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Financial assistance

Tap into resources to help cover the high cost of blood cancer.

The ever-rising cost of blood cancer care can leave people with blood cancer and their families bearing a huge financial responsibility. But there’s help.

Financial assistance programs from Blood Cancer United can help you overcome financial barriers and access the right care at the right time. Every patient should be able to access the treatment they need, regardless of the cost.

Learn more about Patient Financial Assistance Programs (PDF).

Find programs you’re eligible for.

select your options below

Patient Aid Program

provides a one-time $100 stipend to eligible blood cancer patients to help offset non-medical expenses.

Urgent Need Programs

help with non-medical expenses including rent, mortgage, lodging, utilities, childcare, elder care, food, transportation, car repair, car insurance, phone service, and acute dental work related to treatment. Eligible patients receive a $500 grant.

Co-Pay Assistance Program

helps toward the cost of Private, Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE insurance premiums, and treatment-related co-pays and co-insurance for prescription drugs, labs, scans, tests, etc. Award levels vary by disease fund.

Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Programs

help with treatment-related transportation and lodging expenses. Eligible patients receive a $500 grant.

Susan Lang Pre CAR T-cell Therapy Travel Assistance Program

provides assistance for treatment-related transportation and lodging expenses for patients who are being evaluated to receive CAR T-cell therapy as either standard treatment or a clinical trial. Eligible patients receive a $2,500 grant.

Local Financial Assistance Programs

help with non-medical expenses including transportation, housing, utilities, child/elder care, food, clothing, phone, acute dental work related to treatment. Eligible patients receive a $500 grant.

Veterans Dental Partnership

helps veterans with blood cancer to access dental care to begin lifesaving therapy or because of therapy. All expenses for the required dental care will be covered, if funding is available.


Veterans Dental Partnership

Helps veterans with blood cancer to access dental care to begin lifesaving therapy or because of therapy. All expenses for the required dental care will be covered, if funding is available.

Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors

The Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors awards up to $7,500 toward tuition for virtual or in-person trade, vocational, two-year, or four-year undergraduate education.

Application intake for the 2026-2027 academic school will begin on August 1, 2025. To be contacted once the scholarship re-opens, please leave your contact information in the 'Interested in Applying?' section.

Contact our Patient Financial Assistance Team: 
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