By JOHN SAMARAS A US retail pharmacy pays $1,302 to acquire one month of branded Wegovy. That figure comes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services National Average Drug Acquisition Cost file, effective August 19, 2026, for the 25 mg oral tablet at 30 tablets a month. The cheapest cash price I verified on a seller’s own published page, for the same month of the same product, is $299. That is oral Wegovy at the maintenance dose, at Sam’s Club Member Health, which sells at the manufacturer’s published self-pay price, checked August 31, 2026. The two numbers are more than...