What Zepbound costs without insurance in 2026

What it costs at each dose

• 2.5 mg $299

  Starting dose. Lilly states it is not approved as a maintenance dose

• 5 mg $399
• 7.5 mg $499

  $449 on the purchase offer, if you never miss a refill window

• 10 mg $699

  $449 on the purchase offer

• 12.5 mg $699

  $449 on the purchase offer

• 15 mg $699

  $449 on the purchase offer

Lilly self-pay for a one-month supply of the single-patient-use KwikPen, re-read from Lilly’s own page on 26 August 2026. Lilly now advertises this as “$299 to $449 per month”, and the $499 and $699 prices survive only in a footnote as what applies if a refill lands more than 45 days after the last one. So the headline range is the discounted one and it depends on never being late. Taxes and fees may be added, and the KwikPen requires a separate pen needle purchase. The $299 figure covers the KwikPen or vial, not the single-dose pen. The savings card, which is a separate thing, expires 31 December 2026 and is capped at 11 fills a year.

The short version

Starting dose, 2.5 mg

$299 a month

Doses people stay on

$399 to $699 a month

Purchase offer, 7.5 mg and above

$449, but only if every refill lands within 45 days

Where you can actually get it

Two ways to pay cash for Zepbound, and a third if a plan will take it. The cheapest price on the drug does not include anybody to prescribe it.

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  LillyDirect, straight from the manufacturer

  $399 to $699 a month

  $299 at the 2.5 mg starting dose. Lilly states that dose is not approved for maintenance, so it is not the price you settle on.

  What that includes

  • The lowest published price for the medication itself
  • The single-patient-use KwikPen, direct from Lilly
  • A $449 rate at 7.5 mg and above, if every refill lands within 45 days

  What it does not include

  • A prescriber. You bring a prescription you already hold
  • Labs, dose changes and ongoing review
  • The $449 rate the moment one reorder is late

  Compare this with telehealth
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  Sesame, with a prescriber included

  $99 a month for the care

  From $59 a month on annual prepay. The medication is a separate bill on top.

  What that includes

  • A prescriber, labs and ongoing review
  • Same-day pickup at a local pharmacy or delivery, if prescribed
  • Named on Lilly’s own list of independent telehealth companies

  What it does not include

  • The medication, which is charged separately
  • Any guarantee of the LillyDirect price on the drug itself
  • Controlled weight loss medications, which providers there do not prescribe

  Referral fee. It never changes what you pay, or the order of these routes. How we make money

  See Sesame pricing (opens in a new tab, we are paid a referral fee)

• Through your insurance plan

  Varies by plan

  A copay where a plan covers it. More than half of weight-management claims are refused at first pass.

  What that includes

  • The lowest possible cost when a plan does pay
  • No care subscription

  What it does not include

  • Any certainty, and a prior authorization is a process rather than a checkout
  • Speed

  Check what your state covers

Providers offering this medication

• Ro
  Medication $299/mo Zepbound KwikPen, against a $1,087 list price Care $74/mo
• LifeMD
  Medication $299/mo Zepbound vial Care $149/mo
• Hims & Hers
  Medication $299/mo Zepbound KwikPen or vial, medication only. Hims sells no Mounjaro Care $149/mo
• Pallas Health
  Medication $299/mo Compounded, billed every 12 weeks after the first month
• Sesame
  Care $99/mo Medication charged separately, not published
• WeightWatchers
  Care $149/mo Medication charged separately, not published
• Counsel Health
  Care $29/visit Medication charged separately, not published
• General Medicine
  Care $30/visit Medication charged separately, not published
• Form Health
  Care $299/mo Medication charged separately, not published
• knownwell
  Care $299/visit Medication charged separately, not published
• SkinnyRx
  First month $99 Compounded injectable, first month. No monthly rate published
• MEDVi not checked
• TrimRx
  Compounded $179 to $259 /mo
• Mochi Health
  Care $79/mo Medication charged separately, not published
• Noom
  Medication $149 /mo
• Found
  All in $99 to $169 /mo
• PlushCare
  Care $19.99/mo Care $129/visit Medication charged separately, not published
• Alloy
  Medication $70 /mo Care $99/mo
• Midi Health
  Care $250/visit Medication charged separately, not published
• Maven Clinic not checked
• Brello Health
  Compounded $79 to $247 /mo
• Fella Health
  Medication $10/day Weight program. No monthly rate published
• Zealthy
  Medication $151 /mo
• Sprout Health
  Compounded $199 /mo
• Direct Meds
  Compounded $249 to $297 /mo

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