How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Zelsuvmi

No generic is sold yet.

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

Compare every option

Question
Brand nameZelsuvmi
Authorized genericberdazimer
Regular genericberdazimer
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Not soldThere isn’t one
Not soldNone sold yet
Same as Zelsuvmi?
The original
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Brand nameThe maker’s card

ZelsuvmiGO Copay Assistance Program

Savings card from LNHC, Inc. (Pelthos Therapeutics)

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

Sign up on zelsuvmi.com 

Or call 1-888-215-8372. See the offer on zelsuvmi.com

In the maker’s words

“Patients with commercial insurance may be eligible to receive ZELSUVMI for as little as $0…”

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

See the brand name →

Regular genericNot sold

No generic is sold yet. 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

ZELSUVMI™ is a nitric oxide (NO) releasing agent indicated for the topical treatment of molluscum contagiosum (MC) in adults and pediatric patients 1 year of age and older.

Source: the FDA label for Zelsuvmi (LNHC, Inc.), July 8, 2025. Full label on DailyMed 

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