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Live provider pricingUpdated July 2026

How Much Does Mounjaro Cost?

Ongoing monthly tirzepatide prices on a like-for-like basis, drawn from 6 seller price points in the register and moving whenever a seller moves its rate.

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Mounjaro Manufacturer Pricing

There is no straightforward Mounjaro self-pay price published by Lilly. Anyone paying cash for tirzepatide should compare against the Zepbound LillyDirect Self Pay tiers, which run $299–$449/mo on the discounted schedule and up to $699/mo without it. Mounjaro itself is approved for type 2 diabetes.

Commercial insurance? Use the savings card

If your commercial plan covers Mounjaro, up to three months can come down to $25. If it does not, a separate card puts a month at $499. Either way, government plans are shut out.

Full Mounjaro savings-card & cash-price terms →

Manufacturer figures sourced from the official manufacturer pricing page, read on 2026-08-07. Self-pay and savings-card terms move often enough that it is worth checking them yourself before you fill.

Cheaper route: Mounjaro is tirzepatide sold under a brand. Buy tirzepatide compounded through a seller in the register and you will usually pay a long way under brand pricing — see the tirzepatide drug guide and our best tirzepatide providers ranking.

Mounjaro Monthly Cost at a Glance

$1,100
Lowest / month
$1,324
Median / month
$1,499
Highest / month

Drawn from 6 like-for-like brandongoing-monthly price points across 6 checked sellers. Promotional, first-month, intro, annual and multi-month-plan rows are left out, so every figure in the range is measured the same way. It moves when a seller moves.

Top Mounjaro Providers

Vetted partner clinics offering tirzepatide, with their standard ongoing monthly price. These are affiliate partners — we may earn a commission, which never changes a provider's editorial score or its place in the cheapest-first table below.

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Cheapest Mounjaro Providers

Every seller in the register carrying tirzepatide, at its standard ongoing monthly rate, cheapest at the top.

ProviderMonthly Cost
Found$1,100/moReview
Navio MD$1,249/moReview
Maximus$1,250/moReview
Vytora Health$1,399/moReview
myRocky$1,409/moReview
Corsica Health$1,499/moReview

Showing the 6 cheapest of 6 providers. Prices sourced live from our provider dataset (last verified July 2026).

What Drives the Mounjaro Price

  • Compounded vs brand. A licensed 503A or 503B pharmacy making tirzepatide to order almost always undercuts the brand list price, and by a wide margin. Most sellers above supply the brand form.
  • Dose tier. Some sellers charge more once you reach a maintenance dose than they did at the starting one. Everything quoted above is the standard ongoing-monthly rate, never a starter promo.
  • Plan length. Buy three months or a year at once and the per-month figure usually drops. Those discounted rows are kept out of the range above, so every number in it is measured the same way.

Brand-Name vs Compounded Mounjaro

Brand-name tirzepatide is an FDA-approved finished drug sold at a manufacturer list price that frequently tops $1,000 per month before insurance. Your out-of-pocket cost after that turns on your formulary, whatever prior-authorization hoops the plan sets, and any manufacturer savings card you qualify for. Cover is frequently fenced to particular diagnoses, so plenty of people end up paying in full — or never get an approval at all.

A licensed 503A or 503B pharmacy makes compounded tirzepatide to order, and telehealth sellers move it for cash — which is the whole reason the monthly figures above sit so far under brand list. What you are buying is not an FDA-approved product, and that raises the stakes on who you buy from: a licensed U.S. pharmacy behind it, a genuine medical intake and prescription in front of it, and LegitScript certification on the seller. Weigh verification and form alongside the price, not after it.

Compare every Mounjaro provider

Current price, verification status, product form and the states each seller ships to — the whole register on one screen.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mounjaro's manufacturer list price is over $1,000 a month — a figure almost nobody actually pays. Anyone with commercial cover can put the manufacturer savings card against it, and compounded tirzepatide bought through a telehealth seller usually undercuts even that. Read from the manufacturer's own pricing pages on 2026-08-07.
Ongoing monthly tirzepatide runs between $1,100 and $1,499 across the sellers we check, with the middle of the field at $1,324. That comes from 6 price points in the register (brand form) and moves whenever a seller moves its rate.
Three things move it: whether you are buying compounded or branded, which dose tier you sit in, and how long a plan you commit to. Compounded tirzepatide out of a licensed 503A or 503B pharmacy usually lands far under the brand list price, and sellers discount the longer plans. To keep the comparison honest we only ever quote the standard ongoing-monthly figure.
Almost always. The branded product's list price routinely clears $1,000 a month before any insurance touches it, while a compounded version from a licensed pharmacy tends to cost a fraction of that. What you give up is regulatory status: a compounded preparation is not an FDA-approved finished drug — a 503A or 503B pharmacy makes it to order.
It depends entirely on the plan, and cover is frequently fenced to particular diagnoses — which is why so many people end up paying cash or leaning on a manufacturer savings program. Compounded tirzepatide bought through a telehealth seller is a cash product that never goes near a claim, and that is part of why its monthly figure is both lower and steadier.
Because a licensed 503A or 503B pharmacy makes it, rather than a manufacturer selling a branded finished product — so none of the list price or marketing overhead comes with it. On top of that, cash-pay telehealth sellers compete openly on price, and that pushes the monthly figure down further.
Only from a seller that fills through a licensed U.S. pharmacy, insists on a medical intake and a prescription, and preferably holds LegitScript certification. Anything marketed as a "research chemical", or sold without a prescription at all, is not that. Every seller in our register has been checked, and each review states its verification status so trust is comparable alongside price.
Cash pricing at the compounding-pharmacy telehealth sellers is normally where the floor sits, and right now that floor is about $1,100 a month. Committing to several months or a year usually pulls the per-month figure lower again. Sort the table above by current price to see where each seller lands.
The comparison table and ranked register below put current Mounjaro pricing, verification status and product form for every checked seller side by side.