How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Xywav

We didn’t find one.

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

Free from the maker, if you qualify JazzCares Patient Assistance Program (XYWAV and XYREM). I understand that to qualify for free medicine under this program, program eligibility criteria must be met, including income verification. Or call 1-866-997-3688.

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Compare every option

Question
Brand nameXywav
Authorized genericcalcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates
Regular genericcalcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone found
Same as Xywav?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

XYWAV Coupon Program (JazzCares)

Savings card from Jazz Pharmaceuticals

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

Sign up on jazzcares.com 

Or call 1-866-539-3946.

In the maker’s words

“Eligible patients can pay as little as $0 for XYWAV for a 30-day fill, subject to monthly and/or annual maximum benefit.”

From the maker’s offer on jazzcares.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 Xywav itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. For now Xywav 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

XYWAV is a central nervous system depressant indicated for the treatment of:

  • Cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy.
  • Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH) in adults.

Source: the FDA label for Xywav (Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), July 1, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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