Uceris vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$205 for 30 tablets

Generic budesonide ER 9 mg at CVS with the free Optum Perks coupon

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Show the coupon and ask for generic budesonide ER 9 mg. It can’t be used with insurance.

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

Compare every option

Brand nameUceris

Authorized genericbudesonide

Regular genericbudesonide

What you’d pay

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Uceris

Lowest$205for 30 tablets at CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks

Same as Uceris?

The original

Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Uceris’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Uceris’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

budesonide

Sold by

Oceanside PharmaceuticalsMade by ASM Aerosol-Service, which also makes Uceris

Your strength

NDC to ask for

2 mgfoam
- 68682-658-0311-digit: 68682-0658-032 canisters per carton
9 mgextended-release tablet
- 68682-309-3011-digit: 68682-0309-3030 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Uceris, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Oceanside 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).

9 mg extended-release tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Uceris.

Authorized generic package label from Oceanside Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericOceanside Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: budesonide 9 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

Hydroxypropyl cellulose
Lactose
Magnesium stearate
Methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate copolymer
Microcrystalline cellulose
Silicon dioxide
Soybean lecithin
Stearic acid
Talc
Titanium dioxide
Triethyl citrate

2 mg foam

Same active and inactive ingredients as Uceris.

See the ingredients

Active: budesonide 2 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

Butane
Cetostearyl alcohol
Cetyl alcohol
Citric acid monohydrate
Edetate disodium
Isobutane
Polysorbate 60
Propane
Propylene glycol
Steareth-10
Water

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic budesonide, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs $202.17for 30 tablets9 mgPlus $5.25 shipping
Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $205for 30 tablets9 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card $298.35for 30 tablets9 mgFree card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $428for 30 tablets9 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store

From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.

About these prices

Prices change, can differ by store and state, and may depend on the strength and how many you take. With insurance, ask what your plan charges; it can be less.

Regular genericWho makes it

3 companies sell a generic of Uceris that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

Actavis PharmaER tablet 9 mg

Has lactose

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

9 mg White, round, 9 mm, marked “WPI / 2510”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 0591-2510-30

Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, hydroxypropyl cellulose (90000 wamw), hydroxypropyl cellulose (110000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), ferrosoferric oxide, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol 400, polysorbate 80, propylene glycol, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, lecithin, soybean, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate
Mylan PharmaceuticalsER tablet 9 mg

Has lactose

Product page on viatris.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

9 mg White, round, 10 mm, marked “M / BE9”

Package NDC
Bottle of 30 0378-4500-93

Inactive ingredients: ferrosoferric oxide, silicon dioxide, hydroxypropyl cellulose (90000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (50 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1), methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:2), microcrystalline cellulose 101, microcrystalline cellulose 102, polyethylene glycol 8000, polyethylene glycol 400, polydextrose, propylene glycol, talc, titanium dioxide, triacetin, triethyl citrate
FDA label
PadagisFoam 2 mg

Product page on padagis.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

2 mg

Package NDC
Carton of 2 45802-627-86

Inactive ingredients: cetyl alcohol, citric acid monohydrate, edetate disodium, steareth-10, propylene glycol, water
FDA label

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	0591-2510-30

Package	NDC
Bottle of 30	0378-4500-93

Package	NDC
Carton of 2	45802-627-86

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

Ulcerative colitis

What the FDA label says

UCERIS (budesonide) is a glucocorticosteroid indicated for the induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.

Source: the FDA label for Uceris (Santarus Inc.), October 21, 2024. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Uceris (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 November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/uceris/