How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$3,031.93 for 30 capsules delivered ($3,026.68 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic tasimelteon 20 mg from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail

  1. Make a free account on costplusdrugs.com. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Cost Plus Drugs can transfer it.Open Cost Plus Drugs 
  2. Order generic tasimelteon 20 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $4,456.76 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 Hetlioz, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameHetlioz
Authorized generictasimelteon
Regular generictasimelteon
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Lowest$3,031.93for 30 capsules at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Hetlioz?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Hetlioz 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 tasimelteon, 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 genericMakers and their savings cards

3 companies sell a generic of Hetlioz that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. 2 of them have their own savings cards, listed first. Each works only with that maker’s version. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals20 mg

    Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40 · Made by MSN Laboratories

    Amneal Tasimelteon Capsules Copay Card

    For tasimelteon capsules 20 mg

    With commercial insurance as little as $0 a month

    Sign up on amneal.com

    In the maker’s words

    “Eligible, commercially insured patients may receive their Amneal Tasimelteon capsule monthly prescription for $0.”

    Product page on amneal.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    20 mg Blue opaque cap and body, capsule, 19 mm, marked “20 / mg / MT1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3069238-2548-3

    Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, silicon dioxide, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, gelatin, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40

    FDA label

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals20 mg

    Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40

    Teva Tasimelteon Capsules savings card

    With commercial insurance as little as $0

    Print the card (PDF)

    Or call 1-844-248-7949. See the offer on tevausa.com

    In the maker’s words

    “Commercially insured patients may pay as little as $0 out of pocket for Teva's Tasimelteon Capsules.”

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    20 mg Light blue, capsule, 19 mm, marked “A44”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 300480-4490-56

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, anhydrous lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, gelatin, sodium lauryl sulfate, titanium dioxide, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac

    FDA label

  • Apotex20 mg
    Packages and NDCs

    20 mg

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3060505-4665-3
    Bottle of 9060505-4665-9

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Hetlioz, 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

HETLIOZ is a melatonin receptor agonist.

HETLIOZ capsules are indicated for the treatment of:

  • Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (Non-24) in adults
  • Nighttime sleep disturbances in Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) in patients 16 years of age and older

HETLIOZ LQ oral suspension is indicated for the treatment of:

  • Nighttime sleep disturbances in SMS in pediatric patients 3 years to 15 years of age

Source: the FDA label for Hetlioz (Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.), August 4, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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