How much a continuous glucose monitor costs

What you pay and why it says "From"

Our CGM price is $189 and is billed once, not as a monthly subscription. It covers one 14-day sensor and a clinician visit to go over your readings. The new-patient 10% first-order offer doesn't apply to the CGM or lab panels. You'll see your confirmed price at your eligibility review before you're charged.

A CGM is a small sensor worn on the back of the arm or abdomen that measures glucose in the fluid under your skin every few minutes and sends readings to your phone. Each sensor lasts for a set number of days determined by its manufacturer, then it's replaced.

What a CGM can and can't tell you

For adults who don't have diabetes, a CGM can be an eye-opening learning tool. You can see how a particular breakfast, a late dinner, a poor night's sleep, alcohol or a brisk walk changes your glucose curve. That can help you and your clinician make practical changes, especially in midlife, when insulin sensitivity often starts to drift.

A CGM does not diagnose diabetes or prediabetes. Diagnosis relies on blood tests such as fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. CGM readings can also lag behind fingerstick values and vary between devices, so a single spike isn't a cause for alarm.

• Good for: learning how food, sleep, stress and exercise affect your glucose
• Good for: tracking changes while starting a GLP-1 or metformin, with your clinician
• Not for: diagnosing diabetes
• Not for: replacing the blood tests your clinician orders

Budgeting for a CGM plus labs

Many people pair a CGM wear period with a Comprehensive Lab Panel ($199), so the clinician sees both your day-to-day glucose patterns and lab markers like A1c and lipids. At list prices, that combination comes to $388.

If you'd like to wear a CGM again later, for example to see how your patterns changed after a few months of new habits or a new medication, that's a separate purchase at the price confirmed at that time.

Over-the-counter CGMs

In March 2024, the FDA cleared the first over-the-counter CGM for adults 18 and older who don't use insulin, including people without diabetes who want to see how diet and exercise affect their blood sugar. It isn't intended for people with problematic low blood sugar, because it isn't designed to alert users to lows.

If you mainly want to see your numbers and don't need a clinician's help interpreting them, an over-the-counter device may be the simpler or cheaper option. What we add is a licensed clinician who can put your readings in context with your labs, medications and health history.

Medicare and insurance

Medicare may cover a CGM and supplies for people with diabetes who take insulin or have a history of low blood sugar, when a provider orders it and the person has been trained to use it. Covered patients generally pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after the Part B deductible, which is usually less than self-pay. Medicare doesn't cover CGMs for people without diabetes.

Commercial insurance coverage follows similar logic: CGMs are usually covered for diabetes management, not for wellness use. HealifyMD prices are self-pay. If you have diabetes and use insulin, talk to your diabetes care team about a covered device first.

HSA and FSA

IRS guidance counts amounts paid for medical care, including equipment and supplies used to diagnose or treat a condition, as medical expenses, but expenses that are merely beneficial to general health don't qualify. Whether a wellness CGM qualifies under your plan is up to your plan administrator. Ask before you buy and keep your receipt.

Getting the most from one sensor

Plan your wear period around a normal week, not a vacation. Keep a simple log of meals, sleep, workouts and stress so you can match events to curves. Try small experiments, such as a walk after dinner or adding protein to breakfast, and note what changes. Then review the data with your clinician rather than reacting to individual readings.