How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest price

$11 for 30 tablets

Generic finasteride 1 mg from Rx Outreach, by mail

  1. Make a free account on rxoutreach.org. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription there, or Rx Outreach can transfer it.Open Rx Outreach 
  2. Order generic finasteride 1 mg. It comes by mail.

Need it today? $13.72 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 

For 3 months at a time $20 for 90 tablets from Rx Outreach, by mail. Ask your prescriber to write it for 90 days.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand namePropecia
Authorized genericfinasteride
Regular genericfinasteride
What you’d pay
At least$110for 30 tablets; pharmacies pay this
Not soldThere isn’t one
Lowest$11for 30 tablets at Rx Outreach
Same as Propecia?
The original
–
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Coverage: Medicare drug plans don’t cover drugs for hair loss. Many other plans don’t either.

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Propecia’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Propecia’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Propecia 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 finasteride, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

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

5 companies sell a generic of Propecia 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.

  • Ascend Laboratories1 mg

    Has lactose · Made by Alkem Laboratories

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1 mg REDDISH BROWN, round, 7 mm, marked “F1”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3067877-455-30
    Carton of 3067877-455-94
    Bottle of 9067877-455-90
    Bottle of 50067877-455-05

    Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, magnesium stearate, lauroyl peg-32 glycerides, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 6000, ferric oxide red, ferric oxide yellow

    FDA label

  • Aurobindo Pharma1 mg

    Has lactose

    Product page on aurobindousa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1 mg White, octagon (8 sided), 7 mm, marked “J / 81”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3065862-927-30
    Bottle of 9065862-927-90
    Bottle of 100065862-927-99

    Inactive ingredients: docusate sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

  • Burel Pharmaceuticals1 mg

    Has lactose · Made by Aurobindo Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1 mg White, octagon (8 sided), 7 mm, marked “J / 81”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 100035573-400-99

    Inactive ingredients: docusate sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

  • Camber Pharmaceuticals1 mg

    Made by Hetero Labs

    Product page on camberpharma.com

    Packages and NDCs

    1 mg

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3031722-526-30
    Bottle of 9031722-526-90
    Bottle of 100031722-526-10
  • Rising Pharma Holdings1 mg

    Has lactose · Made by Aurobindo Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    1 mg White, octagon (8 sided), 7 mm, marked “J / 81”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3057237-061-30
    Bottle of 9057237-061-90

    Inactive ingredients: docusate sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, talc, titanium dioxide

    FDA label

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 Propecia, 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
  • PROPECIA is a 5α-reductase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) in MEN ONLY.
  • PROPECIA is not indicated for use in women.

Source: the FDA label for Propecia (Organon LLC), October 14, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

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