Tirzepatide in Denver: clinics and prices

Doing the math for a Denver budget

Start at 2.5 mg for $299, move to 5 mg at $399, then most people on maintenance doses pay $449 if they refill within 45 days ^[1]. Twelve months at $449 is $5,388, or about 5.7% of Denver's $94,718 median household income ^[2]. Late refills cost more: $499 for 7.5 mg and $699 for 10 to 15 mg ^[1]. Lilly's December 2025 price cut lowered the vial prices from $349, $499 and $499 to today's $299, $399 and $449 ^[5].

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Price table

Zepbound and Mounjaro prices, checked Oct 17, 2026

Item	Price	Fine print	Source
Zepbound 2.5 mg	$299 a month	Starting dose, not a maintenance dose	[1]
Zepbound 5 mg	$399 a month	Vial or KwikPen	[1]
Zepbound 7.5 to 15 mg	$449 a month	Refill within 45 days	[1]
Zepbound with commercial coverage	As little as $25	Savings card; Medicare and Medicaid excluded	[6]

Where Denver patients get a prescription

Any licensed prescriber can write for Zepbound. The CU Anschutz Health and Wellness Center in Aurora runs a physician-directed weight loss program that uses weight loss medicines and offers self-pay ^[7]. It does not list which drugs it prescribes or a price. Online programs are another route; compare them in tirzepatide online and check reviews such as Found or Henry Meds.

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Online programs with published tirzepatide prices

1. FFound

   Clean

   Price

   Compounded tirzepatide plan $239 to $359 per 28 days cash, by plan length ^[8]

   What you get

   Program with medicine included; labs excluded

   FDA record

   No FDA warning letter found

   BBB

   Not checked

   Note

   Compounded tirzepatide is not FDA-approved. Longer plans lower the monthly price.

   Visit Found

2. HHenry Meds

   Clean

   Price

   From $179 a month, plus $30 per evaluation that leads to a prescription ^{[9] [10]}

   What you get

   Visits, medicine and supplies; compounded through 503A or 503B pharmacies

   FDA record

   No FDA warning letter found

   BBB

   Not checked

   Note

   The product and dose behind the $179 price are not stated.

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Compounded tirzepatide after the shortage

FDA's grace period for 503A pharmacies making tirzepatide ended March 5, 2025, after the shortage was declared resolved ^[11]. Pharmacies can still compound for an individual patient when the prescriber documents a significant clinical difference, and FDA says it will not act on four or fewer copies a month ^[11]. Compounded tirzepatide is not FDA-approved, and FDA does not review it for safety, effectiveness or quality ^[12]. See compounded tirzepatide.

Trial results and side effects

In SURMOUNT-1, adults without diabetes on 15 mg lost an average of 20.9% of body weight at 72 weeks; on 5 mg the average was 15.0% ^[13]. In the head-to-head SURMOUNT-5 trial, tirzepatide averaged 20.2% weight loss versus 13.7% for semaglutide ^[14]. Stomach side effects were most common, mainly during dose increases ^[13]. More on tirzepatide side effects. Nearby: Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, or Seattle in the Northwest; or the main tirzepatide guide.