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How to pay the least

Lowest price

$298.33 for 30 tablets delivered ($293.08 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic sapropterin dihydrochloride 100 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 sapropterin dihydrochloride 100 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $337.90 for 30 tablets 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 Kuvan, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameKuvan
Authorized genericsapropterin dihydrochloride
Regular genericsapropterin dihydrochloride
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Lowest$298.33for 30 tablets at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Kuvan?
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 Kuvan’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Kuvan’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Kuvan 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 sapropterin dihydrochloride, 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

8 companies sell a generic of Kuvan that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. 2 of them have their own savings cards or programs, 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.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

  • Dr. Reddy’s LaboratoriesTablet 100 mg · Powder 100 mg, 500 mg

    Sold as Javygtor

    Cycle Vita Co-Pay Assistance Program

    With commercial insurance as little as $0

    Ask for Javygtor by name, or have your prescriber write it on the prescription.

    Sign up on javygtor.com

    In the maker’s words

    “With JAVYGTOR, commercially insured eligible patients may pay as little as $0.”

    Cycle Vita Co-Pay Assistance Program (JAVYGTOR sapropterin)

    With commercial insurance as little as $0

    Sign up on javygtor.com

    See the offer on cyclevita.life

    In the maker’s words

    “Commercially insured eligible patients may pay as little as $0.”

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off white to light yellow, round, 9 mm, marked “l”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3043598-096-30
    Bottle of 12043598-096-04
    Bottle of 50043598-096-05

    100 mg Off white to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3043598-097-30

    500 mg Off white to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3043598-162-30

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, silicon dioxide, crospovidone, hydroxypropyl cellulose, low substituted, mannitol, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate, sucralose, potassium citrate

    FDA label

  • Camber PharmaceuticalsTablet 100 mg · Powder 100 mg, 500 mg

    Made by Annora Pharma

    Camber Copay Assistance Program (Camber Pharmaceuticals Co-Pay Program)

    “To help alleviate the burden some drug prices create, Camber has made a copayment assistance program to help offset rising drug prices.” (patients not covered by any federal or state healthcare program (Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap, VA/DOD, TRICARE excluded); page says 'All non-excluded patients are eligible')

    Sign up

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 10 mm, marked “I1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 12031722-045-12

    100 mg Off-white to yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 131722-047-31
    Carton of 3031722-047-30

    500 mg Off-white to yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 131722-048-31
    Carton of 3031722-048-30

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, silicon dioxide, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), mannitol, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate, potassium citrate, sucralose

    FDA label

  • Aurobindo PharmaTablet 100 mg

    Product page on aurobindousa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 10 mm, marked “S1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3059651-574-30
    Bottle of 12059651-574-08
    Bottle of 24059651-574-24

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, mannitol, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate

    FDA label

  • Hikma PharmaceuticalsTablet 100 mg
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg (off-white to light yellow), round, 10 mm, marked “ZS”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 1200054-0906-23

    Inactive ingredients: mannitol, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate, crospovidone (120 .mu.m)

    FDA label

  • Micro LabsPowder 100 mg

    Product page on microlabsusa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg To off-white

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3042571-509-41

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, mannitol, potassium citrate, sucralose

    FDA label

  • NorthStar RxTablet 100 mg · Powder 100 mg, 500 mg

    Made by Annora Pharma

    Product page on northstarrxllc.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 10 mm, marked “I1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 12072603-191-01

    100 mg Off-white to yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3072603-193-30

    500 mg Off-white to yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3072603-194-30

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, silicon dioxide, crospovidone (120 .mu.m), mannitol, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate, potassium citrate, sucralose

    FDA label

  • Par HealthTablet 100 mg · Powder 100 mg, 500 mg

    Made by PH Health

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off-white to light yellow, round, 10 mm, marked “P / 720”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 12049884-720-08

    100 mg Off-white to lightly yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3049884-948-72

    500 mg Off-white to lightly yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 3049884-873-72

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, silicon dioxide, copovidone k25-31, crospovidone, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, mannitol, riboflavin, sodium stearyl fumarate, potassium citrate, sucralose

    FDA label

  • TruPharmaPowder 100 mg, 500 mg

    Made by Hopewell Pharma Ventures

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    100 mg Off-white to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Pouch of 152817-850-01
    Carton of 3052817-850-30

    500 mg Off-white to pale yellow

    PackageNDC
    Pouch of 152817-851-01
    Carton of 3052817-851-30

    Inactive ingredients: ascorbic acid, mannitol, potassium citrate, sucralose

    FDA label

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 Kuvan, 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

KUVAN is a phenylalanine hydroxylase activator indicated to reduce blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels in adult and pediatric patients one month of age and older with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to tetrahydrobiopterin‑ (BH4‑) responsive Phenylketonuria (PKU). KUVAN is to be used in conjunction with a Phe‑restricted diet.

Source: the FDA label for Kuvan (BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.), August 26, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

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