How to pay the least
Lowest price
$11.42 for 30 tablets delivered ($6.17 plus $5.25 shipping)
Generic finasteride 5 mg from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail
- 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 finasteride 5 mg. It comes by mail.
Need it today? $14.27 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 cardFor 3 months at a time $25 for a 90-day supply from Rx Outreach, by mail. Ask your prescriber to write it for 90 days.
Open Rx OutreachA regular generic has the same active ingredient as Proscar, 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 Proscar’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Proscar’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.
Authorized genericNot sold
There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Proscar 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 finasteride, lowest first.
Pick up in storeDelivered
- Delivered: Cost Plus Drugs $6.17for 30 tablets5 mgPlus $5.25 shipping
- Delivered: Rx Outreach $12a month5 mg90-day supply: $25Free delivery
- Delivered: Amazon Pharmacy $12.50for 30 tablets5 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
- Pick up in store: Team Cuban Card $14.27for 30 tablets5 mgFree card · Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, Meijer and many local pharmaciesFind a pharmacy that takes it
- Delivered: Optum Perks $15.42for 30 tablets5 mgPlus $5 shipping · Not with insurance
- Pick up in store: CVS Pharmacy + Optum Perks $21.72for 30 tablets5 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
- Pick up in store: Walgreens + Optum Perks $23.22for 30 tablets5 mgFree Optum Perks coupon · not with insuranceFind the nearest store
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 genericWho makes it
6 companies sell a generic of Proscar 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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Ascend Laboratories5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 · Made by Alkem Laboratories
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Blue, round, 7 mm, marked “F5”
Package NDC Carton of 10 67877-288-33 Bottle of 30 67877-288-30 Bottle of 90 67877-288-90 Bottle of 100 67877-288-01 Bottle of 500 67877-288-05 Bottle of 1000 67877-288-10 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol, FD&C Blue No. 2
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Aurobindo Pharma5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2
Product page on aurobindousa.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Blue, round, 8 mm, marked “E / 61”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 65862-149-30 Bottle of 90 65862-149-90 Bottle of 100 65862-149-01 Bottle of 500 65862-149-05 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, starch, corn, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), titanium dioxide, talc, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 2
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Camber Pharmaceuticals5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 · Made by Hetero Labs
Product page on camberpharma.com
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Blue, round, 6 mm, marked “H / 37”
Package NDC Bottle of 100 31722-525-01 Case of 360 31722-525-30 Bottle of 500 31722-525-05 Bottle of 1000 31722-525-10 Case of 1080 31722-525-90 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, cellulose, microcrystalline, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 2, hypromelloses, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Green, oval, 9 mm, marked “R / 172”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 55111-172-30 Bottle of 90 55111-172-90 Bottle of 100 55111-172-01 Carton of 100 55111-172-78 Bottle of 500 55111-172-05 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, cellulose, microcrystalline, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromelloses, titanium dioxide, polyethylene glycol 400, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 2, starch, corn
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Exelan Pharmaceuticals5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 · Made by Hetero Labs
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Blue, round, 10 mm, marked “IG / 412”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 76282-412-30 Bottle of 90 76282-412-90 Bottle of 500 76282-412-05 Bottle of 1000 76282-412-10 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, cellulose, microcrystalline, starch, corn, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate, FD&C Blue No. 2, hypromelloses, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow
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Rising Pharma Holdings5 mg
Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2 · Made by Aurobindo Pharma
How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs
5 mg Blue, round, 8 mm, marked “E / 61”
Package NDC Bottle of 30 57237-062-30 Bottle of 90 57237-062-90 Bottle of 500 57237-062-05 Inactive ingredients: lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate type a potato, starch, corn, docusate sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose 2910 (6 mpa.s), hydroxypropyl cellulose (1600000 wamw), titanium dioxide, talc, ferric oxide yellow, FD&C Blue No. 2
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 Proscar, 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
PROSCAR, is a 5α-reductase inhibitor, indicated for the treatment of symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men with an enlarged prostate to:
- Improve symptoms
- Reduce the risk of acute urinary retention
- Reduce the risk of the need for surgery including transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and prostatectomy.
PROSCAR administered in combination with the alpha-blocker doxazosin is indicated to reduce the risk of symptomatic progression of BPH (a confirmed ≥4 point increase in American Urological Association (AUA) symptom score).
Limitations of Use: PROSCAR is not approved for the prevention of prostate cancer.
Source: the FDA label for Proscar (Organon LLC), March 18, 2026. Full label on DailyMed
Good to know
- A regular generic may look different from Proscar. The FDA requires it to work the same way.
- We didn’t find a savings card from Proscar’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/proscar/