ProAir HFA vs. its authorized generic and generics

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic albuterol

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic albuterol.Find pharmacies near you
Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as ProAir HFA, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Brand nameProAir HFA

Authorized genericalbuterol

Regular genericalbuterol

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Cash priceAsk the pharmacy

Same as ProAir HFA?

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Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNot sold

ProAir HFA itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.

See the authorized generic →

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as ProAir HFA, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

albuterol

Sold by

Teva PharmaceuticalsThe company behind ProAir HFA

NDC to ask for

90 mcginhaler
- 0093-3174-3111-digit: 00093-3174-31200 puffs per inhaler

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my ProAir HFA, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Teva Pharmaceuticals (NDC 0093-3174-31), and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

ProAir HFA itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

Authorized generic package label from Teva Pharmaceuticals — Authorized genericTeva Pharmaceuticals

See the ingredients

Active: albuterol sulfate 90 mcg

Inactive:

Alcohol
Norflurane

Regular genericWho makes it

4 companies sell a generic of ProAir HFA 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.

Amneal PharmaceuticalsInhalation liquid 90 mcg

Product page on amneal.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

90 mcg White milk like homogenous suspension containing no visible particle lumps and/or foreign matter.

Package NDC
Carton of 200 69238-1291-1

Inactive ingredients: 1,1,1,2-tetrachloro-2-fluoroethane, alcohol
FDA label
Armstrong PharmaceuticalsInhalation liquid 90 mcg

Product page on amphastar.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

90 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 200 17270-0740-0

Inactive ingredients: norflurane, alcohol
FDA label
Lupin PharmaceuticalsInhaler 90 mcg

Product page on lupin.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

90 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 200 68180-963-01

Inactive ingredients: alcohol, norflurane
FDA label
PadagisInhaler 90 mcg

Product page on padagis.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

90 mcg

Package NDC
Carton of 200 45802-088-01

Inactive ingredients: alcohol, norflurane
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 200	69238-1291-1

Package	NDC
Carton of 200	17270-0740-0

Package	NDC
Carton of 200	68180-963-01

Package	NDC
Carton of 200	45802-088-01

The FDA doesn’t rate Cipla, Exelan Pharmaceuticals and Hikma Pharmaceuticals’s versions of albuterol a substitute for ProAir HFA, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

Tightening of the airways (bronchospasm)
Preventing airway tightening during exercise

What the FDA label says

PROAIR HFA Inhalation Aerosol is a beta -adrenergic agonist indicated for: 2

Treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in patients 4 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease. ( ) 1.1
Prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm in patients 4 years of age and older. ( ) 1.2

Source: the FDA label for ProAir HFA (TYA Pharmaceuticals), May 23, 2012. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from ProAir HFA (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Cash prices can differ a lot from one pharmacy to the next, so it can pay to ask two. With insurance, what you pay depends on your plan.
If your pharmacy doesn’t stock it, they can often order it within a day or two.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/proair-hfa/