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Price information checked on September 26, 2026, separates list prices, cash offers, discount cards, insurance copays, and government-program prices.

A list price is the published maker’s price. A self-pay price is a cash offer outside insurance. A copay is your share of a bill that insurance covers.

Discount cards offer a lower price under their own terms. A government-program price applies only to people who qualify for that program.

Ask which kind the quote uses. Then ask whether it includes the care around the medicine.

A medicine price example with its limits

Strength means how much of the working ingredient the medicine contains. Here, mg means milligrams, a small unit of weight. Ask which strength the quote covers.

For each of the first two monthly fills, the government price page listed semaglutide (Ozempic) injection at $199, as of September 26, 2026.

That offer was for eligible new patients aged 18 or older, paying outside insurance, who lived in the US or its territories.

Only these strengths qualified for the $199 offer: 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg, as of September 26, 2026.

The later monthly price was $349 for each of these strengths: 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, and 1 mg, as of September 26, 2026.

For the 2 mg strength, the later monthly price was $499, as of September 26, 2026.

The introductory offer’s terms ran through December 31, 2026, according to the September 26, 2026, price check.

A plan’s deductible is what you pay before the plan begins paying under its terms. Ask the plan how that applies to your care.

Under those offer terms, you cannot request repayment from insurance for this medicine, as of September 26, 2026.

This purchase also cannot count toward what you must pay before your insurance begins paying, as of September 26, 2026.