New Jersey's state health plan and GLP-1s
A GLP-1 costs a New Jersey state employee $45 a month, or $125 a month, and the difference is whether you're enrolled in a program the state has to go and hire first. The resolution that did this names the drugs, names the price on both sides, and carves out two plans entirely.
What changed, and what the document says
The copay that exists today
Covered$45 for thirty days, running since November 1, 2025.
“As of November 1, 2025, the member co-payment for non-diabetic GLP-1 drugs for weight loss shall be $45 per 30-day prescription in the SHBP Plans.”
State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee — September 24, 2025
The copay that replaces it
Not coveredOnce a lifestyle program is running, the price forks. Skip the program and it's $125.
“$125 per 30-day supply if the member is not participating in the lifestyle management program.”
State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee — September 24, 2025
The fork itself
Conditions applyBoth halves take effect on the same day, and that day is whenever a vendor is under contract.
“Upon implementation of a lifestyle management program designed to support members prescribed non-diabetic GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, the co-payments for SHBP Plan members prescribed such products after that implementation date shall be:”
State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee — September 24, 2025
Which drugs the rule covers
ContextA footnote does the defining, and it reaches past the three named products.
“indicated for therapeutic use in conditions other than diabetes—primarily for chronic weight management and obesity-related comorbidities—and include, but are not limited to, Zepbound, Wegovy, and Saxenda.”
State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee — September 24, 2025
Retirees are outside it
ContextThe resolution stops at active employees. Early and Medicare-eligible retirees are not in this at all.
“This Resolution shall apply to active employees and shall not apply to early or Medicare eligible retirees.”
State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee — September 24, 2025
Two plans are carved out
Conditions applyThe open-enrollment sheet adds a mail-order figure and an exclusion the resolution never mentions: the high-deductible plans don't get this copay.
“Effective January 1, 2026, GLP-1 weight loss drugs Wegovy, Saxenda, and Zepbound have a $45 copayment for a 30-day retail supply and a $135 copayment for a 90-day mail-order supply. (This does not apply to the HDHigh and HDLow plans.)”
New Jersey Division of Pensions & Benefits — Plan Year 2026
Which of these companies serve New Jersey?
Of the 101 companies we grade, 12 publish a list of the states they are licensed in. We checked 86 more and found no such list on any page we read; 3 we have not checked either way.
6 of those lists name New Jersey: Gala Health, Care Bare Rx, Vita Bella, TelePeptide, Levity and WePeptideRx. That is a licensure claim each company makes about itself, not something we checked with a state board.
A published list is a starting point, not a guarantee. If availability decides your choice, ask before you pay and get the answer in writing.
Sources
Each document below was fetched and read on the date shown beside it, which is the date printed on the document — not always the date in its web address. All of them were read in September 2026, the same session as the rest of this page.
- SHBP PDC Resolution #2025-11 — Resolution of the State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee to Modify Prescription Drug Co-payments and Out of Pocket Maximum Amounts for Prescription Drug Benefits — State of New Jersey, State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee. the "DATED:" line at the foot of the resolution: September 24, 2025.
- State Active Group Prescription Plan Design - Plan Year 2026 — New Jersey Division of Pensions & Benefits. ⛔ the plan year printed in the sheet's own title — this sheet prints no publication date, and none is inferred from its form number: Plan Year 2026.
Nothing on this page is medical advice, and nobody here is a clinician. Coverage rules change; check the linked document before you rely on it.
If you're paying cash instead
None of the above changes what a telehealth seller charges you. 2 of these 3 bill a fee every month on top of the medication, so the figure is the two added together. The other 1 says in the cell what we could capture and what we could not. Every number was read on the seller's own page; the adding up is ours.
Alan Meds, Measured and LifeMD pay us nothing — none of the 3 below does. The buttons run through our own redirect so we can count the click, and counting is all they do.
| Grade | Provider | What a month actually costs | The one thing that matters here | Go to the provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMinor gap | Alan Meds | $315a month, medication onlycompounded semaglutideMedication only. We captured no separate monthly charge on the pages we read, which is what we found rather than proof that nothing else is billed.$158/mo is Alan Meds' own "buy 1 month, get 1 month free" promotional price, published on the same line as the $315 list price — not a hidden or fine-print figure.The lowest of the 2 medication prices we captured here | Publishes a genuine month-to-month semaglutide price, which is the only kind you can hold against a $125 copay without doing arithmetic first. Its tirzepatide figure assumes a six-month prepay. | See its prices at Alan Meds (opens in a new tab)Pays us nothing |
| CCaveat | Measured | $168a month, everything billed monthly$119 compounded semaglutide + $49 a month for membership, brand medicationThe lowest of the 2 medication prices we captured here | The rare seller that labels which fee buys the drug — every card says medication included or medication paid separately, and compounded semaglutide at $119 includes it. | See its prices at Measured (opens in a new tab)Pays us nothing |
| CCaveat | LifeMD | $298a month, everything billed monthly$149 brand semaglutide + $149 a month for membershipMandatory clinician & program fee, billed separately from the medication prices above — LifeMD does not publish a combined total.LifeMD's oral Wegovy tablet, medication only — same separate $149/mo program fee applies (first month $39).The lowest of the 3 medication prices we captured here | Advertises $199 for a Wegovy pen and bills a separate $149 monthly program fee its own FAQ calls mandatory, so the comparison number is neither figure alone. | See its prices at LifeMD (opens in a new tab)Pays us nothing |
Our grading method and how we verify a price explain what those letters mean and where these figures came from.