Cost map / price and total
What will the care actually cost?
Ask for an estimate that puts the visit and the medicine on the same page. Then ask what changes after any opening offer.
A drug’s list price, cash price, discount price and insured payment are different figures.
List price means the maker’s published price. Self-pay means paying cash outside insurance. Strength means how much of the working ingredient a product contains. The label uses mg, short for milligrams, to measure that amount.
The price terms below were checked in September 2026.
An opening cash offer versus a Medicare programme
Semaglutide (Ozempic) pen offer
The September 2026 Ozempic offer is for new patients paying outside insurance. Each monthly supply costs $199 for the first two supplies; this offer covers only pens labelled 0.25 mg or 0.5 mg. Those numbers name the product strengths in the price offer.
Once the first two supplies are finished, September 2026 terms set the monthly price at $349 for strengths of 1 mg, 0.5 mg and 0.25 mg. For a 2 mg product, the monthly charge is $499.
The introductory offer is for US residents aged 18 or over and runs through December 31, 2026.
Ask which terms apply to the actual prescription.
Medicare’s temporary Bridge
Eligible Medicare patients pay $50 for a monthly supply of certain weight-loss medicines in the programme checked in September 2026.
July 1, 2026 marks the beginning of this recorded programme window. Its last day is December 31, 2027.
Ask the plan which products are included and what approval is needed.
Ask whether this programme or ordinary drug cover is the right route.
These are different payment routes with different terms. Neither figure is a quote for a Nevada visit or the whole care plan.
Read the records behind this ↓What goes on the written estimate?
Ask which parts are included, which are separate, and when each charge repeats.
Visit: what does the first assessment cost, and what would a follow-up cost?
Medicine: which product, pill or shot, and length of supply does the price cover?
Tests: which tests are proposed, and what will the separate bill be?
Delivery: is it included, and how is a replacement handled?
Repeat charges: is there a membership, renewal or minimum commitment?
Ending the plan: how do cancellation and refunds work?
Will cash spending count toward insurance costs?
The September 2026 Ozempic self-pay offer has two limits for people with insurance. You cannot ask your insurer to pay you back for the medicine. The cash spending does not help meet your deductible. That is the amount you must pay before some insurance benefits begin.
Ask your plan which payment terms apply before choosing the cash offer.
What happens when an offer ends?
The terms for several weight-loss cash offers and savings cards expire December 31, 2026; that is the date shown in September 2026 records.
Get the later price in writing. Ask which price applies to the next supply. The first price may not repeat.
Notes for this page
These notes use the rules and care records checked in September 2026.
A · The cash offer and its limits
Government price page: Ozempic pen terms ↗B · The temporary Medicare payment route
CMS: Medicare Bridge programme ↗C · Consumer information about the Medicare route
Medicare: weight-loss drug benefits ↗