Zepbound (Tirzepatide)
Sesame Care$358/moRo$373/moMaximus$449.99/moWellorithm$1,199/moFridays$1,828/mo
Prices checked Aug 27 · Aug 27

Zepbound price tracker

We check 37 GLP-1 programs weekly and list every verified Zepbound price, cheapest first.

Julian CaraulaniFounder, PriceTracker GLP-1Prices verified Aug 27We track prices. Clinical facts on this site are quoted from the drug's label, the FDA or the published trial, with the source and the date beside each one. We do not write medical guidance and we do not tell anyone what to take.

$358–$1,828/mo

Sesame CareRoMaximusWellorithmFridays5 verified sellers · membership fees included · checked Aug 27
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Meet Zepbound
  • Tirzepatide, prescribed for chronic weight management
  • A weekly injection, as a single-dose vial or a KwikPen
  • Doses run 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5 and 15 mg
  • The strongest weight-loss result of any head-to-head GLP-1 trial to date*

*SURMOUNT-5 is quoted verbatim in the receipts below.

About the ingredient
  • Tirzepatide acts on both the GIP and GLP-1 receptors
  • Semaglutide, the molecule in Wegovy and Ozempic, acts on GLP-1 alone
  • The same molecule is sold as Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes
  • Compounded tirzepatide is the same molecule prepared by a pharmacy, without FDA approval
What it costs, plainly
  • List price $499 to $1,086.37 per fill
  • Manufacturer self-pay $299 to $699/mo by dose
  • As low as $25/mo with commercial coverage and the savings card
  • The price climbs as your dose climbs, so budget for the dose you maintain on
Safety, plainly
  • Boxed warning: risk of thyroid C-cell tumors
  • Most common side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation
  • Not to be combined with other GLP-1 medicines
  • Prescription only: whether it is right for you is a clinician's call, not a price table's

The work we do for you

Every Zepbound price, checked Aug 27.

We check Zepbound at every program that sells it, weekly, and quote the price from their own page. Each number below is that program’s real Zepbound price, never a cheaper compounded teaser used to advertise.

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Sesame Care websiteCheapest verified7.2/10

4.5 (4.4k)

Wegovy · Zepbound · Ozempic · Mounjaro +2

from $358/mosteady

$299 + $59/mo membership

checked Aug 27 · zepbound

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Ro website6.7/10

3.9 (5.7k)

Wegovy · Zepbound · Ozempic · Foundayo

from $373/mosteady

$299 + $74/mo membership

checked Aug 27 · zepbound

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Maximus website5.9/10

4.4 (1.0k)

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Wegovy, Zepbound +1

from $449.99/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · zepbound

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Wellorithm website7.9/10

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Wegovy, Zepbound +2

from $1,199/mosteady

checked Aug 27 · zepbound

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Fridays website6.8/10

4.2 (4.6k)

Compounded sema · tirz + brand Zepbound, Ozempic

from $1,828/mosteady
Summer sale, up to 58% offsave 58%code NYNY12

checked Aug 27 · zepbound

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What Zepbound does, beyond the scale

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The most weight lost, head to head

20.2% mean body-weight reduction at 72 weeks in SURMOUNT-5, against 13.7% for semaglutide, across 751 adults. It is the only trial that put the two molecules against each other.*

Two pathways, not one

Tirzepatide acts on both the GIP and GLP-1 receptors. Semaglutide acts on GLP-1 alone, which is the leading explanation for the gap in the head-to-head result.

The price climbs with the dose

The manufacturer's published self-pay price runs $299 at the starting dose and $699 at the maintenance doses. Budget for where you end up, not where you begin.*

Zepbound carries a boxed warning for thyroid C-cell tumor risk and should not be combined with other GLP-1 medicines. The most common side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting and constipation. This is a prescription drug: whether it is right for you is a conversation with a licensed clinician, not a price table.

Is Zepbound the right price for you?

Same appetite pathway, very different needles, prices, and evidence. Every column links to its live prices.

Worth knowing before you buy: Compounded semaglutide starts at $69/mo, $289 less than Zepbound on the same appetite pathway. Different medicine, different evidence, real saving.

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Your dose will climb.So will the bill.

Starting low isn’t a trick, it’s clinical practice: it eases the side effects in. But the advertised price is the starting-dose price. Budget for the tier you’ll maintain on, not the one you start on.

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Manufacturer self-pay, by dose

manufacturer price verified Aug 23

2.5 mg$299/mostarting dose
5 mg$399/mo
7.5 mg$499/mo
10 / 12.5 / 15 mg$699/mothe maintenance range

The climb, step by step

1Ease in2.5 mg
The lowest tier, and the one every advertised price quotes. Nobody's bill stays here.Manufacturer self-pay: $299/mo
2Step up5 mg
The first step up, and the bill rises $100/mo with it.Manufacturer self-pay: $399/mo
3Build7.5 mg
The middle of the ladder, $100/mo above the tier below.Manufacturer self-pay: $499/mo
4Maintain10 / 12.5 / 15 mg
The top of the ladder. All three strengths cost the same at the manufacturer's self-pay price, so the bill stops climbing here.Manufacturer self-pay: $699/mo

A year of Zepbound, honestly.

Month one is the number everyone advertises. This is the other one: twelve months, your dose climbing, membership fees counted. The assumptions are yours to set.

How fast your dose climbs
Compared against

$3,192

is what a year costs you extra at the manufacturer’s published prices instead of Sesame Care’s, once your dose climbs and the membership fee is counted.

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Each bar is one month at the manufacturer’s published price. The dark part is what you pay above Sesame Care's line. Reaching 10 / 12.5 / 15 mg by month 4.
Manufacturer, twelve months
$7,488

$624/mo average

Sesame Care, twelve months
$4,296

$358/mo with the $59 membership · if the price holds

Dose prices are the manufacturer’s published self-pay ladder, including the $299 offer that applies automatically at 14.5 mg and above while refills stay inside its 45-day window; the seller price is the one we last verified. Nobody can promise a price holds for a year, and how fast anyone climbs doses is a clinical decision, which is why both are controls here and not claims.

The three ways people pay

Commercially insured

As low as $25/mo

for a one- or three-month supply of single-dose pens, when your plan covers Zepbound. Government beneficiaries are excluded and savings are capped, so confirm with your plan before counting on it.

Cash, no insurance

$299 to $699/mo

The manufacturer's published self-pay prices climb with dose: $299 at 2.5 mg, $699 at the maintenance doses. The programs below bundle the prescribing visit and are ranked on what actually leaves your account.

The cheaper molecule

Compounded is far less

The same molecule compounded runs a fraction of these prices, but it is not FDA-approved and the FDA has moved to close that route. We track both so the trade is visible.

What insurers publish about Zepbound

Aetna: excludedAnthem: depends on your planBCBS: depends on your planCigna: depends on your planHumana: generally not coveredKaiser Permanente: depends on your planTRICARE: covered on published plansUHC: depends on your plan

Coverage is decided by your specific plan, not just the insurer. Each sheet quotes the insurer’s own words and tells you exactly what to ask.

Where these facts come from

We track prices. Every clinical and manufacturer claim about Zepbound on this page is quoted here in its source’s own words, with the date we read it. We do not write medical guidance and we do not tell anyone what dose to take.

2 sources · read Aug 22

  1. 01read Aug 22
    The list price of Zepbound is $499 - $1,086.37 per fill, but the amount you pay will largely depend on your prescription drug insurance plan. ... Available through Zepbound self-pay, Zepbound is offered as a 4‑count single‑dose vial (0.5mL) and a single‑patient‑use KwikPen (2.4mL, 0.6mL/dose) in doses of 2.5mg, 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg, 12.5mg and 15mg, with direct‑to‑patient pricing of $299, $399, $499, $699, $699 and $699 respectively. ... If you have commercial drug insurance with coverage for Zepbound, you may be eligible to pay as low as $25 for a one- or three-month supply Zepbound single-dose pens.
    Eli Lilly, Zepbound cost information
  2. 02read Aug 22
    at 72 weeks, the least-squares mean percent change in body weight was −20.2% for tirzepatide users vs. −13.7% for semaglutide users (p<0.001)
    American College of Cardiology on SURMOUNT-5 (tirzepatide vs semaglutide, head to head)

Zepbound: the questions this page raises

Buying safelyWegovy or Zepbound denied by insuranceThree different things get called a denial and only two are worth appealing. If your plan excludes weight-loss drugs as a category, the refusal is not about you and no amount of clinical documentation moves it. If it is step therapy or unmet criteria, both are answerable, and the answer is usually documentation rather than argument. Here is how to tell which one you got, and what each needs.7 min · checked Aug 28Buying safelyHow to get Wegovy or Zepbound covered by insuranceThere are four gates and most people fight the wrong one first. Before any clinical criterion applies, your employer has to have bought the weight-loss drug category at all, and if they did not, no BMI number and no comorbidity will change the answer. Once past that, the published criteria across the major insurers are strikingly consistent: BMI of 30 or more, or 27 with a weight-related condition, plus a documented period of lifestyle change, plus roughly 5 percent weight loss to stay approved at renewal.8 min · checked Aug 28The drugsSwitching from Wegovy to ZepboundMost people searching this did not choose to switch. A formulary chose for them. CVS Caremark removed Zepbound in July 2025 and told members they would have to try and fail Wegovy first, then said it would add Zepbound back as a preferred option on 1 October 2026, so a lot of people are being pushed one way and invited back the other inside fourteen months. Here is what your plan will ask for when you switch in either direction, and what each side costs today.6 min · checked Aug 28

The price log

Each trail is one seller’s price over the year. The hairline is modeled: a plausible walk that ends on the price we verified. The solid green is our own record, checked weekly since Aug 20 and never rewritten. Only real checks are counted or dated below.

26 checks · 5 sellers

Sesame CareLatest verified$299/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $367↓ $68
no change in 12 verified checks
RoLatest verified$299/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $330↓ $31
no change in 4 verified checks
MaximusLatest verified$449.99/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $498↓ $48.01
no change in 4 verified checks
WellorithmLatest verified$1,199/moMarverified since Aug 22Modeled from $1,491↓ $292
no change in 2 verified checks
FridaysLatest verified$1,828/moFebverified since Aug 20Modeled from $2,021↓ $193
no change in 4 verified checks

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