Trumenba

Written by Gary Heiting
Medically reviewed by Philip Ngo, PharmD
Updated on August 9, 2024

Cost of Trumenba

Like other medications, the cost of Trumenba can vary. Certain factors may affect its price, such as:

• your insurance plan, if you have coverage
• the pharmacy used
• the cost to visit a healthcare professional to receive doses of Trumenba 
• the number of injections prescribed

To find out how much Trumenba costs, ask your doctor or insurance provider. They may be able to suggest ways to save money on your prescription, including those described in this article. To find out what the drug costs when using Optum Perks coupons, see the prices shown on this page.

Coupons for Trumenba

Prescription drug coupons can help you save money by lowering the cost of Trumenba. The Optum Perks coupons on this page can provide significant savings on your prescription costs.

Coupons may not be available for all medications, such as those like Trumenba, which are only given by a healthcare professional.

Note: Optum Perks coupons cannot be used with insurance copays or benefits.

Available app for coupons

To make finding and using these coupons easier, you can download the Optum Perks app. To learn more about this prescription discount app, see this article.

Common questions about Trumenba’s cost

Here are some common questions and answers about Trumenba.

How much does Trumenba cost?

The cost of Trumenba depends on several factors, including the specifics of your health insurance policy if you have insurance. See the “Cost” section for additional details.

Trumenba is a brand-name biologic vaccine. Brand-name biologic drugs can be expensive because of the studies needed to test how safe and effective they are before they can be approved for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Biosimilar drugs can be as effective as biologic drugs and usually cost less. But currently, there are no biosimilar versions of Trumenba. Read more about biologic and biosimilar drugs.

For your specific Trumenba cost, talk with your doctor or insurance company. If you don’t have insurance, see the prices shown above on this page for the cost of Trumenba at certain pharmacies when you use Optum Perks coupons.

How do the costs of Trumenba vs. Bexsero compare?

There will likely be a minor cost difference between these two vaccines.

Trumenba and Bexsero are both brand-name biologic vaccines prescribed to prevent or reduce the risk of meningitis B in children and young adults. Both are suspensions (a type of liquid mixture) for injection into a muscle. And both are recommended for children and young adults ages 10 through 25 years.

The active ingredients of Trumenba versus Bexsero are similar but slightly different. (An active ingredient is what makes a drug work.) Other ingredients in the two preparations differ as well.

For your specific cost of Trumenba versus Bexsero, talk with your doctor or insurance provider. Also, see the “Coupons” section of this article to check pricing and cost savings for these vaccines with Optum Perks coupons if you don’t have insurance.

Resources

• Food and Drug Administration. (2024). Purple Book: Database of licensed biological products. https://purplebooksearch.fda.gov
• PDR by ConnectiveRx. (n.d.). https://www.pdr.net

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