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Ask for the cash price

Generic testosterone

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic testosterone.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 Vogelxo, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameVogelxo
Authorized generictestosterone
Regular generictestosterone
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Same as Vogelxo?
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 Vogelxo 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 Vogelxo, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

testosterone

Sold by
  • Upsher-Smith LaboratoriesThe company behind Vogelxo
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 12.5 mggel pump
    • 0832-1121-4211-digit: 00832-1121-422 pump bottles of 60 pumps
  • 50 mg/5 ggel
    • 0832-1120-0511-digit: 00832-1120-0530 tubes, 5 g each
    • 0832-1120-3511-digit: 00832-1120-3530 packets, 5 g each

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Vogelxo, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Upsher-Smith 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).

50 mg/5 g gel

Same active and inactive ingredients as Vogelxo.

BrandVogelxo
Authorized genericUpsher-Smith Laboratories
See the ingredients

Active: testosterone 50 mg/5 g

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Alcohol
  • Carbomer copolymer type B
  • Carbomer homopolymer type C
  • Diisopropyl adipate
  • Glycerin
  • Methyl laurate
  • Oleyl alcohol
  • Polyethylene glycol
  • Propylene glycol
  • Tromethamine
  • Water

12.5 mg gel pump

Same active and inactive ingredients as Vogelxo.

BrandVogelxo
Authorized genericUpsher-Smith Laboratories
See the ingredients

Active: testosterone 12.5 mg

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Alcohol
  • Carbomer copolymer type B
  • Carbomer homopolymer type C
  • Diisopropyl adipate
  • Glycerin
  • Methyl laurate
  • Oleyl alcohol
  • Polyethylene glycol
  • Propylene glycol
  • Tromethamine
  • Water

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Vogelxo 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.

  • Actavis Pharma50 mg/5 g
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    50 mg/5 g

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 150 g0591-3524-30

    Inactive ingredients: carbomer 1342, carbomer homopolymer type c, alcohol, glycerin, pentadecalactone, polyethylene glycol 1000, propylene glycol, water, tromethamine

    FDA label

The FDA doesn’t rate Encube Ethicals and Strides Pharma Science’s versions of testosterone a substitute for Vogelxo, 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

Vogelxo is an androgen indicated for testosterone replacement therapy in males for conditions associated with a deficiency or absence of endogenous testosterone:

  • Primary hypogonadism (congenital or acquired).
  • Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (congenital or acquired).

Limitations of Use:

  • Safety and efficacy of Vogelxo in men with age-related hypogonadism have not been established
  • Safety and efficacy of Vogelxo in males less than 18 years old have not been established
  • Topical testosterone products may have different doses, strengths, or application instructions that may result in different systemic exposure

Source: the FDA label for Vogelxo (Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC), July 14, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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