Tirzepatide Coupon and Savings Card: Who Qualifies

With commercial insurance that covers the drug, tirzepatide savings cards bring the copay to a fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25. Without insurance, the lowest self-pay price is $299 a month (LillyDirect: LillyDirect vial or KwikPen 2.5 mg). Medicare and Medicaid cannot use the cards.

Lowest card copay: A fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25
Lowest self-pay: $299 a month
Medicare GLP-1 Bridge: $50 a month
Medicines compared: 2

Zepbound in brief

How long it stays inside the body

Its half-life is 5 to 6 days, so at 5.5 d half has gone, and after five half-lives (27.5 d) about 3% remains.

Main-trial weight loss

For SURMOUNT-1 at 72 weeks, the figure was 20.9% of body weight, versus 3.1% on placebo.

Prices over time

Monthly prices in US dollars cover list price and self-pay offers, each taken from the maker's price page.

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

Every tirzepatide savings program

By medicine: Coupon for tirzepatide
Medicine	Savings card copay	Self-pay from	Medicare	More
Mounjaro	A fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25	Not listed	$0 to $50 per 28 days	Programs
Zepbound	A fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25	$299 a month	$50 a month	Programs

Prices checked November 2026. Every price takes you to the page where it came from.

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

Savings card rules for each medicine

Mounjaro: a fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25, saves up to $150 per 1-month fill, capped at $1,950 per calendar year.
Zepbound: a fill of up to 3 months costs as little as $25, saves up to $100 per 1-month fill, capped at $1,300 per calendar year.

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

Who is excluded and why?

Manufacturer savings cards cannot be used with government plans such as Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA.
TrumpRx prices are available to people who pay for themselves instead of using insurance.

Sources: mounjaro.lilly.com, TrumpRx.

How the savings card works in practice

The card covers your copay down to its floor, and its monthly cap limits the payment. After that point, you pay the rest.

What the savings cards cover
Medicine	Lowest copay	Card pays at most (per fill)	Floor applies while your copay is up to	If your copay is higher, you pay
Mounjaro	$25	$150	$175	Your copay minus $150
Zepbound	$25	$100	$125	Your copay minus $100

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

The programs behind these prices

LillyDirect: Lilly's own pharmacy, filling self-pay orders for Zepbound (vial, KwikPen) and Foundayo.
Novo Nordisk's self-pay delivery service brings pens and pills of Wegovy and Ozempic to your home through NovoCare Pharmacy.
TrumpRx: a federal site where manufacturer self-pay prices are listed, and the coupons there work for self-pay patients only.
Medicare GLP-1 Bridge
Lilly Cares Foundation
The Novo Nordisk Patient Assistance Program

Sources: Eli Lilly, NovoCare, TrumpRx, CMS.