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Tice Bcg

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin · BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN SUBSTRAIN TICE LIVE ANTIGEN 50 mg/50mL · Powder, For Suspension · Intravesical · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

NDC 00052-0602-02 · 1 VIAL in 1 CARTON / 50 mL in 1 VIAL · BLA · View full market →

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has held steady around $182.30 per unit over the past year. Put together: worth watching — several of the pressures that precede supply trouble are present at once.

The numbers behind every sentence are on this page below — and the Watch button emails you when any of them move.

One drug, every price

The same NDC has different prices depending on who is paying. Units differ between rungs — compare within a rung over time, not rung against rung, unless the units match.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC (pharmacy acquisition, weekly)
  • CMS Part B ASP quarterly payment limits
  • CMS Maximum Fair Prices (IRA negotiated, NDC-level)
  • Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov, name-matched)
  • VA FSS / Big4 federal contract prices (va.gov, twice monthly)
  • ACA Federal Upper Limits + weighted AMP (data.medicaid.gov, monthly)
  • California SB-17 WAC filings (list price, per package)
Method

Each rung is the newest figure for this NDC from one federal price system, shown with its own unit. Part D is matched by drug name because CMS publishes no NDCs there; it is gross spending, before confidential rebates.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

  • Pharmacies pay (NADAC)$182.30per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Mar 28, 2026
  • Medicare Part B pays (ASP+6%)$3.38per billing unit (1 MG)HCPCS J9030 · Jul 1, 2026
  • Federal ceiling (Big4)$105.14per package of 2MLMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Jan 1, 2026
  • List price (WAC, as filed)$189.25per packageMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Mar 28, 2026

Medicare Part D

No Medicare Part D plan in CMS's quarterly files lists this product. That usually means it is discontinued, a repackager's listing, or a product no plan has added to its formulary.

How Part D pricing works →

NADAC price per unit

$0$100.00$200.00Feb 2020Sep 2026$182.30
8 price points · per EA · held since Invalid DateSource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$181.97
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Manufacturer list price as filed — not what pharmacies actually pay after discounts.

Medicare Part B (ASP)

Payment limit per 1 MG
$3.376
HCPCS J9030 · Jul 1, 2026 quarter · typically ASP + 6%

Medicaid spend (2025)

$654,804
8,963 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

30Elevated risk

The score is counting real pressure here. One of these alone is routine; it’s the combination that makes this market worth watching.

  • 1 active manufacturer+30

The score counts pressure that is already visible — fewer makers, shortages, recalls, falling prices. 0 means none of it; 100 means all of it at once. Recomputed daily · as of Sep 3, 2026

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for bacillus calmette-guerin (other) in the next 90 days

price up 6% YoY

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.

Backtested statistical model over the whole market, not this package alone. Model details →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 1 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program

Regulatory

Application
BLA102821
TE code
Approval date
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (Powder, For Suspension)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCBACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN SUBSTRAIN TICE LIVE ANTIGEN 50 mg/50mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 2026.

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DrugDashboards, "Tice Bcg — NDC 00052-0602-02," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00052060202.

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