Medication	Dosage	Lowest cost*
5-ASA and derivatives
Balsalazide	750 mg three times daily	$28
Mesalamine, MMX delayed release	1.2 g twice daily	$95
Mesalamine enema	4 g daily	$165
Mesalamine suppository	1 g daily	$125
Olsalazine (Dipentum)	500 mg twice daily	$1,590
Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)	500 mg four times daily	$21
Corticosteroids
Hydrocortisone enema	100 mg daily	$159
Budesonide, extended release (Uceris)	9 mg daily for up to eight weeks	$402
Interleukin-12 and interleukin-23 inhibitor
Ustekinumab (Stelara)	260- to 520-mg induction dose (weight based), then 90 mg every eight weeks	$22,650 per 90-mg syringe
Janus kinase inhibitor
Tofacitinib (Xeljanz)	10 mg twice daily for eight weeks, then 5 to 10 mg twice daily	$4,860 for 10 mg twice daily
Selective adhesion molecule inhibitor
Vedolizumab (Entyvio)	300 mg at weeks 0, 2, and 6, then 300 mg every eight weeks	$7,169 per dose
Tumor necrosis factor–alpha inhibitors
Adalimumab (Humira)	160 mg at week 0, 80 mg at week 2, then 40 mg every other week	$5,809 per month (two 40-mg syringes)
Golimumab (Simponi)	200 mg at week 0, 100 mg at week 2, then 100 mg every four weeks	$5,968 per 100-mg dose
Infliximab (Remicade)	5 mg per kg at weeks 0, 2, and 6, then every eight weeks	$1,895 per 100-mg vial