How to pay the least
Lowest price
$16.22 for 30 tablets
Generic pioglitazone and metformin 15 mg / 850 mg with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it
- Get the free Team Cuban Card. It costs nothing to sign up.See the price and get the card
- At a pharmacy that takes it, show the card and ask for generic pioglitazone and metformin 15 mg / 850 mg.Find a pharmacy that takes it
Rather have it mailed? $16.56 for 30 tablets delivered ($11.31 plus $5.25 shipping) from Cost Plus Drugs. Make a free account, then have your prescription sent there.
Open Cost Plus DrugsA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Actoplus Met, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Actoplus Met’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Actoplus Met’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Actoplus Met itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic pioglitazone and metformin, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $7.69for 30 tablets15 mg / 500 mg $7.69 · 15 mg / 850 mg $11.31Plus $5.25 shipping
- Pick up in store: Costco $72.79for 180 tablets15 mg / 850 mgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Costco $72.79for 180 tablets15 mg / 850 mgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
- Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $27.03for 60 tablets15 mg / 850 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $15.97for 30 tablets15 mg / 500 mg $15.97 · 15 mg / 850 mg $16.22Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
- Delivered: Optum Perks $33.74for 60 tablets15 mg / 850 mgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $32.30for 30 tablets15 mg / 500 mg, 15 mg / 850 mgPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $72.57for 60 tablets15 mg / 850 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind the nearest store
From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.
About these prices
Prices change, can differ by store and state, and may depend on the strength and how many you take. With insurance, ask what your plan charges; it can be less.
Regular genericWho makes it
3 companies sell a generic of Actoplus Met that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.
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Aurobindo Pharma15 mg / 500 mg, 15 mg / 850 mg
Has lactose
Product page on aurobindousa.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
15 mg / 500 mg White to Off-white, capsule, 15 mm, marked “H / 92”
Package NDC Bottle of 60 65862-525-60 Bottle of 180 65862-525-18 15 mg / 850 mg White to Off-white, capsule, 19 mm, marked “H / 93”
Package NDC Bottle of 60 65862-526-60 Bottle of 180 65862-526-18 Inactive ingredients: carboxymethylcellulose calcium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol 6000, talc, titanium dioxide
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Macleods Pharmaceuticals500 mg / 15 mg, 15 mg / 850 mg
Packages and NDCs
500 mg / 15 mg
Package NDC Bottle of 60 33342-176-09 Bottle of 100 33342-176-11 Carton of 100 33342-176-12 Bottle of 180 33342-176-57 Bottle of 1000 33342-176-44 850 mg / 15 mg
Package NDC Bottle of 60 33342-177-09 Bottle of 100 33342-177-11 Carton of 100 33342-177-12 Bottle of 180 33342-177-57 Bottle of 1000 33342-177-44 -
Rising Pharma Holdings15 mg / 500 mg, 15 mg / 850 mg
Has lactose · Made by Aurobindo Pharma
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
15 mg / 500 mg White to Off-white, capsule, 15 mm, marked “H / 92”
Package NDC Bottle of 60 57237-217-60 Bottle of 180 57237-217-81 15 mg / 850 mg White to Off-white, capsule, 19 mm, marked “H / 93”
Package NDC Bottle of 60 57237-218-60 Bottle of 180 57237-218-81 Inactive ingredients: carboxymethylcellulose calcium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol 6000, talc, titanium dioxide
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
What to say at the pharmacy
“Before you fill my Actoplus Met, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”
Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.
What it’s used for
What the FDA label says
ACTOPLUS MET is a combination of pioglitazone, a thiazolidinedione agonist of peroxisome proliferator receptor gamma, and metformin hydrochloride (HCl), a biguanide, indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Limitations of Use:
Not recommended for treatment of type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis.
Source: the FDA label for Actoplus Met (Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.), August 21, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Actoplus Met. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Actoplus Met’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/actoplus-met/