How to pay the least
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$11.04 for 30 tablets delivered ($5.79 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic escitalopram from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.
- 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
- Order generic escitalopram. It comes by mail.
Need it today? From $13.51 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 cardA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Lexapro, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Compare every option
Details for each option
Brand nameNo maker’s card
We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Lexapro’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Lexapro’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Lexapro 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.
Regular genericWhere to buy it
Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic escitalopram, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Pick up in store: Costco $13.99for 90 tablets10 mgMembers only · $65 a yearFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Costco $13.99for 90 tablets10 mgMembers only · $65 a year · Plus shipping
- Delivered: Amazon RxPass $5a month10 mgCovers all your RxPass medicines togetherPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Not in California or Washington, or with Medicaid or CHIP
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs from $5.79for 30 tablets5 mg $5.79 · 10 mg $6.24 · 20 mg $6.31Plus $5.25 shipping
- Delivered: Marley Drug $37for a 6-month supplyNot every strength is on its list12-month supply: $70Shipping included
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $9.50for 30 tablets5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mgPrime members only · $139 a year · Free delivery · Prime price: limits on some medicines if you're over 65 or have Medicare, Medicaid or TRICARE
- Delivered: Rx Outreach $12a month5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg90-day supply: $25Free delivery
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card from $13.51for 30 tablets5 mg $13.51 · 10 mg $13.76 · 20 mg $14.15Free card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
- Delivered: Optum Perks $14.76for 30 tablets10 mgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
- Pick up in store: H-E-B $15for 30 tablets5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg90 tablets: $36Texas · list dated November 2, 2024Find the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Hy-Vee $15for 30 tablets5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg90 tablets: $38Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, WisconsinFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Target (CVS) + Optum Perks $21.66for 30 tablets10 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $30.71for 30 tablets10 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Delivered: Hers from $49a monthOnline clinic: a visit, then mailed if it’s right for you
- Delivered: Hims from $49a monthOnline clinic: a visit, then mailed if it’s right for you
- Delivered: Lemonaid $95a monthOnline clinic: a visit, then mailed if it’s right for you · plus a $25 visit fee
- Pick up in store: Sam's Club See its pricePlus members only · $120 a yearFind the nearest store
From each pharmacy’s and clinic’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. Most online clinics don’t take insurance.
Regular genericWho makes it
9 companies sell a generic of Lexapro 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.
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Aurobindo PharmaAll 3 strengths
Product page on aurobindousa.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White to off-white, round, 6 mm, marked “F / 53”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 65862-373-30 Bottle of 90 65862-373-90 Bottle of 100 65862-373-01 Carton of 100 65862-373-10 Bottle of 500 65862-373-05 Bottle of 10000 65862-373-19 10 mg White to off-white, oval, 8 mm, marked “F / 5 / 4”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 65862-374-30 Bottle of 90 65862-374-90 Bottle of 100 65862-374-01 Carton of 100 65862-374-10 Bottle of 500 65862-374-05 Bottle of 5000 65862-374-59 20 mg White to off-white, oval, 12 mm, marked “F / 5 / 6”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 65862-375-30 Bottle of 90 65862-375-90 Bottle of 100 65862-375-01 Carton of 100 65862-375-10 Bottle of 500 65862-375-05 Bottle of 3000 65862-375-39 Inactive ingredients: butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, talc, hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol 400, titanium dioxide
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BluePoint LaboratoriesAll 3 strengths
Has lactose · Made by Prinston Pharmaceutical
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White to off-white, round, 6 mm, marked “P / 5”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 68001-591-00 10 mg White to off-white, round, 7 mm, marked “P / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 68001-592-00 Bottle of 1000 68001-592-08 20 mg White to off-white, round, 9 mm, marked “P / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 68001-593-00 Bottle of 1000 68001-593-08 Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, starch, corn, croscarmellose sodium, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, talc, hypromellose, polydextrose, polyethylene glycol, triacetin, titanium dioxide
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CiplaAll 3 strengths
Made by Invagen Pharmaceuticals
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White, round, 6 mm, marked “IG / 249”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 69097-847-02 Bottle of 90 69097-847-05 Bottle of 100 69097-847-07 Bottle of 500 69097-847-12 Bottle of 1000 69097-847-15 10 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “IG / 250”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 69097-848-02 Bottle of 90 69097-848-05 Bottle of 100 69097-848-07 Bottle of 500 69097-848-12 Bottle of 1000 69097-848-15 20 mg White, round, 10 mm, marked “IG / 251”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 69097-849-02 Bottle of 90 69097-849-05 Bottle of 100 69097-849-07 Bottle of 500 69097-849-12 Bottle of 1000 69097-849-15 Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80
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Exelan PharmaceuticalsAll 3 strengths
Made by Invagen Pharmaceuticals
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White, round, 6 mm, marked “IG / 249”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 76282-249-30 Bottle of 90 76282-249-90 Bottle of 100 76282-249-01 Bottle of 500 76282-249-05 Bottle of 1000 76282-249-10 10 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “IG / 250”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 76282-250-30 Bottle of 90 76282-250-90 Bottle of 100 76282-250-01 Bottle of 500 76282-250-05 Bottle of 1000 76282-250-10 20 mg White, round, 10 mm, marked “IG / 251”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 76282-251-30 Bottle of 90 76282-251-90 Bottle of 100 76282-251-01 Bottle of 500 76282-251-05 Bottle of 1000 76282-251-10 Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, hypromellose 2910 (3 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80
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Jubilant Cadista20 mg
Being phased out; sold until February 2027
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
20 mg White, oval, 12 mm, marked “B4 / C”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 59746-281-30 Bottle of 90 59746-281-90 Bottle of 100 59746-281-01 Bottle of 500 59746-281-05 Bottle of 1000 59746-281-10 Inactive ingredients: talc, croscarmellose sodium, cellulose, microcrystalline, silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, hypromelloses, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400
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NorthStar RxAll 3 strengths
Has lactose · Made by Macleods Pharmaceuticals
Product page on northstarrxllc.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White, round, 6 mm, marked “ML59”
Package NDC Bottle of 1000 72603-149-01 10 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “ML60”
Package NDC Bottle of 1000 72603-150-01 20 mg White, round, 10 mm, marked “ML61”
Package NDC Bottle of 1000 72603-151-01 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, propyl gallate, isopropyl alcohol, talc, magnesium stearate, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400
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Rising Pharma HoldingsAll 3 strengths
Has lactose · Made by Graviti Pharmaceuticals
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White, round, 6 mm, marked “77”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 16571-755-01 Bottle of 1000 16571-755-10 10 mg White, round, 7 mm, marked “74”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 16571-756-01 Bottle of 500 16571-756-50 Bottle of 1000 16571-756-10 20 mg White, round, 10 mm, marked “71”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 16571-757-01 Bottle of 500 16571-757-50 Bottle of 1000 16571-757-10 Inactive ingredients: butylated hydroxyanisole, cellulose, microcrystalline, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromelloses, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, titanium dioxide
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Solco HealthcareAll 3 strengths
Has lactose · Made by Prinston Pharmaceutical
Product page on solcohealthcare.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White to off-white, round, 6 mm, marked “P / 5”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 43547-280-10 Bottle of 1000 43547-280-11 10 mg White to off-white, round, 7 mm, marked “P / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 43547-281-10 Bottle of 1000 43547-281-11 20 mg White to off-white, round, 9 mm, marked “P / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 43547-282-10 Bottle of 1000 43547-282-11 Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, polydextrose, polyethylene glycol, silicon dioxide, starch, corn, talc, titanium dioxide, triacetin
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Torrent PharmaceuticalsAll 3 strengths
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg White to off-white, round, 6 mm, marked “135 / 5”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 13668-135-30 Bottle of 100 13668-135-01 Bottle of 500 13668-135-05 Bottle of 1000 13668-135-10 Bottle of 4000 13668-135-40 10 mg White to off-white, round, 8 mm, marked “11 / 36 / 10”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 13668-136-30 Bottle of 100 13668-136-01 Bottle of 500 13668-136-05 Bottle of 1000 13668-136-10 Bottle of 3000 13668-136-43 20 mg White to off-white, round, 10 mm, marked “11 / 37 / 20”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 13668-137-30 Bottle of 100 13668-137-01 Bottle of 500 13668-137-05 Bottle of 1000 13668-137-10 Bottle of 2000 13668-137-20 Inactive ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline, silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, povidone, talc, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol 400, titanium dioxide
Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.
What to say at the pharmacy
“Before you fill my Lexapro, 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
Lexapro is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) indicated for the:
- treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older
- treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in adults and pediatric patients 7 years and older
Source: the FDA label for Lexapro (Allergan, Inc.), October 1, 2023. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Lexapro. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Lexapro’s maker.
- Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/lexapro/