How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Neulasta

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

Compare every option

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

Amgen SupportPlus Co-Pay Program

Savings card from Amgen

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

Sign up on neulasta.com 

Or call 1-866-264-2778.

In the maker’s words

“Pay as little as $0 out-of-pocket for each dose…”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Neulasta 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

Neulasta is a leukocyte growth factor indicated in adult and pediatric patients to

  • Decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in patients with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a clinically significant incidence of febrile neutropenia.
  • Increase survival in patients acutely exposed to myelosuppressive doses of radiation (Hematopoietic Subsyndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome).

Limitations of Use

Neulasta is not indicated for the mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Source: the FDA label for Neulasta (Amgen, Inc), August 10, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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