We haven't checked Ozempic prices in Ontario yet. The Ontario Drug Benefit lists Ozempic only for type 2 diabetes under a limited use code, so for most people the price is what an Ontario pharmacy quotes.
Ontario Drug Benefit
Partial coverageLimited Use (LU 665, 666, 667): type 2 diabetes when metformin at the maximum tolerated dose hasn't controlled blood sugar, or isn't suitable. Not funded otherwise.Ontario Drug Benefit (generic semaglutide)
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The Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) is the province’s public drug plan, and its formulary is the list of drugs it pays for. Since 31 January 2024, Ozempic has been a limited use benefit, meaning the plan pays only when the prescriber confirms specific criteria on the prescription.
The criteria are type 2 diabetes in an adult when blood sugar isn’t controlled on the highest metformin dose a person can tolerate, or when metformin is contraindicated or not suitable. The plan doesn’t fund Ozempic together with another GLP-1 or a DPP-4 inhibitor, or with oral semaglutide.
ODB eligibility includes people 65 and over, residents of long-term care, people receiving home care, people on Ontario Works or ODSP, and Trillium Drug Program enrollees. OHIP+ covers people under 25 who have no private insurance.
Seniors pay a yearly deductible plus a per-prescription amount. Other eligible groups pay a small flat fee per fill, which we’ve left out until we confirm the current amount. None of this applies unless the drug meets its listing criteria first.
The notice lists Ozempic for type 2 diabetes. It says Ozempic is not funded for ODB recipients who don’t meet the criteria, and that pharmacy claims for those recipients are subject to recovery. Weight management is not part of the listing.
We haven’t confirmed whether any other Ontario program, such as the Exceptional Access Program (which reviews requests for drugs not on the formulary) or Trillium, would apply to someone outside the criteria. Ask your prescriber or the Ministry of Health.
Without ODB funding, you pay the pharmacy’s quote: drug cost, markup and dispensing fee. We haven’t confirmed what Ontario pharmacies charge for Ozempic or how their dispensing fees compare. Ask for the drug price and the fee separately.
We haven’t confirmed whether Ontario pharmacists can start or renew a GLP-1. Treat your prescriber as the route for Ozempic until we have.
OHIP+ is for people under 25 without private insurance, and it follows the Ontario Drug Benefit formulary. Ozempic is listed there for type 2 diabetes when the limited use criteria are met.
The Ministry of Health notice lists Ozempic for type 2 diabetes only, and says it is not funded for ODB recipients who don't meet those criteria. We haven't found any other Ontario funding route for it, so ask your prescriber or the ministry.
It is a number your prescriber writes on the prescription to show you meet a drug's funding criteria. Ozempic has codes 665, 666 and 667, depending on the pen.
Private plans set their own rules, and many ask for special authorization first. Ask your insurer for the plan's rule on semaglutide before you fill the prescription.