How do you pay?

How to pay the least

From

$110 for 30 capsules

Generic tacrolimus XL from Rx Outreach, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

  1. Make a free account on rxoutreach.org. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Rx Outreach can transfer it.Open Rx Outreach 
  2. Order generic tacrolimus XL. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $168.34 for 30 capsules with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.

See the price and get the card 

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Astagraf XL, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameAstagraf XL
Authorized generictacrolimus
Regular generictacrolimus
What you’d pay
At least$86for 30 capsules; pharmacies pay this
Not soldThere isn’t one
From$110for 30 capsules at Rx Outreach
Same as Astagraf XL?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Astellas Copay Card Program

Savings card from Astellas

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · up to $3,000 off a year

The card takes up to $3,000 a year off your co-pay.

Sign up on astellascares.com 

In the maker’s words

“Eligible participants in the Copay Card Program ("Program") may receive annual savings up to $3000 for PROGRAF or ASTAGRAF XL.”

From the maker’s offer on astellascares.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Astagraf XL 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.

See the regular generic →

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic tacrolimus, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

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

One company sells a generic of Astagraf XL 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.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

  • Amneal PharmaceuticalsAll 3 strengths

    Has lactose · Made by Chengdu Suncadia Medicine

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 mg Opaque yellowish pink cap and opaque light orange body, capsule, 11 mm, marked “SD / TC / 0 / 5 / mg”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3069238-2780-3

    1 mg Opaque light yellow cap and opaque light orange body, capsule, 14 mm, marked “SD / TC / 1 / mg”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3069238-2781-3

    5 mg Opaque red-orange cap and opaque orange body, capsule, 21 mm, marked “SD / TC / 5 / mg”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3069238-2782-3

    Inactive ingredients: ethylcellulose, hypromelloses, magnesium stearate, lactose monohydrate, gelatin, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

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 Astagraf XL, 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

ASTAGRAF XL is a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in kidney transplant patients in combination with other immunosuppressants in adult and pediatric patients who can swallow capsules intact.

Source: the FDA label for Astagraf XL (Astellas Pharma US, Inc.), January 14, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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