How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Xocova

We didn’t find one.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for Xocova’s cash price, and one or two other pharmacies too.
  2. Xocova’s savings card works only with insurance from a job or one you bought.

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameXocova
Authorized genericensitrelvir
Regular genericensitrelvir
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone found
Same as Xocova?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

XOCOVA Co-Pay Savings Program

Savings card from Shionogi

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

Sign up on xocova.com 

In the maker’s words

“Eligible commercially insured patients may pay $0 co-pay…”

From the maker’s offer on xocova.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 Xocova itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Xocova is the only choice; its maker’s savings card can lower what you pay.

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

We didn’t find one. Generics usually come once the brand’s patents and exclusivity end. Until then, the maker’s savings card is the way to pay less.

See the brand name →

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

XOCOVA, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease (Mpro: also referred to as 3CLpro or nsp5 protease) inhibitor, is indicated for post-exposure prophylaxis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older following contact with an individual who has COVID-19.

Source: the FDA label for Xocova (Shionogi Inc.), June 3, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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