Verified since Aug 26, 2026
What will your GLP-1 actually cost?
Every legal way to pay — manufacturer direct, savings cards, Medicare's GLP-1 Bridge, discount cards — ranked for your situation. Every price shows its source and the date we verified it.
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The noise
Money is the side effect nobody warned you about.
- 2:14 AM
Can I afford March?
- 2:31 AM
When does my savings card cap out?
- 3:02 AM
Does my coverage die January 1?
- 3:20 AM
Is there a cheaper way I don't know about?
That's wallet noise. You're not disorganised — the pricing is. There are five legal ways to pay for the same drug, each with its own eligibility, annual cap and expiry date. Which one is cheapest changes with your dose, your plan and the month. Three of those changes are already dated on the calendar below. Nobody hands you this on one page, so we built one.
56% of people taking a GLP-1 said it was hard to afford; among those with insurance, 27% paid the full cost themselves, and 14% have stopped over the price. KFF Health Tracking Poll, November 2025
Wherever you are in the loop, start here
Price every way to pay
Your drug, dose and coverage — every verified route, ranked, with sources and dates.
Run the calculatorKnow your plan's rules
PA criteria, step therapy and quantity limits — from each PBM's own documents.
Browse policiesFight a denial
Deadlines by coverage type, override guides, and letter templates for your prescriber.
Appeals & guidesOutlast your savings card
What each card actually publishes, and the direct-pay routes for when it runs out.
Savings card guideOr browse every priced page — all five drugs, every dose, every coverage situation.
Dated changes already on the calendar
Full changelog- Aetna (CVS Health) — Zepbound back as additional preferred on templates
- CVS Caremark — Zepbound returns to standard commercial template formularies as an additional preferred option
- Elevance Health / Anthem (CarelonRx) — Zepbound single-dose pen Tier 3 -> non-formulary (CA National list); presentation switch to KwikPen
Sourced, dated, or absent
If we can't verify a price against a primary source, we say so instead of guessing. Every figure here carries the date we last read its source, and none of them is older than Aug 26, 2026.
Coverage policy, decoded
PA criteria, step therapy, and appeal deadlines for the major PBMs — from their own documents. Browse policies.
Denied? Know your clock
Deadlines run from the date on your denial notice and differ by coverage type — Medicare's changed in 2026, so many guides are stale. See the deadlines and their sources.

We read every PBM's criteria document so you don't have to
Ten payers, their own published PA criteria, step-therapy rules, quantity limits and appeal routes — transcribed by hand, graded for confidence, and dated. Where a payer publishes nothing, we say so rather than filling the gap.