Generic name: doxycycline
Used for: Rosacea bumps and pimples (papules and pustules)
Ask for the cash price
Generic doxycycline
No pharmacy we check posts a price for doxycycline 40 mg, 30 capsules. Pharmacies pay about $145 for 30 capsules; cash prices are higher. Ask two or three.
A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Oracea, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.
Details for each option
Oracea’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.
Savings card from Galderma
Or call 1-855-636-5884.
“ORACEA® 30 count $0 N/A (doxycycline, USP) 40 mg…”
From the maker’s offer on galdermacc.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.
The same medicine as Oracea, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.
doxycycline
Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026
“Before you fill my Oracea, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Mayne Pharma (NDC 68308-668-30), and for a regular generic?”
Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.
Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).
Same active ingredient. A few inactive ingredients are listed differently (below). Ask your pharmacist if that matters for you, for example with an allergy.
Active: doxycycline 40 mg
Inactive, on both labels:
Only on Oracea’s label: Acetyl triethylhexyl citrate, Polysorbate 80
Only on the authorized generic’s label: Triethyl citrate
6 companies sell a generic of Oracea 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.
Lupin Co-pay Savings Card: Doxycycline Capsules 40 mg (generic Oracea)
With commercial insurance as little as $0
“A commercially insured patient with plan coverage for doxycycline may pay as little as $0.”
40 mg Beige, capsule, 18 mm, marked “LU / D09”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 70748-308-06 |
Inactive ingredients: gelatin, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, hypromellose, methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate copolymer, sodium lauryl sulfate, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, shellac, propylene glycol
40 mg White opaque colored cap and body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “DOX / 40”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 43598-457-30 |
Inactive ingredients: gelatin, hypromellose, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, ferrosoferric oxide, methacrylic acid - ethyl acrylate copolymer (4500 mpa.s), polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, potassium hydroxide, shellac, sucrose, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate
40 mg Flesh-colored opaque cap and colorless transparent body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “30 / 10”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 11788-134-30 |
Inactive ingredients: ferrosoferric oxide, gelatin, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), hypromellose 2910 (5 mpa.s), ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, methacrylic acid and ethyl acrylate copolymer, polyethylene glycol 400, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate, potassium hydroxide, shellac, sucrose, starch, corn
Has a dye: FD&C Red No. 40
40 mg Beige opaque cap, beige opaque body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “H1”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 62332-785-30 |
Inactive ingredients: hypromellose, talc, polysorbate 80, methacrylic acid - ethyl acrylate copolymer (1:1) type a, triethyl citrate, FD&C Red No. 40, ferrosoferric oxide, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, titanium dioxide, gelatin, shellac, potassium hydroxide, sucrose, starch, corn
40 mg
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 60505-4775-3 |
Made by Prinston Pharmaceutical
Product page on solcohealthcare.com
40 mg Light yellow opaque cap and white opaque body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “59 / 40mg”
| Package | NDC |
|---|---|
| Bottle of 30 | 43547-590-03 |
Inactive ingredients: ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow, ferrosoferric oxide, gelatin, hypromellose, methacrylic acid, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac, talc, titanium dioxide, triethyl citrate
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.
ORACEA is a tetracycline-class drug indicated for the treatment of only inflammatory lesions (papules and pustules) of rosacea in adult patients.
Limitations of Use This formulation of doxycycline has not been evaluated in the treatment or prevention of infections. Do not use ORACEA for treating bacterial infections, providing antibacterial prophylaxis, or reducing the numbers or eliminating microorganisms associated with any bacterial disease. ORACEA has not been evaluated for the treatment of the erythematous, telangiectatic, or ocular components of rosacea.
Source: the FDA label for Oracea (Galderma Laboratories, L.P.), April 16, 2025. Full label on DailyMed
Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/oracea/