How to pay the least
Ask for the cash price
Generic methohexital
No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.
- Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic methohexital.Find pharmacies near you
- Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Brevital Sodium, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
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Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Brevital Sodium’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Brevital Sodium’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Brevital Sodium 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 genericWho makes it
One company sells a generic of Brevital Sodium 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.
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Avet Pharmaceuticals500 mg
Made by Onesource Specialty Pharma
Product page on avetpharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
500 mg
Package NDC Carton of 500 23155-893-31 Inactive ingredients: sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate
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 Brevital Sodium, 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
- Starting or adding to general anesthesia for surgery
- Anesthesia for short surgeries and procedures
- Inducing a sleep-like (hypnotic) state
What the FDA label says
BREVITAL can be used in adults as follows:
1. For intravenous induction of anesthesia prior to the use of other general anesthetic agents.
2. For intravenous induction of anesthesia and as an adjunct to subpotent inhalational anesthetic agents (such as nitrous oxide in oxygen) for short surgical procedures; BREVITAL may be given by infusion or intermittent injection.
3. For use along with other parenteral agents, usually narcotic analgesics, to supplement subpotent inhalational anesthetic agents (such as nitrous oxide in oxygen) for longer surgical procedures.
4. As intravenous anesthesia for short surgical, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures associated with minimal painful stimuli (see WARNINGS ).
5. As an agent for inducing a hypnotic state.
BREVITAL can be used in pediatric patients older than 1 month as follows:
1. For rectal or intramuscular induction of anesthesia prior to the use of other general anesthetic agents.
2. For rectal or intramuscular induction of anesthesia and as an adjunct to subpotent inhalational anesthetic agents for short surgical procedures.
3. As rectal or intramuscular anesthesia for short surgical, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures associated with minimal painful stimuli.
Source: the FDA label for Brevital Sodium (Par Health USA, LLC), May 5, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Brevital Sodium. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Brevital Sodium’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/brevital-sodium/