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Zepbound® (tirzepatide) — 12.5 mg

Your cheapest verified route right now

verified price

$25 /month

Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card

Verified Sep 29, 2026 · zepbound.lilly.com

Per year at 12 fills
$300

Savings-card runway · 2026

year so far card covers through the Jan 1 reset

Savings-card math: at the maximum monthly benefit your card's annual cap runs out around Nov 9, 2027. Plan the next route before then, not after.

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Both doses are yours to state, not ours to suggest. WalletNoise prices the schedule you describe and never recommends a dose, a target, or a pace — that is your prescriber's call.

12-month total $325 13 fills
Average per fill $25 peak $25
Flat at 12.5 mg $325 what multiplying today's price gives you
Cost per fill, 2.5 mg to 12.5 mg
  • 2.5 mg 3×
  • 5 mg 1×
  • 7.5 mg 5×
  • 10 mg 1×
  • 12.5 mg 3×
$0 $50 $100 2.5 mg — $25 $25 Oct2.5 mg — $25 Nov2.5 mg — $25 Dec5 mg — $25 Jan7.5 mg — $25 7.5 mg — $25 Feb7.5 mg — $25 Mar7.5 mg — $25 Apr7.5 mg — $25 May10 mg — $25 Jun12.5 mg — $25 Jul12.5 mg — $25 Aug12.5 mg — $25 Sep

Fills at each dose on the way up

Reset to the label minimum
  • 2.5 mg −3 +
  • 5 mg 1 +
  • 7.5 mg −5 +
  • 10 mg 1 +
  • 12.5 mg then hold

Minus stops at the label's minimum interval — this never shows a schedule faster than the manufacturer's. Staying longer on a dose is yours to choose.

Every fill, dated and priced (13)
  1. 1 Oct 9, 2026 2.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  2. 2 Nov 6, 2026 2.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  3. 3 Dec 4, 2026 2.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  4. 4 Jan 1, 2027 5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  5. 5 Jan 29, 2027 7.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  6. 6 Feb 26, 2027 7.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  7. 7 Mar 26, 2027 7.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  8. 8 Apr 23, 2027 7.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  9. 9 May 21, 2027 7.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  10. 10 Jun 18, 2027 10 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  11. 11 Jul 16, 2027 12.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  12. 12 Aug 13, 2027 12.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
  13. 13 Sep 10, 2027 12.5 mg Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card $25
This is arithmetic, not a plan. Fills are spaced 28 days apart — the label's own supply length — and priced on the date each one falls, so dated price changes are already included. Your prescriber decides whether you step at all, and many people stay at a lower dose.
The label's own words (once weekly)

Initiate at 2.5 mg once weekly for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, increase to 5 mg once weekly. The dosage may be increased in 2.5 mg increments after at least 4 weeks on the current dosage. The 2.5 mg dosage is for initiation and is not approved as a maintenance dosage. Maximum 15 mg once weekly.

Verified Sep 15, 2026 ·pi.lilly.com

Every route we can price

Verified prices outrank cheaper estimates. Reference rows inform, never win.

  1. Rank 1

    Plan coverage + Zepbound Savings Card

    until Dec 31, 2026
    $25/mo

    ≈13 months of card benefit left at the maximum monthly benefit.

    • Commercial insurance that covers Zepbound (single-dose pen). US or Puerto Rico resident 18+. Government beneficiaries (Medicaid, Medicare, VA, TRICARE, or any other state, federal or government-funded healthcare program) excluded.
    • As little as $25 for a 1-, 2-, or 3-month prescription. Max benefit $100 / $200 / $300 per 1- / 2- / 3-month fill. $1,300 calendar-year cap across up to 13 fills per calendar year. A month is 28 days and up to 4 single-dose pens, so 13 fills is a full year of 28-day cycles and the fill count binds at the same time as the dollar cap, not before it.

    Verified Sep 29, 2026 · zepbound.lilly.com

  2. Rank 2

    LillyDirect self-pay

    $449/mo

    Rises to $699/month if the refill condition is missed.

    • Refill within 45 days to keep this price
    • Lilly's direct channel. Vial and KwikPen at identical self-pay prices at every tier. Telehealth not included.

    Verified Sep 29, 2026 · zepbound.lilly.com

  3. Rank 3

    Discount card at retail (GoodRx and similar)

    verify locally
    $299/mo
    • GoodRx sells the KwikPen presentation: its GLP-1 savings page says 'Zepbound KwikPens ... starting at $299 per month', and the Zepbound page defaults to a KwikPen prescription with a separate switch to the single-dose pen that it does not price
    • Dose- and pharmacy-dependent. Verify at your ZIP before relying on it.

    Verified Sep 8, 2026 · goodrx.com

  4. TrumpRx

    reference verify locally
    $299/mo
    • Routes you to LillyDirect, where the price varies by dose
    • Government referral site — does not sell drugs or process payments; issues coupons or routes to manufacturer DTC channels. Every figure it shows is a starting-at price — the site's own column is headed 'Lowest' — so it is a floor for the cheapest dose or intro offer, never a flat price.

    Verified Sep 16, 2026 · trumprx.gov

  5. Retail list price (reference)

    reference verify locally
    $1,087/mo
    • Cited to TrumpRx, which displays $1,087 as Zepbound's list price; drugs.com stopped publishing it and now shows the LillyDirect self-pay tiers instead
    • Context anchor only — what the drug costs with no route at all. Walk-in cash at retail typically exceeds WAC.

    Verified Sep 16, 2026 · trumprx.gov

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