GLP-1 First 90 Days: A Cost Comparison You Can Check

What this comparison measures

This is an illustrative self-pay budget checked October 7, 2026, not a quote or a recommended prescription. It holds the medicine purchase constant: one 30-tablet bottle each at the 1.5 mg, 4 mg and 9 mg strengths. That is 90 tablets. Your clinician may prescribe a different sequence or keep a strength longer.

The published manufacturer prices for those bottles are $149, $199 and $299, totaling $647. Eligibility and current offer terms must be confirmed. We then add published care charges to show how the same medicine budget can produce different spending. These are calculated scenarios, not confirmed provider checkout bundles.

The three-month arithmetic

The table uses three monthly membership charges. A minimum means that unpriced services remain outside the number. A medicine-only figure is deliberately not presented as an all-in competitor to a clinical program.

The lowest displayed number may leave the largest blank

PlushCare’s initial-visit charge does not price every future appointment. The model cannot tell you how many follow-ups your clinician requires or what those appointments and tests will cost. Ask for that information before using its minimum in a final comparison.

WW’s discounted first month does not turn either plan into a three-month commitment. The remaining contract matters if you stop early. Ask for the full commitment, cancellation terms and renewal arrangement in writing. The six- and twelve-month options also have different ongoing rates.

For an existing prescriber, check whether appointments create copays or separate cash charges. Already having a clinician may change your incremental expense, but it does not make clinical care universally free.

Why injections need a different calendar

Do not automatically label three injection fills as 90 days. A four-week supply repeated three times covers 84 days. Comparing it with three 30-tablet bottles can create a misleading difference before you even consider dose or care.

Choose a common comparison period, then list actual supply duration and renewal dates. If another fill is needed inside that period, include it. If a plan bills monthly while medicine ships every four weeks, put both schedules on the calendar.

Turn the model into a real quote

Ask the program to confirm the exact product it can prescribe and the pharmacy route it supports. A manufacturer price does not prove that every telehealth service offers that product or can combine it with a particular offer. Clinical eligibility is separate from price eligibility.

Then request the amount due today, the next two recurring charges, required visit and laboratory costs, shipping charges and what happens if treatment is not prescribed. Keep the answers alongside the dated offer. If one required cost remains unknown, retain that uncertainty in the total.

We did not use an unverified discount code or infer a medication price from a provider’s starting-at headline. This model is useful because its assumptions are visible; change those assumptions when your written quote differs.