Generic name: emtricitabine
Used for: HIV
Lowest price
$97.89 for 30 capsules
Generic emtricitabine 200 mg at Walgreens with the free Optum Perks coupon
Rather have it mailed? $361.01 for 30 capsules delivered ($355.76 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 Emtriva, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Details for each option
Savings card from Gilead Sciences
Or call 1-866-664-5327.
“Eligible patients could pay as little as $0 per month.”
From the maker’s offer on gilead.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.
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.
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Emtriva 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.
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic emtricitabine, lowest first.
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From each pharmacy’s own site, read November 2, 2026. Confirm the price before you fill.
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.
2 companies sell a generic of Emtriva 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.
Product page on aurobindousa.com
200 mg Cream, capsule, 19 mm, marked “F / 36”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 65862-301-30 |
| Bottle of 500 | 65862-301-05 |
Inactive ingredients: crospovidone (120 .mu.m), gelatin, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose 301, povidone k90, sodium lauryl sulfate, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac, ammonia
Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 1
200 mg White body; Skybluecap, capsule, 19 mm, marked “EMT / 200”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 69097-642-02 |
Inactive ingredients: mannitol, magnesium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 1, titanium dioxide, gelatin, hypromellose 2910 (15 mpa.s), sodium lauryl sulfate, ferrosoferric oxide
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
“Before you fill my Emtriva, 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.
EMTRIVA, a nucleoside analog HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor, is indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
Source: the FDA label for Emtriva (Gilead Sciences, Inc.), December 2, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/emtriva/