Apretude savings card: as little as $0 a fill with commercial insurance

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Apretude

We didn’t find one.

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

Free from the maker, if you qualify ViiV Healthcare Patient Assistance Program (PAP). Patients whose income exceeds program eligibility maximum will be provided the opportunity to demonstrate that their eligible medical expenses bring them within the income eligibility criteria (please contact program for details). Or call 1-844-588-3288.

See if you qualify

Compare every option

Brand nameApretude

Authorized genericcabotegravir

Regular genericcabotegravir

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Not soldThere isn’t one

Not soldNone found

Same as Apretude?

The original

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Brand nameThe maker’s card

ViiVConnect Copay Program (APRETUDE Savings Program)

Savings card from ViiV Healthcare

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance · as little as $0 a fill

The card takes up to $7,850 a year off your co-pay.

Or call 1-844-588-3288.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible Patients may pay as little as $0 on each prescription fill…”

From the maker’s offer on viivconnect.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.

Authorized genericNot sold

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

We didn’t find one. 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

Lowering the risk of getting HIV (PrEP)

What the FDA label says

APRETUDE is an HIV-1 integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) indicated for PrEP to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection in adults and adolescents weighing at least 35 kg who are at risk for HIV-1 acquisition. Individuals must have a negative HIV-1 test prior to initiating APRETUDE (with or without an oral lead-in with oral cabotegravir) for HIV-1 PrEP.

Source: the FDA label for Apretude (ViiV Healthcare Company), April 11, 2025. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

“Commercial insurance” means a plan from a job, from the marketplace, or one you buy yourself. A retiree plan that’s part of Medicare counts as Medicare. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.
Most cards need a sign-up on the maker’s site, and many work only if your plan covers the drug. Then give the card’s details to your pharmacy.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/apretude/