Humatrope

Generic name: somatropin

Used for: Growth hormone deficiency · Short stature from Turner syndrome · Short stature with no known cause (ISS) · Short stature from SHOX deficiency · Short stature in children born small (SGA) · 4 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Humatrope

Humatrope 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.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameHumatrope
Authorized genericsomatropin
Regular genericsomatropin
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldAsk the pharmacy
Same as Humatrope?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

Humatrope Savings Card

Savings card from Eli Lilly

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

The card takes up to $3,200 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on humatrope.lilly.com 

Or call 1-877-456-6837.

In the maker’s words

“Pay as little as $0 for a 1-month prescription of Humatrope.”

From the maker’s offer on humatrope.lilly.com, checked October 26, 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 Humatrope itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Humatrope is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Humatrope 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

What the FDA label says

HUMATROPE is a recombinant human growth hormone indicated for:

  • Pediatric Patients: growth failure due to inadequate secretion of endogenous growth hormone (GH); short stature associated with Turner syndrome; Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS), height standard deviation score (SDS) <-2.25, and associated with growth rates unlikely to permit attainment of adult height in the normal range; short stature or growth failure in short stature homeobox-containing gene (SHOX) deficiency; short stature born small for gestational age (SGA) with no catch-up growth by 2 years to 4 years of age.
  • Adult Patients: replacement of endogenous GH in adults with GH deficiency.

Source: the FDA label for Humatrope (Eli Lilly and Company), August 20, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices checked October 26, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/humatrope/