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The switch could also save patients $5 billion in insurance copayments, according to a new study in Health Affairs. Ranibizumab, more commonly known by its brand name Lucentis, is delivered as an injection to the eye and runs about $2,023 per dose.Many patients require up to 12 injections per year. That's why some doctors choose to prescribe the much cheaper drug Avastin (bevacizumab) instead, which costs around $55 per dose.n 2010, the combined cost of using Avastin and Lucentis to treat eye disorders was around $2 billion â or about one-sixth of the entire Medicare Part B drug budget.
Lucentis-Injections, Costs and Side Effects. Lucentis is the trade name of Ranibizumab. Lucentis is the trade name of the drug Ranibizumab, which can be useful for people with diabetes who are losing their sight from diabetic macular oedema (DMO) or 'wet' age related macular degeneration (ARMD).t is specifically designed for the treatment of neovascular age-relate degeneration (AMD) and is administered in the form of an injection which can be monthly or three monthly. It is potentially useful for people suffering from that condition but also diabetics who are losing their sight from macular edema.