How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Lowest posted price

$79 for 60 units

Timoptic in Ocudose from Bausch + Lomb, without insurance.

  1. Sign up for Bausch + Lomb Access Program (copay card). Or call 1-877-494-4372.Activate it on bauschaccess.copaysavingsprogram.com 

Ask for the generic’s price No pharmacy we check posts a cash price for generic timolol. Ask yours, to compare.

Ask about the authorized generic Timoptic in Ocudose itself, without the brand name. Ask your pharmacy for its price; its NDC is on this page.

See its NDC

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameTimoptic in Ocudose
Authorized generictimolol
Regular generictimolol
What you’d pay
Cash price$79for 60 units with the maker’s card
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
Same as the brand?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Timoptic in Ocudose’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

timolol

Sold by
  • Bausch & LombThe company behind Timoptic in Ocudose
NDC to ask for
  • 0.5%solution
    • 82260-496-0511-digit: 82260-0496-0560 containers, 0.3 mL each

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Timoptic in Ocudose, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Bausch & Lomb (NDC 82260-496-05), 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).

Same active and inactive ingredients as Timoptic in Ocudose.

BrandTimoptic in Ocudose
Authorized genericBausch & Lomb
See the ingredients

Active: timolol maleate 0.68%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Dibasic sodium phosphate
  • Monobasic sodium phosphate
  • Water

Regular genericWho makes it

4 companies sell a generic of Timoptic in Ocudose 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.

  • Armas Pharmaceuticals0.68%

    Made by Sentiss Pharmaceuticals

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.68% Light yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 18 mL72485-602-60

    Inactive ingredients: sodium phosphate, monobasic form, sodium phosphate, dibasic form, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

  • Ingenus PharmaceuticalsAll 2 strengths
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.34%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 18 mL50742-287-60

    0.68%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 18 mL50742-288-60

    Inactive ingredients: sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate, sodium phosphate, dibasic dodecahydrate, sodium hydroxide, water, sodium phosphate, dibasic, dodecahydrate

    FDA label

  • Micro Labs0.68%

    Product page on microlabsusa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.68%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 18 mL42571-398-71

    Inactive ingredients: sodium phosphate, dibasic, dodecahydrate, sodium phosphate, monobasic, dihydrate, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

  • Nordic Pharma0.5%

    Sold as Timoptic in Ocudose · Made by The J. Molner

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5%

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 180 mL69918-601-60

    Inactive ingredients: sodium phosphate, monobasic form, sodium phosphate, dibasic form, sodium hydroxide, water

    FDA label

The FDA doesn’t rate Caplin Steriles, Leading Pharma, NorthStar Rx, Pacific Pharma, Rising Pharma Holdings, Sandoz and Somerset Therapeutics’s versions of timolol a substitute for Timoptic in Ocudose, so a pharmacy can’t swap them in without your prescriber’s OK.

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

Preservative-free TIMOPTIC in OCUDOSE is indicated in the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma.

Preservative-free TIMOPTIC in OCUDOSE may be used when a patient is sensitive to the preservative in TIMOPTIC (timolol maleate ophthalmic solution), benzalkonium chloride, or when use of a preservative-free topical medication is advisable.

Source: the FDA label for Timoptic in Ocudose (Bausch & Lomb Incorporated), January 31, 2022. Full label on DailyMed 

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