Eliquis

Generic name: apixaban

Used for: Preventing stroke in atrial fibrillation (AFib) · Blood clots in the legs or lungs (DVT, PE) · Preventing blood clots after hip or knee replacement · 2 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest posted price

$345 a month

Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb / Pfizer, without insurance.

  1. Sign up for ELIQUIS Direct-to-Patient (ELIQUIS 360 Support). Or call 1-855-354-7847.Sign up on bmspatientconnect.com 
  2. Have your prescriber send the prescription to the program’s pharmacy. It mails the medicine to you.

Free from the maker, if you qualify Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (BMSPAF). Or call 1-800-736-0003.

See if you qualify 

The FDA has approved a generic, but it isn’t in pharmacies yet.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameEliquis
Authorized genericapixaban
Regular genericapixaban
What you’d pay
Cash price$345a month from the maker
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNot in stores yet
Same as Eliquis?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

ELIQUIS Co-pay Card

Savings card from Bristol Myers Squibb / Pfizer

No insurance $345 a month, from ELIQUIS Direct-to-Patient (ELIQUIS 360 Support)
Insurance · as little as $10 a month

The card takes up to $2,000 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on bmspatientconnect.com 

Or call 1-855-354-7847.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible, commercially insured patients may pay as little as $10 per 30-day supply or $10 for their first 90-day supply of ELIQUIS while enrolled in the program.”

“Price through the Direct-to-Patient program: ELIQUIS 30-day supply (60 tablets): $345…”

From the maker’s offer on bmspatientconnect.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 price above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Brand nameWith a free discount coupon

Optum Perks, Optum’s free discount coupon, lists these prices for Eliquis 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.

Authorized genericNot sold

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

The FDA has approved a generic, but it isn’t in pharmacies 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.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

ELIQUIS is a factor Xa inhibitor indicated:

  • to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
  • for the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE), in adult patients who have undergone hip or knee replacement surgery.
  • for the treatment of DVT and PE, and for the reduction in the risk of recurrent DVT and PE in adult patients following initial therapy.
  • Treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and reduction in the risk of recurrent VTE in pediatric patients from birth and older after at least 5 days of initial anticoagulant treatment.

Source: the FDA label for Eliquis (E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.), April 17, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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