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Symbicort is a brand of budesonide / formoterol. What agents check before quoting it: how many 2026 Part D plans cover it, on which tier, with what restrictions and copays, by plan type, carrier and state.
In 2026, 1,914 of 5,496 Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage drug plans (34.8%) list Symbicort on their formulary, across 29 of 328 formularies. The most common placement is tier 3 (1,901 plans, 99.3% of those covering it). 0 of the covering plans require prior authorization (0%), 0 step therapy and 1,914 a quantity limit. Generic budesonide / formoterol is on 5,496 of 5,496 plans (100%).
716 covering plans charge a flat copay for a 30-day supply at a preferred retail pharmacy after the deductible — median $47, 24 of them $0; 1,198 charge coinsurance instead — median 21% of the drug's cost. Once a member's out-of-pocket drug spending reaches $2,100 in 2026, covered drugs cost $0 for the rest of the year.
2025: 1,926 of 5,631 plans covered it (34.2%); 2026: 1,914 of 5,496 (34.8%).
Of 4,368 plans offered in both years, 3 added it to the formulary and 24 dropped it.
Among plans covering it both years, 7 moved it to a higher tier and 0 to a lower one; 0 added prior authorization and 0 removed it.
Medicare Part D paid for 2,758,506 30-day fills of Symbicort in 2024 for about 587,798 enrollees, at an average total cost of $216.07 per 30-day fill (CMS Part D Prescribers by Geography and Drug, national).
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Counts are over every Medicare Advantage drug plan and stand-alone Part D plan in the CMS monthly formulary files, excluding employer plans. A plan counts as covering a drug when any strength or form of it is on the plan’s formulary; the tier, prior authorization, step therapy and quantity limit shown are the most favorable version on that formulary. Copays are for a 30-day supply at a preferred retail pharmacy after the deductible. This is a reference for licensed agents, not a plan recommendation; verify with the plan’s formulary before advising a client. Source: CMS Part D formulary files (release 09/16/2026). CMS formulary data.