Somatuline Depot

Generic name: lanreotide

Used for: Acromegaly (too much growth hormone) · Neuroendocrine tumors of the gut or pancreas (GEP-NETs) · Carcinoid syndrome · 2 more

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic lanreotide

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic lanreotide.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. 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 Somatuline Depot, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameSomatuline Depot
Authorized genericlanreotide
Regular genericlanreotide
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as Somatuline Depot?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Somatuline Depot Copay Assistance Program (IPSEN CARES)

Savings card from Ipsen

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

Sign up on ipsencares.com 

In the maker’s words

“If you have been prescribed Somatuline Depot and you have commercial (private) insurance, you may be eligible to receive copay assistance and pay as little as $0 per prescription for Somatuline Depot.”

From the maker’s offer on ipsencares.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 Somatuline Depot 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 genericThe maker’s savings program

Cipla runs its own savings program for its generic of Somatuline Depot. It works only with that maker’s version, and pharmacies fill whichever generic they stock, so ask for Cipla’s generic by name.

Cipla Lanreotide Copay Program

Savings card from Cipla

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

Sign up on ciplalanreotide.com 

Or call 1-877-331-7668.

In the maker’s words

“If you have private or commercial prescription insurance, you may be eligible to receive Lanreotide Injection (120mg/0.5ml) for as little as $0 per month, subject to monthly and annual limits.”

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

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Somatuline Depot 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.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

  • Amneal Pharmaceuticals120 mg/0.5 mL
    Packages and NDCs

    120 mg/0.5 mL

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 0.5 mL70121-2517-5

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 Somatuline Depot, 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

SOMATULINE DEPOT is a somatostatin analog indicated for:

  • the long-term treatment of acromegalic patients who have had an inadequate response to or cannot be treated with surgery and/or radiotherapy.
  • the treatment of adult patients with unresectable, well- or moderately-differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) to improve progression-free survival.
  • the treatment of adults with carcinoid syndrome; when used, it reduces the frequency of short-acting somatostatin analog rescue therapy.

Source: the FDA label for Somatuline Depot (Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.), October 11, 2024. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices checked November 2, 2026. Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/somatuline-depot/