Providence / add up the cost

A plain-language care & cost guide

Get a price for the whole course of care.

Ask what a normal month costs, what is extra and how to leave. Keep each answer with the exact medicine name.

Build the bill from its parts

  1. Visit or membership
  2. Medicine
  3. Tests, contact & delivery
  4. The amount you pay
Keep the answers beside the offer.

Check each part of the bill

  • Visit or membership

    Is the quote for a visit or an ongoing fee? What happens to the charge after the first month?

  • The medicine itself

    Is medicine included? Which product and form does the quote cover? Can the price change during care?

  • Tests and results

    Are tests included if the doctor or nurse treating me orders them? Who takes payment? Is a visit to discuss the results included?

  • Contact after the visit

    What follow-up is included? Is there a fee for another visit, a message or a change in the plan?

  • Delivery and supplies

    Does the quote include delivery and any supplies? Ask for each extra charge to be named.

  • Renewal and cancellation

    Does the payment renew on its own? What are the cancellation terms? What happens if no prescription is issued?

A cash offer, read with its terms

The government price page, checked September 26, 2026, lists a $199 cash offer for a month’s supply of semaglutide (Ozempic) pens.

  • Read past the headline

    Keep the offer terms with the quote so the later price is easy to find.

A deductible is the amount you must pay before insurance starts paying for the costs covered by that rule. Ask your plan how it works.

Government price page: offer terms

Ask for the quote for the medicine and form being considered for your care.

Check what happens after the offer

  • Ask for the later price too

    What will I pay when the first offer ends? How will a price change be sent to me?

  • Keep the parts separate

    Write down the medicine charge and the care charge. Then ask the plan which part, if any, it will pay.

A savings card is a drug company’s discount offer, not your insurance card. Ask the pharmacist where to find that medicine’s offer and check its terms.

As checked September 2026, these drug-company savings cards require private or workplace insurance and exclude people with Medicare, Medicaid or military coverage.

A card and a cash offer have different rules. Ask the pharmacist to check which offer applies to you.

Several cash offers and drug-company savings cards have terms that end December 31, 2026, according to checks made in September 2026.

Ask for the terms that apply on the date of payment.

Check the coverage route