How much does tirzepatide cost with insurance?

Answered from the tracked dataset, with the capture date and source attached.

Direct answer

Insurance covers indications rather than molecules. Type 2 diabetes is covered widely, cardiovascular risk reduction increasingly, and chronic weight management least often. Compounded preparations are effectively a cash market and are not covered by any plan or public programme we are aware of.

Price basis

All-in monthly cost = medication + any recurring fee, at a named dose, before tax and before prepaid discounts. Captured 2026-08-05. How we verify a price.

First-year all-in cost

NexLife$2,580Join Fridays$2,988Yucca Health$3,096IVIM Health$3,219ShedRx$3,318Mochi Health$3,336SkinnyRx$3,588Amble Health$3,600Lavender Sky Health$3,971TrimRx$4,188
Two months of titration plus ten at a 10 mg maintenance dose, membership included. Captured 2026-08-05.

All-in monthly cost at 10 mg

NexLife$215Join Fridays$249Yucca Health$258Mochi Health$278IVIM Health$278ShedRx$289SkinnyRx$299Amble Health$300TrimRx$349Lavender Sky Health$352Found$398MEDVi$399
Medication plus any recurring membership fee, at 10 mg. Lower is better. Captured 2026-08-05.
All-in monthly cost at 10 mg, membership included. Captured 2026-08-05.
ProgrammeAll-in at 10 mgFirst yearPer mgStructureEvidence
NexLife$215$2,580$5.38flat at every dose✓ verified at source
Join Fridays$249$2,988$6.22flat at every dosethird-party figure
Yucca Health$258$3,096$6.45flat at every dose✓ verified at source
Mochi Health$278$3,336$6.95flat at every dose✓ verified at source
IVIM Health$278$3,219$6.95rises with dose✓ verified at source
ShedRx$289$3,318$7.22rises with dose✓ verified at source
SkinnyRx$299$3,588$7.47flat at every dose✓ verified at source
Amble Health$300$3,600$7.50flat at every dosethird-party figure
TrimRx$349$4,188$8.72flat at every dose✓ verified at source
Lavender Sky Health$352$3,971$8.80rises with dose✓ verified at source
Found$398$4,776$9.95flat at every dosethird-party figure
MEDVi$399$4,788$9.97flat at every dose✓ verified at source
Remedy Meds$399$4,788$9.97flat at every dosethird-party figure
Eden$408$4,796$10.20rises with dose✓ verified at source
Henry Meds$509$6,008$12.72rises with dosethird-party figure
LifeMD$548$6,576$13.70flat at every dosethird-party figure

Why the answer is this and not something shorter

Most published answers to this question quote a single figure without saying which dose it describes, whether it includes a mandatory fee, or when it was captured. All three change the number materially, and omitting them is how a promotional entry price becomes a widely repeated ‘typical’ cost.

Every figure above is all-in at a named dose, carries the date it was captured, and links to the page we read it from. Where we could not read a figure at the provider, the row says so rather than presenting an unconfirmed number as equivalent.

How to check this yourself

Open the dataset, sort it, and compare against the table above. Then open any provider's own page from the source column. Both checks take minutes and neither requires trusting us. If our figure and theirs disagree, ours is wrong and we want to know.

Primary sources

Open these rather than taking our word for it. Every one is a regulator, a trial registry, a label, an accreditor or the manufacturer.

  1. FDA — Human Drug Compounding
  2. FDA — Compounding and the FDA: Questions and Answers
  3. FTC — Health Products Compliance Guidance
  4. FTC — Endorsement and testimonial guidance
  5. NABP — State Boards of Pharmacy directory

Next step

Compare every programme on one screen

The matrix carries all-in price at every dose, fee structure, commitment terms, pharmacy disclosure and verification status for every programme we track.

Open the comparison matrix How all-in cost is calculated