Brand-name prescription

Rytelo

imetelstat

Compare your options

Rytelo is given by a doctor or nurse and billed by the clinic, not a pharmacy. Your care team and your insurance decide which product you get, so ask them what you’d pay.

Compare	RyteloBrand name	Authorized genericWithout the Rytelo name	Regular genericimetelstat
What pharmacies pay	Price not listed	Not sold	Not sold
Same as Rytelo?	The original	–	–
Ways to save	Maker’s cardas little as $0 an infusionwith commercial insurance	–	–
With insurance	Your plan’s brand co-pay	–	–

No authorized generic: There isn’t one.

No regular generic: We didn’t find one.

Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

The maker’s savings card

Rx Maker’s savings card Geron Corporation

REACH4RYTELO Copay Program

With commercial insurance

as little as $0 an infusion

No insurance

This card needs commercial insurance. The maker doesn’t list a cash price on this page.

The card pays up to $9,450 a year.

Get it on rytelo.com

In the maker’s words

“If eligible for the Copay Program, the patient may pay as little as $0 out-of-pocket for RYTELO with a maximum benefit of $9450 per year for the cost of the drug and a maximum benefit of $1200 per year for the cost of administration (up to $100 per infusion).”

From the maker’s offer on rytelo.com, checked September 25, 2026. What you pay depends on your plan. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Good to know

There’s no authorized generic of Rytelo.
“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 the clinic’s billing office.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.