Generic name: linagliptin and metformin
Used for: Type 2 diabetes
Lowest posted price
$55 a month
Jentadueto from Boehringer Ingelheim, without insurance.
Ask for the generic’s price No pharmacy we check posts a cash price for generic linagliptin and metformin. Ask yours, to compare.
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Jentadueto, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Details for each option
Cash price from Boehringer Ingelheim
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“Cash/Self-pay is $55 for a 30-day prescription fill.”
From the maker’s offer on boehringer-ingelheim.com, checked October 27, 2026. Check the maker’s page for who can use it.
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 price above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.
TrumpRx.gov, the federal government’s drug price site, lists Jentadueto at a price its maker agreed to, for people paying without insurance.
From TrumpRx.gov, read October 28, 2026. Its page opens on this price; other strengths and amounts are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Jentadueto 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.
One company sells a generic of Jentadueto 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.
Made by MSN Laboratories
2.5 mg / 1,000 mg Pink, oval, 21 mm, marked “1000 / LM”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 60 | 72205-409-01 |
| Bottle of 180 | 72205-409-02 |
2.5 mg / 500 mg Yellow, oval, 16 mm, marked “500 / LM”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 60 | 72205-407-01 |
| Bottle of 180 | 72205-407-02 |
2.5 mg / 850 mg Orange, oval, 19 mm, marked “850 / LM”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 60 | 72205-408-01 |
| Bottle of 180 | 72205-408-02 |
Inactive ingredients: meglumine, starch, corn, copovidone k25-31, povidone k90, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, propylene glycol, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), talc, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow
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 Jentadueto, 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.
JENTADUETO is a combination of linagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor and metformin hydrochloride (HCl), a biguanide, indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Limitations of Use
Source: the FDA label for Jentadueto (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), August 19, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked October 27, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/jentadueto/