How do you pay?

How to pay the least

From

$27.49 for 30 capsules delivered ($22.24 plus $5.25 shipping)

Generic sertraline from Cost Plus Drugs, by mail. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

  1. 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 
  2. Order generic sertraline. It comes by mail.

Need it today? From $27.59 for 30 capsules with the free Team Cuban Card, at pharmacies that take it. Get the free card and show it there.

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

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Question
Brand nameSertraline
Authorized genericsertraline
Regular genericsertraline
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
From$27.49for 30 capsules at Cost Plus Drugs, with shipping
Same as Sertraline?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

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

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

sertraline

Sold by
  • Alvogen
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 150 mgcapsule
    • 47781-951-3011-digit: 47781-0951-3030 capsules per bottle
  • 200 mgcapsule
    • 47781-962-3011-digit: 47781-0962-3030 capsules per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Sertraline, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Alvogen, 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).

150 mg capsule

Sertraline is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.

Authorized genericAlvogen
See the ingredients

Active: sertraline hydrochloride 150 mg

Inactive:

  • Croscarmellose sodium
  • FD&C Yellow No. 5
  • Gelatin
  • Hydroxypropyl cellulose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Microcrystalline cellulose
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Titanium dioxide

200 mg capsule

Sertraline is sold under its generic name, so there’s no separate brand label to compare. Here’s its label.

Authorized genericAlvogen
See the ingredients

Active: sertraline hydrochloride 200 mg

Inactive:

  • Croscarmellose sodium
  • FD&C Blue No. 1
  • FD&C Yellow No. 5
  • Gelatin
  • Hydroxypropyl cellulose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Microcrystalline cellulose
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Titanium dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic sertraline, lowest first.

Pick up in storeDelivered

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 Sertraline 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 PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

    Has lactose · Has dyes: FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Blue No. 1

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Dark yellow opaque cap and light-yellow body, capsule, 18 mm, marked “SRT / 150mg”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3069238-2789-1

    200 mg Dark green opaque cap and light green body, capsule, 19 mm, marked “SRT / 200mg”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3069238-2791-1

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous lactose, silicon dioxide, gelatin, magnesium stearate, propyl gallate, titanium dioxide, FD&C Yellow No. 5, ammonia, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac, FD&C Blue No. 1

    FDA label

  • ANI PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths

    Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Blue No. 1 · Made by Novitium Pharma

    Product page on anipharmaceuticals.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Yellow and white, capsule, 18 mm, marked “N / 899”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070954-899-10

    200 mg Yellowish green and white, capsule, 19 mm, marked “N / 900”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070954-900-10

    Inactive ingredients: water, titanium dioxide, gelatin, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, shellac, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Blue No. 1

    FDA label

  • Biocon PharmaAll 2 strengths

    Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Yellow No. 6 · Made by Umedica Laboratories

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Yellow and white, capsule, 2 mm

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070377-128-11

    200 mg Yellow and yellow, capsule, 1 mm

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070377-129-11

    Inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycolate type a, hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, gelatin, FD&C Yellow No. 6, D&C Yellow No. 10, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac

    FDA label

  • CiplaAll 2 strengths

    Has dyes: FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Blue No. 1 · Made by Zenara

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Yellow opaque cap with white opaque body imprinted in black, capsule, 2 mm, marked “SER1 / ZN27”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3069097-438-02

    200 mg Yellowish green opaque cap with white opaque body imprinted in black, capsule, 1 mm, marked “SER2 / ZN28”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3069097-451-02

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropylcellulose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, titanium dioxide, gelatin, water, shellac, dehydrated alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, propylene glycol, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, FD&C Yellow No. 5, ammonia, FD&C Blue No. 1

    FDA label

  • Dr. Reddy’s LaboratoriesAll 2 strengths

    Has dyes: FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Blue No. 1 · Made by Appco Pharma

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Yellow and white, capsule, 18 mm, marked “AC / 569”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3075907-310-30

    200 mg Green and white, capsule, 19 mm, marked “AC / 570”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3075907-311-30

    Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, gelatin, hydroxypropyl cellulose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, FD&C Yellow No. 5, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, shellac, FD&C Blue No. 1

    FDA label

  • Zydus LifesciencesAll 2 strengths

    Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Blue No. 1

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    150 mg Cream, capsule, 18 mm, marked “1948”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070710-1948-3

    200 mg Light green, capsule, 19 mm, marked “1949”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 3070710-1949-3

    Inactive ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, silicon dioxide, gelatin, hydroxypropyl cellulose (45000 wamw), magnesium stearate, cellulose, microcrystalline, titanium dioxide, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Red No. 40, shellac, propylene glycol, ferrosoferric oxide, potassium hydroxide, FD&C Blue No. 1

    FDA label

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

What the FDA label says

Sertraline hydrochloride capsules are a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) indicated for the treatment of:

  • Major depressive disorder (MDD) in adults
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adults and pediatric patients 6 years and older

Source: the FDA label for Sertraline (Alvogen, Inc.), August 6, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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