How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic nisoldipine ER

Only Costco posts a price for nisoldipine ER, 30 tablets, and it’s for members.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic nisoldipine ER.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.

With a membership From $247.90 for 30 tablets at Costco ($65 a year).

See Costco’s price list 

Has to be Sular? With Optum Perks’ free coupon, Walgreens lists it for $982 for 30 tablets without insurance.

Get the free Optum Perks coupon 

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameSular
Authorized genericnisoldipine
Regular genericnisoldipine
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Sular
Cash priceMembers only$247.90 for 30 tablets at Costco
Same as Sular?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameWith a free discount coupon

Optum Perks, Optum’s free discount coupon, lists these prices for Sular without insurance. Show the coupon from its page at the pharmacy; it can’t be used with insurance.

From Optum Perks, read November 2, 2026, with no location set. Its page opens on this dose; other doses and pharmacies near you are priced there too. With insurance, check your co-pay first: it may be lower.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

nisoldipine

Sold by
  • Prasco Laboratories
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 8.5 mgextended-release tablet
    • 66993-472-0211-digit: 66993-0472-02100 tablets per bottle
  • 17 mgextended-release tablet
    • 66993-473-0211-digit: 66993-0473-02100 tablets per bottle
  • 34 mgextended-release tablet
    • 66993-475-0211-digit: 66993-0475-02100 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

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

8.5 mg extended-release tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Sular.

BrandSular
Authorized genericPrasco Laboratories
See the ingredients

Active: nisoldipine 8.5 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Carnauba wax
  • Ferric oxide red
  • Glyceryl dibehenate
  • Hypromellose phthalate
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer
  • Polydextrose
  • Polyethylene glycol
  • Povidone
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Sodium lauryl sulfate
  • Titanium dioxide

17 mg extended-release tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Sular.

BrandSular
Authorized genericPrasco Laboratories
See the ingredients

Active: nisoldipine 17 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Carnauba wax
  • FD&C Yellow No. 5
  • Ferric oxide red
  • Glyceryl dibehenate
  • Hypromellose phthalate
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer
  • Polydextrose
  • Polyethylene glycol
  • Povidone
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Sodium lauryl sulfate
  • Titanium dioxide

34 mg extended-release tablet

Same active and inactive ingredients as Sular.

BrandSular
Authorized genericPrasco Laboratories
See the ingredients

Active: nisoldipine 34 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Carnauba wax
  • Ferric oxide red
  • Glyceryl dibehenate
  • Hypromellose phthalate
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Methacrylic acid - methyl methacrylate copolymer
  • Polydextrose
  • Polyethylene glycol
  • Povidone
  • Silicon dioxide
  • Sodium lauryl sulfate
  • Titanium dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic nisoldipine, 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

One company sells a generic of Sular 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.

  • Avet Pharmaceuticals8.5 mg

    Has lactose · Has a dye: FD&C Blue No. 2--aluminum lake · Made by Amta Labs

    Product page on avetpharma.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    8.5 mg Yellow, round, 8 mm, marked “A / 133”

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 10023155-976-01

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, hypromellose, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate, FD&C Blue No. 2--aluminum lake, glyceryl mono- and dicaprylocaprate, polyvinyl alcohol graft polyethylene glycol copolymer (3:1; 45000 mw), polyvinyl alcohol, talc, titanium dioxide, ferric oxide yellow

    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

SULAR is indicated for the treatment of hypertension. It may be used alone or in combination with other anti-hypertensive agents.

Source: the FDA label for Sular (Covis Pharma US, Inc), March 12, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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