Modafinil cost — generic vs Provigil, country by country

A price reference across the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and direct-import generic supply. The differences are large enough to explain the entire direct-import market.

U.S. brand Provigil, the baseline that defined the market

U.S. retail pharmacy pricing for brand-name Provigil ranged from $25 to $40 per 200mg tablet in the years before generic entry. A thirty-day supply at one tablet per day ran $750 to $1,200 out of pocket. Insurance coverage varied; Provigil was typically a Tier 3 or non-preferred formulary entry with significant co-pays even when covered.

The patent expired in 2012. U.S. generic modafinil through approved pharmacies dropped to $8 to $15 per 200mg tablet at retail. With GoodRx and similar discounts, U.S. generic pricing now sits around $4 to $8 per tablet.

U.K., generic NHS vs private dispensing

NHS-dispensed modafinil is essentially free at point of use for patients with a relevant prescription, capped at the standard NHS prescription charge (currently around £10 per item regardless of pack size). NHS prescriptions for off-label cognitive use are not generally available, the prescription requires an approved indication.

Private prescribing in the U.K. runs £80 to £200 for a 30-tablet pack of generic modafinil through standard pharmacy channels, with online private clinics in the £100 to £150 range. The brand-equivalent Provigil at private dispensing runs higher.

Canada and Australia

Canada, generic modafinil through PBM-covered prescriptions runs in the CAD $2 to $4 per tablet range at retail pharmacies. Provincial drug benefit coverage varies. Australia, PBS-covered modafinil for approved indications carries a co-pay capped at AUD $31 per script for general patients; private prescriptions for off-label use run AUD $3 to $8 per tablet.

Indian generic, the supply source for direct import

Modafinil manufactured by Indian generic producers in GMP-registered facilities ships into the regional Indian market at a per-tablet cost in the $0.10 to $0.30 range. This is the underlying manufacturing economics that makes the global direct-import market viable. The drug substance is chemically identical to the brand-name original; the cost differential is brand premium, marketing overhead, regulatory complexity, and distribution markup, not chemistry.

razumna’s pricing

Razumna ships modafinil on a universal per-tab ladder applied across all 21 SKUs: $4 per tablet at the 10-pack tier, dropping to $1 per tablet at the 5,000-pack tier, with eleven steps in between. A 30-tablet pack is $96 ($3.20 per tablet). A 100-tablet pack is $240 ($2.40 per tablet). The 5,000-pack is $5,000 ($1 per tablet).

Crypto pays 20% less on every tier, auto-applied at checkout. Free shipping over $200. The 20 free trial tablets ship with every order and are not a discount substitute, they’re additive.

What you pay vs what you would have paid

A buyer who would pay $30 per tablet through U.S. retail brand-name dispensing pays $3.20 per tablet at razumna’s 30-pack tier, roughly 90% less. At the 5,000-pack tier with Bitcoin, the per-tablet cost falls to $0.80, roughly 97% less. The chemistry is identical; the price difference is the cost of brand-name pharmacy markup the buyer is opting out of.

Related

For the legality picture that determines what each market pays, see modafinil legality by country. For sourcing and manufacturing background, see razumna sourcing.