Betaseron savings card: $0 a fill with commercial insurance

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Betaseron

Betaseron is a biologic. Biologics don’t have generics, but some have biosimilars or an unbranded version from the same maker. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber whether one is sold.

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

Free from the maker, if you qualify Bayer US Patient Assistance Foundation. Effective January 1, 2025, the financial eligibility requirement is 300% Federal Poverty Limit (FPL) for most Bayer prescription medications. Or call 1-866-228-7723.

See if you qualify

Compare every option

Brand nameBetaseron

Authorized genericinterferon beta-1b

Regular genericinterferon beta-1b

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Not soldThere isn’t one

Not soldNone sold yet

Same as Betaseron?

The original

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Brand nameThe maker’s card

BETAPLUS $0 Copay Program (Bayer Savings Card)

Savings card from Bayer

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance $0 a fill

In the maker’s words

“$0 copay, up to maximum program benefit or patient total program benefit.”

From the maker’s offer on betaseron.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 Betaseron itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Betaseron is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Betaseron is a biologic. Biologics don’t have generics, but some have biosimilars or an unbranded version from the same maker. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber whether one is sold. 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

Relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS)

What the FDA label says

BETASERON is an interferon beta indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, to include clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease, in adults.

Source: the FDA label for Betaseron (Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.), March 3, 2026. 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/betaseron/