Ilaris savings card: as little as $30 a month with commercial insurance

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Ilaris

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

Free from the maker, if you qualify Novartis Patient Assistance Foundation (NPAF). Patients must have a household income of less than or equal to $81,760 (for a household size of two) to be considered for NPAF. Or call 1-800-277-2254.

See if you qualify

Compare every option

Brand nameIlaris

Authorized genericcanakinumab

Regular genericcanakinumab

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Not soldThere isn’t one

Not soldAsk the pharmacy

Same as Ilaris?

The original

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Brand nameThe maker’s card

ILARIS Co-Pay Program

Savings card from Novartis

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.

Insurance · as little as $30 a month

The card takes up to $36,000 a year off your co-pay.

Or call 1-800-277-2254.

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Ilaris 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

ILARIS is an interleukin-1β blocker indicated for the treatment of:

Periodic Fever Syndromes:
Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS), in adults and children 4 years of age and older, including:

◾ Familial Cold Auto-inflammatory Syndrome (FCAS)

◾ Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS)

Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS) in adult and pediatric patients
Hyperimmunoglobulin D Syndrome (HIDS)/Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency (MKD) in adult and pediatric patients
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in adult and pediatric patients
Active Still’s Disease, including Adult-Onset Still’s Disease (AOSD) and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (SJIA) in patients 2 years of age and older
Gout flares in adults in whom non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and colchicine are contraindicated, are not tolerated, or do not provide an adequate response, and in whom repeated courses of corticosteroids are not appropriate

Source: the FDA label for Ilaris (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation), June 8, 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/ilaris/