The Bench · brand price check · updated July 2026
What Zepbound actually costs.
Zepbound is Eli Lilly's FDA-approved brand tirzepatide. Here is the manufacturer's cash price first, then the brand-access route on our roster, and only after that the cheaper compounded alternative — clearly labelled as a different, non-FDA-approved product.
Zepbound's cash price, and the cheaper Lilly channel
Manufacturer cash list price
$1,059/mo
≈ $12,708/yr at that rate
Approximate US cash (no-insurance) list price. This is a published figure that moves over time — treat it as a labeled assumption to sanity-check, not a live quote. Confirm the current price directly with Eli Lilly.
Lilly's direct self-pay vial channel
$349–$499/mo
Depends on dose — lower starter doses cost less
Eli Lilly sells single-dose Zepbound vials directly to cash-pay patients well under the list price. Full breakdown and sourcing in how much a GLP-1 costs without insurance.
Zepbound savings card / copay program
Eli Lilly runs its own manufacturer savings program for eligible, commercially-insured patients. We do not have a verified current copay figure or eligibility rule in our data, and we are not going to print a number we haven't measured. Check your actual eligibility and copay directly with Lilly's program rather than trust a figure quoted secondhand — savings-card terms change and vary by insurance status.
Wegovy, the brand semaglutide comparator, carries its own approximate cash list price of $1,349/mo — see the Savings Estimator to model either brand against a compounded provider on our roster.
Read this before you go further
Zepbound is Eli Lilly's FDA-approved brand-name tirzepatide — the exact product studied in the pivotal trials and reviewed by the FDA for safety, effectiveness and quality (Mounjaro is the same molecule, approved for type 2 diabetes). Compounded tirzepatide is a different product, prepared by a compounding pharmacy, that is not FDA-approved and not FDA-reviewed. The active molecule may be the same on paper; the regulatory status is not, and that is the difference the price gap below is actually pricing.
The brand-access route on our roster
8 providers we track disclose FDA-approved brand-name access — meaning a path to genuine Zepbound, Mounjaro or another approved GLP-1, not a compounded copy. Same identical button as every other board on this site; the distinction lives in what you're buying, not in how it's presented.
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Ondra Health
All 50 states · Index 90 A−
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Sesame Care
Nationwide · Index 86 B
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Sprout Health
Most states · Index 85 B
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Shed (tryshed.com)
Not disclosed · Index 85 B
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AgelessRx
Not disclosed · Index 85 B
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Effecty
All 50 states · Index 86 B
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Ro
Multi-state · Index 84 B
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Care Bare Rx
Multi-state · Index 80 B−
The cheaper route: compounded tirzepatide
If FDA approval is not a requirement for you, compounded tirzepatide — a different, non-FDA-approved product from a compounding pharmacy — runs well under the brand cash price. The cheapest disclosed compounded row on our full board costs about $1,320 a year against Zepbound's roughly $12,708-a-year cash list price — a gap of about $11,388. That gap buys you cash savings; it costs you FDA review of the specific product you receive.
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Primary Clinic (Direct GLP) Compounded
WA, NM, AZ, UT, FL, DC, KS, OK, VA, GA
$1,320 / 12 mo
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Trimi Health Compounded
All 50 states
$1,500 / 12 mo
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Found Compounded
All 50 states
$1,548 / 12 mo
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bmiMD Compounded
All 50 states
$1,668 / 12 mo
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NewSelf Compounded
All 50 states
$1,728 / 12 mo
Full ranked board, every disclosed provider, priced over a year: cheapest tirzepatide over 12 months.
Zepbound cost, answered
- How much does Zepbound cost without insurance?
- Eli Lilly's approximate US cash list price for Zepbound (brand tirzepatide) is around $1,059 a month — about $12,708 over a year at that rate. That figure is a published list price, not a quote, and it moves over time; confirm the current number with Lilly. Lilly also runs a direct self-pay channel selling single-dose vials at roughly $349–$499 a month depending on dose, well under the list price — see how much a GLP-1 costs without insurance for the full breakdown of that route.
- Is there a Zepbound savings card or copay program?
- Eli Lilly runs its own manufacturer savings program for eligible patients, but we don't have a verified current copay figure or eligibility rule in our data, so we won't print a number we haven't measured. Check eligibility and your actual copay directly with Lilly's own program rather than trust a figure quoted secondhand.
- What's the difference between Zepbound and compounded tirzepatide?
- Zepbound is Eli Lilly's FDA-approved brand-name tirzepatide — the exact product studied in the pivotal trials and reviewed by the FDA for safety, effectiveness and quality. Compounded tirzepatide is a different product prepared by a compounding pharmacy; it is not FDA-approved and not FDA-reviewed. Same active molecule, in most cases — different regulatory status, and a different price.
- Which providers on WeighLab offer real brand-name Zepbound or Mounjaro access?
- 8 providers on our roster disclose FDA-approved brand-name access: Ondra Health, Sesame Care, Sprout Health, Shed (tryshed.com), AgelessRx, Effecty, Ro, Care Bare Rx. That's a broader formulary than compounded-only pricing, and the standard way to get the actual Eli Lilly product through a telehealth intake rather than the manufacturer's own site.
- What's the cheapest way to get tirzepatide if I don't need the brand?
- If FDA approval isn't a requirement for you, compounded tirzepatide is meaningfully cheaper — our full annual ranking is at cheapest tirzepatide over 12 months, topped by Primary Clinic (Direct GLP) at about $1,320 a year, versus roughly $12,708 a year at Zepbound's cash list price. That's a real trade of FDA approval for price — not a like-for-like swap.
The other boards
- Cheapest tirzepatide over 12 months — the full compounded board this page's cheaper route links to, ranked by annual cost.
- Cheapest GLP-1 providers that are actually worth it — value-ranked on the Cost-Efficiency Index across both molecules.
- Cheapest GLP-1 for a full year — the same annual method, applied to semaglutide, if brand tirzepatide isn't a requirement for you.
Related reading: compounded vs brand-name GLP-1 cost, GLP-1 cost without insurance, is compounded medication legit and safe, or compare two finalists side by side.
Prices are each provider's and manufacturer's public disclosures at last check and move fast — confirm before you buy. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved. Not medical advice; see our medical disclaimer.