Generic name: ferric maltol
Used for: Low iron (iron deficiency)
Cash price
$300+ for 30 capsules
Pharmacies pay about this for Accrufer; you’d pay more.
No generic is sold yet.
Details for each option
Savings card from Shield Therapeutics
“Your ACCRUFeR® (ferric maltol) prescription could cost as little as $0…”
From the maker’s offer on accrufer.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.
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.
Optum Perks, Optum’s free discount coupon, lists these prices for Accrufer without insurance. Show the coupon from its page at the pharmacy; it can’t be used with insurance.
From Optum Perks, read November 2, 2026, with no location set. Its page opens on this dose; other doses and pharmacies near you are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Accrufer itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Accrufer is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.
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.
ACCRUFER is an iron replacement product indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency in adult and pediatric patients 10 years of age and older.
Source: the FDA label for Accrufer (Shield TX (UK) Ltd), January 2, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/accrufer/