How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Veltassa

No generic is sold yet.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for Veltassa’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Veltassa’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameVeltassa
Authorized genericpatiromer
Regular genericpatiromer
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone sold yet
Same as Veltassa?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

VELTASSA Co-pay Savings Program

Savings card from CSL Vifor

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

Sign up on veltassa.com 

Or call 1-855-591-9132.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients may be able to pay as low as $0 per month for their VELTASSA co-pay.”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

No generic is sold yet. 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

Veltassa is a potassium binder indicated for the treatment of hyperkalemia in adults and pediatric patients ages 12 years and older.

Limitation of Use

Veltassa should not be used as an emergency treatment for life-threatening hyperkalemia because of its delayed onset of action.

Source: the FDA label for Veltassa (Vifor Pharma, Inc.), January 31, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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