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Potassium Citrate

potassium citrate · POTASSIUM CITRATE 5 meq/1 · Tablet · Oral · Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC

NDC 00245-0070-11 · 100 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →

The short version

4 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The brand price has held steady around $0.1336 per unit over the past year. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.

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)$0.1336per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$0.6062per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.1500per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0857 · Aug 1, 2026112% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 67% of drugs with this benchmark

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$0.5$1.00Nov 2013Sep 2026$0.1336
143 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$4.01
#90 count
$12.02

Estimates: latest NADAC unit price × quantity. Pharmacy acquisition cost only — excludes dispensing fees, markup, and insurance terms.

Medicaid spend (2025)

$1,275
58 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

5Low risk

Some pressure is visible, but not much — here’s everything the score found to count.

  • 4 active manufacturers+5

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 potassium citrate (oral solid) in the next 90 days

sole-source market · price up 1% 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 →

Where it's made

Establishments this product's FDA label declares, located via FDA registration data. How we built this →

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 · avg $94.21 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program · Xywav and Xyrem

Regulatory

Application
NDA019071
TE code
AB
Approval date
Aug 30, 1985
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 potassium citrate (Tablet)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Bryant Ranch PrepackPOTASSIUM CITRATE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Biocomp Pharma, Inc.POTASSIUM CITRATE 15 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Biocomp Pharma, Inc.POTASSIUM CITRATE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackPOTASSIUM CITRATE 15 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackPOTASSIUM CITRATE 5 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.POTASSIUM CITRATE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.POTASSIUM CITRATE 15 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.POTASSIUM CITRATE 5 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCPOTASSIUM CITRATE 5 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCPOTASSIUM CITRATE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

Cite this page

DrugDashboards, "Potassium Citrate — NDC 00245-0070-11," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00245007011.

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