Symbicort vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Lowest posted price

as little as $35 an inhaler

Symbicort from AstraZeneca, without insurance.

Ask for the generic’s price No pharmacy we check posts a cash price for generic budesonide and formoterol. Ask yours, to compare.

Ask about the authorized generic Symbicort itself, without the brand name. Ask your pharmacy for its price; its NDC is on this page.

See its NDC

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Symbicort, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameSymbicort

Authorized genericbudesonide and formoterol

Regular genericbudesonide and formoterol

What you’d pay

As little as$35an inhaler with the maker’s card

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually less than Symbicort

Same as Symbicort?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Symbicort’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

AstraZeneca $35 Inhaler Savings Card (SYMBICORT)

Savings card from AstraZeneca

No insurance · as little as $35 an inhaler

Insurance $35 or less a month

Or call 1-800-800-7364.

In the maker’s words

“Pay no more than $35 for Symbicort for eligible commercially insured patients…”

“Pay as little as $35 for SYMBICORT for each inhaler…”

From the maker’s offer on azpatientsupport.com, checked October 27, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Symbicort, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

budesonide and formoterol

Sold by

AstraZeneca PharmaceuticalsThe company behind Symbicort

Your strength

NDC to ask for

80 mcg / 4.5 mcgaerosol
- 0310-7372-2011-digit: 00310-7372-20120 puffs per inhaler
160 mcg / 4.5 mcgaerosol
- 0310-7370-2011-digit: 00310-7370-20120 puffs per inhaler

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Symbicort, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

160 mcg / 4.5 mcg aerosol

Same active and inactive ingredients as Symbicort.

Symbicort package label — BrandSymbicort

Authorized generic package label from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericAstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: budesonide 160 mcg · formoterol fumarate 4.5 mcg

Inactive, on both labels:

Apaflurane
Polyethylene glycol 1000
Povidone k25

80 mcg / 4.5 mcg aerosol

Same active and inactive ingredients as Symbicort.

See the ingredients

Active: budesonide 80 mcg · formoterol fumarate 4.5 mcg

Inactive, on both labels:

Apaflurane
Polyethylene glycol 1000
Povidone k25

Regular genericMakers and their savings cards

2 companies sell a generic of Symbicort that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. One of them has its own savings card, listed first. It works only with that maker’s version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

Mylan PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Sold as Breyna

BREYNA Savings Card

With commercial insurance as little as $20 a month

The card takes up to $360 a year off your co-pay.

Ask for Breyna by name, or have your prescriber write it on the prescription.

Sign up on activatethecard.com

See the offer on breyna.com

In the maker’s words
“Pay as little as $20 with the BREYNA Savings Card.”

Viatris Patient Assistance Program (U.S.)

“The Viatris Patient Assistance Program provides certain medicines for free to patients with demonstrated financial need.” (income-qualified (demonstrated financial need))

See the program

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

80 mcg / 4.5 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 120 0378-7502-32

160 mcg / 4.5 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 120 0378-7503-32

Inactive ingredients: polyethylene glycol 1000, povidone k25, apaflurane
FDA label
Teva PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

Product page on tevausa.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

80 mcg / 4.5 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 120 0480-3080-31

160 mcg / 4.5 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 120 0480-3081-31

Inactive ingredients: apaflurane, povidone k25, polyethylene glycol 1000
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 120	0378-7502-32

Package	NDC
Carton of 120	0378-7503-32

Package	NDC
Carton of 120	0480-3080-31

Package	NDC
Carton of 120	0480-3081-31

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked October 26, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

SYMBICORT is a combination product containing a corticosteroid and a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist indicated for:

Treatment of asthma in patients 6 years of age and older.
Maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction and reducing exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema.

Important limitations:

Not indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm.

Source: the FDA label for Symbicort (AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP), July 24, 2019. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Symbicort (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

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