How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Vowst

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameVowst
Authorized genericfecal microbiota spores and live-brpk
Regular genericfecal microbiota spores and live-brpk
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldAsk the pharmacy
Same as Vowst?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

VOWST Voyage Co-Pay Savings Program

Savings card from Aimmune Therapeutics (Nestlé Health Science / Seres Therapeutics)

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

Sign up on vowst.com 

Or call 1-888-356-5444.

In the maker’s words

“The VOWST Co-Pay Savings Program may be used to reduce your out-of-pocket cost for VOWST to as little as $0, subject to annual limits.”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

Vowst 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

VOWST is indicated to prevent the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in individuals 18 years of age and older following antibacterial treatment for recurrent CDI (rCDI).

Limitation of Use:

VOWST is not indicated for treatment of CDI.

Source: the FDA label for Vowst (Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.), April 23, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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