Wegovy private cost: what the price really includes

What private Wegovy actually costs in the UK right now

Semaglutide (Wegovy) is a prescription-only medicine and its private price reflects that. Each Wegovy pen contains four weekly doses, so a single pen roughly equates to a month of treatment. If you want a full picture of what you can expect to pay, our guide to Wegovy's UK private price covers current figures across providers and dose levels in detail. Wegovy's own pricing has followed a similar pattern as demand has outpaced earlier expectations.

The dose you're prescribed matters significantly to the monthly figure. Treatment starts at a low dose for tolerability and is titrated upward by your prescriber over several months, so the cost in month one looks different from the cost at maintenance. If you'd like a clearer picture of how those monthly figures break down across the titration schedule, our breakdown of Wegovy's monthly private cost covers that in detail.

One thing worth flagging early: market prices are hedged here deliberately. The only legitimate way to know what you'd pay at any given provider is to go through their consultation process. Prices quoted before a clinical assessment has established your dose are estimates, not commitments.

What some headline prices leave out

A question our prescribers hear most weeks is some version of: "I found it cheaper elsewhere, why?" It's a fair question. The honest answer is that headline prices sometimes represent the medicine only. Separate consultation fees (charged per appointment), prescription fees, delivery charges, and the cost of follow-up clinical reviews can each sit outside the headline number, added at checkout or billed when you need support.

This matters at a practical level. Wegovy requires regular clinical review: your prescriber needs to assess whether a dose increase is appropriate and whether you're responding well enough to continue. If those reviews are billed separately, an apparently lower monthly price can close the gap quickly. Our guide to what a Wegovy private prescription costs end-to-end looks at this in more detail.

Aftercare is the other variable. Some providers offer it; others don't specify. For a titrated injectable medicine with a well-established side-effect profile, having access to a prescriber when something feels wrong is not a luxury, it's part of safe treatment. According to NHS England's guidance on weight management injections, patients on these medicines should have access to support throughout treatment, not only at the start.

What nume charges, and why we price the way we do

We price Wegovy at one transparent figure that covers the consultation, the prescription, the treatment itself, aftercare seven days a week, and free next-working-day DPD delivery. Nothing is added at checkout. The current price is shown on our treatment page and reflects exactly what you receive.

We're not the cheapest option in this market, and that's a deliberate choice. A small saving on the medicine is not the right measure when what you're actually buying is clinical oversight, a genuine UK supply chain, and the reassurance that a real prescriber has reviewed your case. Our pharmacy holds GPhC registration 9012878, verifiable on the GPhC register, and every consultation is personally reviewed by a GPhC-registered Independent Prescriber the same day, not processed by software.

There are no discount codes, vouchers or promotional offers for prescription medicines at nume. That's not an oversight. A discount code applied to a POM is a compliance red flag, and for context, the MHRA has warned publicly about fake weight-loss pens sold online, some of which have been found to contain insulin rather than semaglutide. If you'd like more on how to spot a legitimate provider, our guide to paying privately for Wegovy covers the verification steps.

Why cheapest is the wrong question to ask about a prescription medicine

Price is a reasonable starting point, but it's a poor finishing line for a decision about a prescription-only injectable. The right questions are: is the prescriber qualified and named? Is the pharmacy registered with the GPhC? Is the medicine sourced through the licensed UK supply chain? Is there clinical support available if something goes wrong?

Semaglutide is a titrated medicine, licensed for weight management under NICE appraisal TA875, and it requires dose adjustments made by a prescriber based on how you respond. The cheapest listing doesn't tell you whether those adjustments are included, who makes them, or what happens if you develop side effects. Our summary of what private Wegovy costs overall approaches the same question from the other direction, and our clinical team profile at our prescribers page explains who reviews your case at nume.

If you're ready to find out whether Wegovy is clinically suitable for you, the consultation is free and the same-day review means you're not left waiting.