How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Cholbam

We didn’t find one.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameCholbam
Authorized genericcholic acid
Regular genericcholic acid
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone found
Same as Cholbam?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Mirum Access Plus Savings Program

Savings card from Mirum Pharmaceuticals

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $0 a fill

Sign up on cholbam.com 

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients may pay as little as $0 out of pocket per fill for CHOLBAM…”

From the maker’s offer on cholbam.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 Cholbam itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Cholbam 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

What the FDA label says

CHOLBAM is a bile acid indicated for:

  • Treatment of bile acid synthesis disorders due to single enzyme defects (SEDs).
  • Adjunctive treatment of peroxisomal disorders (PDs) including Zellweger spectrum disorders in patients who exhibit manifestations of liver disease, steatorrhea or complications from decreased fat-soluble vitamin absorption.

Limitations of use:

The safety and effectiveness of CHOLBAM on extrahepatic manifestations of bile acid synthesis disorders due to SEDs or PDs including Zellweger spectrum disorders have not been established..

Source: the FDA label for Cholbam (Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc.), January 26, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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