees included, filterable and sortable. Cost CalculatorFour questions to your personal cheapest legitimate path. Titration ProjectorWhat year one really costs as the dose climbs. First-Month DealsEvery intro offer ranked, with what each actually covers.

The medications#

The guides#

The $149 membership tax The same pill is $149 direct and about $298 at the big telehealth brands. Where the difference goes. Compounded GLP-1s didn't die The FDA ended bulk compounding; the legal 503A market lives on at $139–$297 all-in. When it makes sense. Medicare's $50 GLP-1 copay The Bridge program beats every cash price here — if you qualify, and if you know its fine print. Check insurance before paying cash The five questions to ask your insurer, in order, including the deductible trap behind "$25 copay". The coupon mirage Why "as low as" banners usually quote someone else's discount, and when cards genuinely win. NovoCare vs LillyDirect The two manufacturer pharmacies head to head, including the refill window that changes the math. The price war, 2024–2026 How $1,349 list prices became $149 pills — the moves, the lawsuits, and what comes next. What Wegovy has actually cost Every cash-price move from 2024 to now, dated and sourced — and why the list price had nothing to do with it. The LillyDirect 1.6-star problem The cheapest branded route carries the lowest rating we track. What the complaints actually say, and what the score cannot tell you. A prescription without a subscription The cheapest branded routes fill prescriptions but never write them. Where the prescription actually comes from. Switching without losing your prescription Three channels only fill, never prescribe — and a compounded prescription is not a branded one. The order of operations. How hard is it to cancel? Three providers commit your money the moment a prescription is written — before anything ships. Every exit, from their own terms. The cheapest semaglutide, by commitment The $99 plans need a year. Two-thirds of people stop within one. Break-evens and refund terms, side by side. Who actually makes your medication All 97 FDA-registered 503B facilities with inspection records — and which providers will name the pharmacy filling your prescription. What these drugs cost to make Peer-reviewed production estimates, FDA supplier filings and audited financials — and why cost is not the same as a fair price.

Compare providers#

Head-to-head pages computed from the same data: every comparison we publish, or jump to the Hims vs Ro and Cora vs Trimi matchups. Provider dossiers with trust files live at /providers/.

Then make it last#

The medication is scaffolding. Eating on a GLP-1 covers the protein targets and resistance work the trials point to — the part that decides whether results survive the last dose.

Weight-loss news & moves#

2026-07-29

FTC, Utah, and LA County sue Hims & Hers over health-data sharing and cancellation practices

The complaint targets sharing sensitive health data with ad platforms and ROSCA billing/cancellation practices — context for anyone weighing the $149/month membership model.

The Hims dossier →

2026-07-01

Medicare's $50/month GLP-1 Bridge copay goes live

Participating Part D plans now cover Wegovy (pen and pill), Foundayo, and the Zepbound KwikPen at a flat $50 monthly copay through 2027 — below every cash price we track.

How the Bridge actually works →

2026-04-30

FDA moves to permanently end bulk compounding of semaglutide and tirzepatide

The proposed 503B Bulks List exclusion would close the mass-compounding era for good. Patient-specific 503A compounding continues — the legal market our index tracks at $139–$297 all-in.

The surviving market, explained →

2026-04-01

Foundayo (orforglipron) approved — the first GLP-1 pill with no food-and-water rules

Lilly's once-daily oral launched via LillyDirect at $149–$349/month by dose, with promo tiers through 2026.

Every Foundayo price →

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