Tirzepatide Cost With Insurance: Copays, PA Rules

With commercial insurance that covers the drug, manufacturer savings cards bring tirzepatide copays down to for a fill covering up to a 3-month period, the price may be as little as $25. Without a card, you pay your plan's copay.

Lowest card copay: For a fill covering up to a 3-month period, the price may be as little as $25
Medicare GLP-1 Bridge: $50 a month
Medicines compared: 2

Your tirzepatide cost with insurance depends on two factors: whether your plan covers the drug, and whether you qualify for the manufacturer's savings card. You cannot use these cards with Government plans

Tirzepatide cost with insurance: a pharmacy receipt and a calculator

Zepbound overview

Time it remains in your body

The half-life is 5 to 6 days. After 5.5 d, half is gone, and five half-lives (27.5 d) leave about 3% behind.

Body weight lost in the main trial

SURMOUNT-1 reported results after 72 weeks: 20.9% of body weight, compared with 3.1% on placebo.

Cost over time

Listed monthly prices are in US dollars. They include list prices and self-pay offers, with each amount taken from the maker's price page.

Sources: FDA label (DailyMed), Eli Lilly 1 2, cnbc.com.

Tirzepatide cost with insurance: the price table

Tirzepatide cost with insurance by drug
Medicine	Savings card copay	Card limit	If your plan does not cover it	Medicare
Mounjaro	For a fill covering up to a 3-month period, the price may be as little as $25	Saves up to $150 per 1-month fill	$499 a month	$0 to $50 per 28 days
Zepbound	For a fill covering up to a 3-month period, the price may be as little as $25	Saves up to $100 per 1-month fill	$299 a month	$50 a month

Prices checked November 2026. Each price links back to its source page.

Sources: pricinginfo.lilly.com, mounjaro.lilly.com, GoodRx, zepbound.lilly.com.

Savings card rules for each medicine

For Mounjaro, a fill of up to 3 months may cost as little as $25. Each 1-month fill can save up to $150, with no more than $1,950 allowed per calendar year.
For Zepbound, a fill of up to 3 months may cost as little as $25. Each 1-month fill can save up to $100, with no more than $1,300 allowed per calendar year.

Sources: mounjaro.lilly.com, zepbound.lilly.com.