Provider review
Cost Plus Drugs review
Doesn't sell Ozempic, Wegovy, or any GLP-1 drug — only generic Saxenda
Cost Plus Drugs' own sitemap, confirmed live, contains zero product URLs for semaglutide, tirzepatide, Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound in any form — a major correction to prior research, which had recorded a roughly $279/mo branded-Ozempic price that does not exist anywhere on this site. Its actual GLP-1-adjacent offering is generic liraglutide (the generic for Saxenda), 18mg/3mL, a box of five pens, priced at $791.25, confirmed live, itemized as $675.00 manufacturing + $101.25 (15% markup) + $15.00 pharmacy labor, plus shipping. The same product page contains an internal pricing inconsistency, confirmed live: one panel states shipping is "included at checkout," while an adjacent line on the same page lists next-day refrigerated shipping as "additional cost at checkout." This is a pharmacy-fulfillment-only model — a prescription from an outside clinician is required, confirmed live, with no telehealth intake offered on the medication page itself.
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On this page
The verdict
Cost Plus Drugs' transparent-markup pricing model is genuinely real and well-documented — but it does not sell semaglutide or tirzepatide in any form, branded or compounded, despite being commonly cited as a cheap Ozempic source. Its actual weight-loss-adjacent product is generic liraglutide, an older, less potent GLP-1 drug, priced at $791.25 for a box of five pens with an unresolved shipping-cost inconsistency on its own product page. If you're looking for semaglutide or tirzepatide specifically, this isn't a source for either.
Cost Plus Drugs is not ranked on any of our boards. This is a standalone read of what the company publishes about itself — the providers we do rank in this category are on our semaglutide provider ranking. Nothing on this page is a performance claim — see the evidence review for what these compounds do and do not do.
Who it is for, and who it is not
A good fit if
- You already have a liraglutide (Saxenda-equivalent) prescription and want transparent, cost-plus pharmacy pricing
- You want a publicly disclosed markup formula (manufacturing cost + 15% + pharmacy labor) rather than an opaque retail price
- You're comparing this against retail liraglutide pricing specifically, not semaglutide or tirzepatide
Look elsewhere if
- You're looking for Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound — none are sold here in any form
- You want semaglutide or tirzepatide in compounded form — this pharmacy doesn't carry either
- You want an outside prescription unnecessary — this is fulfillment-only and requires one from your own clinician
What it actually costs
What they advertise
Generic liraglutide (Saxenda-equivalent), 5-pen box: $791.25, confirmed live.
What you actually pay, month to month
Itemized as $675.00 manufacturing + $101.25 markup + $15.00 pharmacy labor, confirmed live; shipping cost is inconsistently described as included on one line and additional on another.
The commitment trap
The $675.00 figure is just the manufacturing-cost line item within the $791.25 total, confirmed live — not a separate, lower real price.
Money you will meet later
- Next-day refrigerated shipping, cost inconsistently disclosed on the same page
Checked live on Cost Plus Drugs's own site at https://www.costplusdrugs.com/medications/liraglutide--weight-management-18mg_3ml-solution-pen-injector-3/ in August 2026. Prices change without notice — confirm before you buy. Work out what a vial actually gives you with our peptide dose calculator.
What is included
The cheapest headline number in this category is often the one with the least attached to it. Here is what Cost Plus Drugs bundles in, and what it does not.
Clinician consult
Not offered
— an outside prescription is required, confirmed live.
Bloodwork / labs
Not addressed in the sources read.
Follow-ups and dose changes
Not addressed with a specific cadence in the sources read.
Human support
Not addressed with specifics in the sources read.
Injection supplies
Medication only; pharmacy fulfillment, confirmed live.
Shipping
Next-day refrigerated shipping; cost disclosure inconsistent…
across the same page, confirmed live.
Pharmacy, labs and oversight
The pharmacy
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, PBC — the pharmacy itself, confirmed live.
Oversight
Not offered — an outside prescription is required, confirmed live. Not addressed with a specific cadence in the sources read.
Compounded peptides are not FDA-approved products, and a 503A pharmacy compounds for a named patient while a 503B outsourcing facility manufactures in batches under CGMP. Neither is a quality guarantee on its own — a named facility is simply a fact you can check, and an unnamed “partner pharmacy network” is not. Our guide to verifying a certificate of analysis covers what to ask for.
Where you can get it
"All 50 states," per prior research; not independently reconfirmed on the product page this pass.
The honest cons
The part they would rather you skipped
Cost Plus Drugs sells no semaglutide, tirzepatide, Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound in any form, confirmed via its own sitemap on this pass — a real correction to a common assumption that it's a cheap branded-Ozempic source. Its only GLP-1-adjacent product is generic liraglutide, and even that single product page contains a shipping-cost line that contradicts itself.
- Sells no semaglutide or tirzepatide — branded or compounded — in any form
- Only GLP-1-adjacent product is generic liraglutide, an older and less potent drug
- Product page's shipping-cost disclosure contradicts itself in two adjacent lines
- Fulfillment only — requires a prescription from an outside clinician, no telehealth intake
None of this is unique to Cost Plus Drugs — the whole category shares it. What we hold against a provider is the part it hides, and the ways vendors hide things are catalogued in our vendor red-flags guide.
How it compares
The providers we rank on our semaglutide provider ranking, in the order that board ranks them. Cost Plus Drugs is not among them: it is reviewed here, not ranked there, and we would rather show you the comparison than pretend the two are the same thing.
- BHBodybuilding Health+One of the deepest peptide catalogues here, and the loosest one
- Enhance MDWrites a flat-price-at-every-dose policy down — and charges near the top for it
- RxSpan MDOral tablet only, at a real $179 monthly rate
- Direct MedsThe plainest price mechanics on either board, from a company with an FDA warning letter
- Synergy RxPublishes a starting number, and nothing about what it commits you to
- Sprout HealthA $150 markdown the site never explains, and a semaglutide price quoted by the quarter
- Strut HealthInjection or troche, but $119 is the auto-refill price only
- MadeMedPrices are published — but there is no monthly option at all
7 more providers rank on our semaglutide provider ranking — see the full ranking. Every provider we review →
Read this before you buy
A provider comparison is half the decision. The other half is whether the compound does anything for you at all — and whether it is allowed where you compete. Growth-hormone secretagogues are banned in tested sport, year-round, and a prescription does not change that.
Facts on this page reflect Cost Plus Drugs's own public disclosures when we last checked them, in August 2026. Prices and terms change without notice — confirm on Cost Plus Drugs's site before you buy. Provider names and logos on this page identify the company under review; their use does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation. This page is informational and not medical advice; compounded peptides are not FDA-approved, and growth-hormone secretagogues are banned in tested sport year-round. See our disclosure and editorial policy.