What will your GLP-1 cost at every program?
Pick a medication, your insurance situation, and your state. We rank all 25 programs we track by what they actually charge at maintenance dose. Numbers come from our weekly verification pass, not the marketing homepage.
How this calculator works
The cost-comparison calculator runs three filters against our provider data and ranks what is left by price.
- Drug filter. Each program in our chart publishes a per-medication price (or honestly says they do not stock the drug). Programs that do not stock the drug you selected are excluded from the ranking and shown in the excluded-programs accordion at the bottom.
- Insurance filter. Each program accepts one or more insurance pathways (employer prior-authorization, Medicare cardiovascular indication, Medicaid type 2 diabetes indication, uninsured cash-pay). Programs that do not work with your selected insurance pathway are excluded. Cash-pay always works with every program in the chart.
- State filter. Some programs cannot ship to every state. Lindora is California-only. Several programs exclude Louisiana and Mississippi. A handful exclude additional state-licensure-restricted markets. The state filter hides programs that cannot reach your address.
After the three filters run, what is left gets sorted by the program's maintenance-dose monthly price (low end first). The introductory rate is deliberately ignored. Most programs run a one-month or three-month introductory price that is cheaper than the long-term number you will actually pay. Sorting by maintenance-dose price reflects the cost six months from now, not the cost of the first invoice.
What the monthly price includes
For every program, the monthly figure is all-in. It includes the membership fee plus the medication fee plus any required lab work, where the program bills lab work monthly. It does not include shipping fees that are folded into the medication price (they almost always are) or one-time onboarding charges that are deliberately not amortised. Where a program quotes a range, the low end is the lowest-dose tier and the high end is the highest-dose tier we observed in the most recent purchase-flow walkthrough.
The notes field under each row tells you what the price assumes. If a program offers a flat all-in rate at every dose (Mochi is the textbook example), the notes flag it. If a program changes the price when you escalate dose, the notes flag that too.
Cheap is not the same as good
The calculator answers a price question. The score column beside each row is our independent editorial view, weighting pricing, cancellation terms, onboarding experience, medication options, and member outcomes equally. A program at $150 a month with a score of 6.5 is a different decision than a program at $190 a month with a score of 8.2. The calculator does not collapse those into one number for you. That is your call.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate are these prices?
Every price in the calculator comes from our weekly verification pass. We sign up, complete the intake, and observe the receipt on every program in the chart. The numbers shown are the maintenance-dose price (what you actually pay once you have titrated up), not the introductory teaser rate.
Why does the same drug cost so much more at one program than another?
Three drivers. Cash-pay programs that source compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide are typically a third to a quarter the price of branded products, because the active ingredient is the same molecule but the manufacturing pathway is a 503A pharmacy rather than the originator's FDA new-drug approval. Insurance-billing programs pass the formulary price through, which depends on your plan's tier and prior-authorization outcome. And introductory pricing distorts the comparison until you check the maintenance number.
Does the cheapest program win automatically?
No. Cheap and good are different axes. The calculator sorts by price because that is the question the form asked. The editorial score we show next to each program is our independent view across pricing, cancellation, onboarding, medication options, and member outcomes. A program with a 6.0 score and the lowest price is a different decision than a program with an 8.5 score and a $40 monthly premium.
What if my state is excluded from a program?
Some programs (Lindora is California-only; a handful of others exclude Louisiana, Mississippi, and a few additional state-licensure-restricted markets) cannot ship to you, full stop. The calculator hides those rows behind the excluded-programs accordion so you do not waste time on them.
Why is my insurance copay not used in this calculator?
This calculator estimates the program-side cost. If you are billing insurance, the program's quoted price assumes your plan covers the medication on its formulary; the copay you pay out of pocket depends on your plan's tier. Use the savings-vs-insurance calculator if you want to compare your current copay against a switch to cash-pay.
Are the compounded prices safe?
Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide are mixed by 503A pharmacies under prescription, not manufactured under FDA new-drug approval. The active molecule is identical to the branded product. Regulatory exposure is real: Eli Lilly's 2025-2026 lawsuit against compounded tirzepatide pharmacies could force a halt to that supply chain. We surface that risk on every program-page that sells compounded.
Other calculators
- Savings vs insurance copay: compare your current pharmacy copay against a switch to cash-pay.
- BMI and program qualifier: enter your height, weight, and zip code, see which programs you qualify for and which serve your state.
- The original 4-question matcher: pick a program by lifestyle, not just price.
