How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Qutenza

We didn’t find one.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for Qutenza’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Qutenza’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameQutenza
Authorized genericcapsaicin
Regular genericcapsaicin
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone found
Same as Qutenza?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

My QUTENZA Connect Cost Savings Program

Savings card from Averitas Pharma

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $0 a treatment

The card takes up to $5,000 a year off your co-pay.

Print the card (PDF) 

See the offer on qutenza.com

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients may pay as little as $0 for QUTENZA treatment…”

From the maker’s offer on qutenza.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Maker’s card or discount card?

A discount card like GoodRx lowers the pharmacy’s cash price, but for a brand-name drug that price often stays high. Compare it with the maker’s card above. You can usually use one or the other on a fill, not both.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Qutenza itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Qutenza is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

We didn’t find one. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the maker’s savings card is the way to pay less.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

QUTENZA is a TRPV1 channel agonist indicated for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) and neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) of the feet.

Source: the FDA label for Qutenza (Averitas Pharma Inc), July 7, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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