Xanax XR

Generic name: alprazolam

Used for: Panic disorder

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

From

$21.07 for 30 tablets

Generic alprazolam XR at Walgreens with the free Optum Perks coupon. Pick the strength on your label above for its own price.

  1. Get the free Optum Perks coupon from its page. There’s nothing to sign up for.Get the free Optum Perks coupon 
  2. Ask your prescriber to send the prescription to your nearest Walgreens. Or ask the store’s pharmacy to transfer it from your pharmacy.Find the nearest store 
  3. Show the coupon and ask for generic alprazolam XR. It can’t be used with insurance.

With a membership From $13.40 for 30 tablets from Amazon Pharmacy, by mail ($139 a year).

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameXanax XR
Authorized genericalprazolam
Regular genericalprazolam
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually among the lowest
From$21.07for 30 tablets at Walgreens + Optum PerksWith a membership: $13.40 at Amazon Pharmacy
Same as Xanax XR?
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 Xanax XR’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Xanax XR’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

alprazolam

Sold by
  • Mylan Pharmaceuticals
Your strength
NDC to ask for
  • 0.5 mgextended-release tablet
    • 59762-0057-111-digit: 59762-0057-0160 tablets per bottle
  • 1 mgextended-release tablet
    • 59762-0059-111-digit: 59762-0059-0160 tablets per bottle
  • 2 mgextended-release tablet
    • 59762-0066-111-digit: 59762-0066-0160 tablets per bottle
  • 3 mgextended-release tablet
    • 59762-0068-111-digit: 59762-0068-0160 tablets per bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Xanax XR, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Mylan Pharmaceuticals, 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).

0.5 mg extended-release tablet

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

Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: alprazolam 0.5 mg

Inactive:

  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Silicon dioxide

1 mg extended-release tablet

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

Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: alprazolam 1 mg

Inactive:

  • D&C Yellow No. 10
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Silicon dioxide

2 mg extended-release tablet

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

Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: alprazolam 2 mg

Inactive:

  • FD&C Blue No. 2
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Silicon dioxide

3 mg extended-release tablet

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

Authorized genericMylan Pharmaceuticals
See the ingredients

Active: alprazolam 3 mg

Inactive:

  • D&C Yellow No. 10
  • FD&C Blue No. 2
  • Hypromellose
  • Lactose
  • Magnesium stearate
  • Silicon dioxide

Regular genericWhere to buy it

Pharmacies’ own cash prices for generic alprazolam, 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 Xanax XR 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.

  • Aurobindo PharmaAll 2 strengths

    Has lactose · Has dyes: D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 2

    Product page on aurobindousa.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.5 mg White to Off-white, round, 9 mm, marked “X / 70”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6065862-454-60
    Bottle of 100065862-454-99
    Bottle of 700065862-454-71

    1 mg Yellow, round, 9 mm, marked “X / 73”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6065862-455-60
    Bottle of 100065862-455-99
    Bottle of 700065862-455-71

    2 mg Blue, round, 9 mm, marked “X / 74”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6065862-456-60
    Bottle of 100065862-456-99
    Bottle of 700065862-456-71

    3 mg Green, round, 9 mm, marked “X / 75”

    PackageNDC
    Bottle of 6065862-457-60
    Bottle of 100065862-457-99
    Bottle of 700065862-457-71

    Inactive ingredients: silicon dioxide, hypromellose 2208 (4000 mpa.s), hypromellose 2208 (100 mpa.s), lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, D&C Yellow No. 10, FD&C Blue No. 2

    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

XANAX XR is a benzodiazepine indicated for the treatment of panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, in adults.

Source: the FDA label for Xanax XR (Viatris Specialty LLC), April 12, 2023. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

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