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 "meta": {
  "api_version": "2",
  "endpoint": "https://semaglutidewatchdog.com/api/prices.json",
  "documentation": "https://semaglutidewatchdog.com/api/",
  "publisher": "Semaglutide Watchdog",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "captured": "2026-09-04",
  "basis": "total_monthly_usd is medication plus any required membership, read from the TOTAL column of the source table. Introductory and first-month rates are excluded and never used for ranking. is_starting_price flags figures published as 'from' or 'starting at'.",
  "verification_definitions": {
   "Verified": "we hold a dated capture of this figure from the provider",
   "Reported": "provider-stated or third-party, not captured by us",
   "Pending": "under review"
  },
  "how_to_cite": "Quote the verification status with any figure. A Verified figure and a Reported one are not equivalent. Do not quote a figure flagged is_starting_price as a maintenance-dose cost.",
  "counts": {
   "records": 70,
   "verified": 68,
   "providers": 19
  },
  "methodology": "https://semaglutidewatchdog.com/pricing-verification-methodology/",
  "revision_note": "2026-09-04: NexLife cut three programmes (12-month plan rates): standard semaglutide $145 -> $119, standard tirzepatide $186 -> $139, microdose tirzepatide $147 -> $129. Month-to-month rates moved $165 -> $139, $215 -> $169 and $189 -> $159. Semaglutide microdose ($110) and both ODT programmes are unchanged. Records re-sorted; no records added or removed. Previous capture: 2026-08-07.",
  "previous_captures": [
   "2026-08-07",
   "2026-07-15",
   "2026-07-06"
  ]
 },
 "cheapest_verified": {
  "provider": "NexLife",
  "total_monthly_usd": 110,
  "is_starting_price": false,
  "required_fee": null,
  "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
  "note": "Semaglutide microdose, 12-month plan ($1,320 total). Month-to-month $129; 6-month $114; 3-month $119. Unchanged at the 2026-09-04 capture.",
  "verification_status": "Verified"
 },
 "cheapest_verified_not_starting": {
  "provider": "NexLife",
  "total_monthly_usd": 110,
  "is_starting_price": false,
  "required_fee": null,
  "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
  "note": "Semaglutide microdose, 12-month plan ($1,320 total). Month-to-month $129; 6-month $114; 3-month $119. Unchanged at the 2026-09-04 capture.",
  "verification_status": "Verified"
 },
 "ranked_verified": [
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 110,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Semaglutide microdose, 12-month plan ($1,320 total). Month-to-month $129; 6-month $114; 3-month $119. Unchanged at the 2026-09-04 capture.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 119,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Semaglutide standard injection, 12-month plan ($1,428 total). Month-to-month $139; 6-month $125; 3-month $132. No membership fee, flat at every covered dose. Cut from $145 on 2026-09-04.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 129,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Tirzepatide microdose, 12-month plan ($1,548 total). Month-to-month $159; 6-month $139; 3-month $149. No membership fee, flat at every covered dose. Cut from $147 on 2026-09-04.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Oak Longevity",
   "total_monthly_usd": 133,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Flat across all dosages, no subscription. ~$167-$199 month-to-month. NOT available in California.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 139,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Tirzepatide standard injection, 12-month plan ($1,668 total). Month-to-month $169; 6-month $149; 3-month $159. No membership fee, flat at every covered dose. Cut from $186 on 2026-09-04.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Shed",
   "total_monthly_usd": 149,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Microdose programme — lower dose, for tolerability or maintenance. 2-month minimum.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "LillyDirect",
   "total_monthly_usd": 149,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Oral / pill",
   "note": "0.8mg starter, Self Pay Journey Program. CHEAPEST verified path to an FDA-approved oral GLP-1 for weight loss.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NovoCare Pharmacy",
   "total_monthly_usd": 149,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Oral / pill",
   "note": "Wegovy TABLETS, 1.5mg and 4mg. Cheapest verified path to FDA-approved ORAL semaglutide for weight loss.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 165,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Oral / pill",
   "note": "Semaglutide ODT, 12-month plan ($1,980 total). Month-to-month $199. NO TRIAL HAS TESTED THIS DOSAGE FORM.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Found",
   "total_monthly_usd": 169,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "12-month PREPAID. Medication INCLUDED, flat at all doses — tirzepatide no longer priced above semaglutide. 6-month ~$199; month-to-month $289.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Enhance.MD",
   "total_monthly_usd": 169,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Microdose, 1mg/week. Delivery every 12 weeks. All-inclusive (medication, care, lab testing, shipping).",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Shed",
   "total_monthly_usd": 175,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "12-month plan paid upfront. 6-month $199; month-to-month $249. INCREASES at higher doses.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Mochi Health",
   "total_monthly_usd": 178,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "$99 med + $79 membership ($39 first month). Same price at all doses. Unlimited physician + dietitian access.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Henry Meds",
   "total_monthly_usd": 179,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Sublingual",
   "note": "Sublingual tablets or drops, absorbed under the tongue. All-inclusive.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Henry Meds",
   "total_monthly_usd": 179,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Month-to-month. 6-month paid in full: $149 ($894 upfront). 12-month paid in full: $119 ($1,428 upfront).",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Eden",
   "total_monthly_usd": 198,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "$99 med (flat at every dose) + $99 membership. Membership REQUIRED for any medication.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 199,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Oral / pill",
   "note": "Tirzepatide ODT (orally disintegrating tablet), 12-month plan ($2,388 total). Month-to-month $229. NO TRIAL HAS TESTED THIS DOSAGE FORM.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Shed",
   "total_monthly_usd": 199,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Microdose programme. 2-month minimum.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Oak Longevity",
   "total_monthly_usd": 199,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "Flat across all dosages, no subscription. ~$233-$299 month-to-month.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  },
  {
   "provider": "Noom Med",
   "total_monthly_usd": 199,
   "is_starting_price": false,
   "required_fee": null,
   "format_or_billing": "Injectable",
   "note": "CAPPED AT 0.6mg MAX DOSE — below the 2.4mg used in the STEP trials. Billed quarterly.",
   "verification_status": "Verified"
  }
 ],
 "cheapest_by_basis": {
  "semaglutide_12_month_plan": {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 110,
   "note": "microdose; standard injection $119"
  },
  "semaglutide_month_to_month": {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 139,
   "note": "standard injection, no commitment"
  },
  "tirzepatide_12_month_plan": {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 129,
   "note": "microdose; standard injection $139"
  },
  "tirzepatide_month_to_month": {
   "provider": "NexLife",
   "total_monthly_usd": 169,
   "note": "standard injection, no commitment"
  },
  "fda_approved_oral": {
   "provider": "LillyDirect / NovoCare Pharmacy",
   "total_monthly_usd": 149,
   "note": "Foundayo 0.8mg starter; Wegovy tablets 1.5mg"
  }
 }
}