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How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Mounjaro

No generic is sold yet.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for Mounjaro’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Mounjaro’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameMounjaro
Authorized generictirzepatide
Regular generictirzepatide
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone sold yet
Same as Mounjaro?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Mounjaro Savings Card

Savings card from Eli Lilly

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $25 a prescription

The card takes up to $150 a month off your co-pay.

Sign up on enrollment.mounjaro.lilly.com 

Or text MJ to 85099, or call 1-844-805-5807. See the offer on mounjaro.lilly.com

In the maker’s words

“You may pay as little as $25 for up to a 3-month prescription of Mounjaro…”

From the maker’s offer on mounjaro.lilly.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Brand nameTrumpRx.gov price

TrumpRx.gov, the federal government’s drug price site, lists Mounjaro at a price its maker agreed to, for people paying without insurance.

  • TrumpRx.gov $499Single-dose Pen, 2.5/0.5 mg/mLTrumpRx sends you to LillyDirect, Eli Lilly and Company’s own program, to order it.
    TrumpRx’s terms

    “*Eligibility required, terms and conditions apply. Review full terms and conditions.”

From TrumpRx.gov, read October 28, 2026. Its page opens on this price; other strengths and amounts are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Mounjaro itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Mounjaro is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

No generic is sold yet. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the maker’s savings card is the way to pay less.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

MOUNJARO® is a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist indicated:

  • as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients 10 years of age and older with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  • to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events (CV death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, or non-fatal stroke) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are at high risk for these events.

Source: the FDA label for Mounjaro (Eli Lilly and Company), August 27, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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