Butrans

Generic name: buprenorphine

Used for: Severe long-term pain that needs an opioid

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic buprenorphine

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic buprenorphine.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. 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 Butrans, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameButrans
Authorized genericbuprenorphine
Regular genericbuprenorphine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Same as Butrans?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Butrans’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Butrans’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Butrans, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

buprenorphine

Sold by
  • Rhodes PharmaceuticalsMade by LTS Lohmann Therapy Systems, which also makes Butrans
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 5 mcg/hrpatch
    • 42858-750-4011-digit: 42858-0750-404 patches
  • 7.5 mcg/hrpatch
    • 42858-353-4011-digit: 42858-0353-404 patches
  • 10 mcg/hrpatch
    • 42858-493-4011-digit: 42858-0493-404 patches
  • 15 mcg/hrpatch
    • 42858-586-4011-digit: 42858-0586-404 patches
  • 20 mcg/hrpatch
    • 42858-839-4011-digit: 42858-0839-404 patches

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Butrans, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

7.5 mcg/hr patch

Butrans doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericRhodes Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: buprenorphine 7.5 mcg/hr

Inactive:

  • Ethyl levulinate
  • Oleyl oleate
  • Povidone

10 mcg/hr patch

Butrans doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericRhodes Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: buprenorphine 10 mcg/hr

Inactive:

  • Ethyl levulinate
  • Oleyl oleate
  • Povidone

15 mcg/hr patch

Butrans doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericRhodes Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: buprenorphine 15 mcg/hr

Inactive:

  • Ethyl levulinate
  • Oleyl oleate
  • Povidone

5 mcg/hr patch

Butrans doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericRhodes Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: buprenorphine 5 mcg/hr

Inactive:

  • Ethyl levulinate
  • Oleyl oleate
  • Povidone

20 mcg/hr patch

Butrans doesn’t come in this strength, so there’s no brand label to compare.

Authorized genericRhodes Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: buprenorphine 20 mcg/hr

Inactive:

  • Ethyl levulinate
  • Oleyl oleate
  • Povidone

Regular genericWho makes it

4 companies sell a generic of Butrans 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.

  • Alvogen20 mcg/hr

    Made by Strides Pharma International · Being phased out; sold until January 2027

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    20 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67247781-408-04

    Inactive ingredients: levulinic acid, oleyl oleate, povidone k90

    FDA label

  • Amneal PharmaceuticalsAll 5 strengths
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    5 mcg/hr Beige-colored, square

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67269238-1202-2

    7.5 mcg/hr Beige-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67269238-1505-2

    10 mcg/hr Beige-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67269238-1203-2

    15 mcg/hr Beige-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67269238-1204-2

    20 mcg/hr Beige-colored, square

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67269238-1205-2

    Inactive ingredients: levulinic acid, oleyl oleate, povidone

    FDA label

  • Ingenus PharmaceuticalsAll 5 strengths

    Made by Difgen Pharmaceuticals

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    5 mcg/hr Tan-colored, square

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67250742-372-04

    7.5 mcg/hr Tan-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67250742-373-04

    10 mcg/hr Tan-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67250742-374-04

    15 mcg/hr Tan-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67250742-375-04

    20 mcg/hr Tan-colored, rectangle

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 67250742-376-04

    Inactive ingredients: levulinic acid, oleyl oleate, povidone

    FDA label

  • Teva PharmaceuticalsAll 5 strengths

    Made by Watson Laboratories Inc An Indirect Wholly Owned Sub Of Teva Pharmaceuticals

    Product page on tevausa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    5 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6720093-3656-40

    7.5 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6720093-3239-40

    10 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6720093-3657-40

    15 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6720093-3658-40

    20 mcg/hr

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 6720093-3659-40

    Inactive ingredients: levulinic acid, citric acid monohydrate

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

BUTRANS is a partial opioid agonist indicated for the management of severe and persistent pain that requires an opioid analgesic and that cannot be adequately treated with alternative options, including immediate-release opioids.

Limitations of Use

  • Because of the risks of addiction, abuse, misuse, overdose, and death which can occur at any dosage or duration and persist over the course of therapy, reserve opioid analgesics, including BUTRANS, for use in patients for whom alternative treatment options are ineffective, not tolerated, or would be otherwise inadequate to provide sufficient management of pain.
  • BUTRANS is not indicated as an as-needed (prn) analgesic.

Source: the FDA label for Butrans (Knoa Pharma LLC), May 1, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/butrans/