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Klor-Con

potassium chloride · POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1 · Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release · Oral · Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC

NDC 00245-5315-11 · 100 TABLET, FILM COATED, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →

The short version

22 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The brand price has fallen 43% in a year, to $0.1181 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. 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)$0.1181per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$2.55per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$0.4161per unitnegotiated price across 5,169 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.1123per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0642 · Aug 1, 202695% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 95% of drugs with this benchmark

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan Formulary & Pricing files (SPUF)
Method

Negotiated 30-day point-of-sale unit prices and formulary terms aggregated across every unsuppressed Part D and MA-PD plan for the quarter shown. Point of sale means gross of confidential rebates. CMS publishes one representative NDC per drug concept (RxCUI) rather than every package, so these figures come from CMS's representative package for the same drug — matched on generic name, strength, and dosage form. Estimated from MedPAC's program-wide rebate aggregates (June 2023: DIR = 29% of gross Part D spending; brand rebates ≈ 25–40% of gross, generics minimal). Actual rebates are confidential and vary widely by drug — this is a range, not a fact about this drug.

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

Plans pay at point of sale
$0.4161per unit
middle half $0.2016$0.4293 · 5,169 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
$0.2497–$0.3121
brand drug — est. 25-40% rebate off the price at left
Coverage & restrictions
94%of plans cover it
tier 2 · prior auth 0% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 0%

*No drug-level rebate is public — the estimate applies MedPAC's program-wide brand rebate range to this drug's gross price. Tracked here for 10 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$0.2$0.4$0.6Jul 2019Sep 2026$0.1181
16 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$3.54
#90 count
$10.63

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$11,020
590 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

25Elevated risk

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

  • price down 43% year over year+15
  • manufacturer plans to discontinue+10

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 chloride (oral solid) in the next 90 days

OAI inspection at a producing facility (24 months) · sole-source market

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 · median tier 2 across plans
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $161.97 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program · Xywav and Xyrem

Regulatory

Application
NDA019123
TE code
AB2
Approval date
Apr 17, 1986
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 600 mg (NDC 0245-5315-01)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 600 mg (NDC 0245-5315-11)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 600 mg (NDC 0245-5315-15)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 750 mg (NDC 0245-5316-01)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 750 mg (NDC 0245-5316-11)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Klor-Con, Tablet, Extended Release, 750 mg (NDC 0245-5316-15)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Potassium Chloride, Tablet, Extended Release, 600 mg (NDC 0832-5322-10)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Potassium Chloride, Tablet, Extended Release, 600 mg (NDC 0832-5322-11)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Potassium Chloride, Tablet, Extended Release, 750 mg (NDC 0832-5323-10)Jul 23, 2025
  • Planned discontinuation Potassium Chloride, Tablet, Extended Release, 750 mg (NDC 0832-5323-11)Jul 23, 2025

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of potassium chloride (Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
A-S Medication SolutionsPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
A-S Medication SolutionsPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Advagen Pharma LtdPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Advagen Pharma LtdPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1125 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Advagen Pharma LtdPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
American Health PackagingPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
AvKAREPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
BluePoint LaboratoriesPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Coupler LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Aug 26, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Epic Pharma, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Epic Pharma, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Macleods Pharmaceuticals LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Macleods Pharmaceuticals LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Major PharmaceuticalsPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 8 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 10 meq/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
NCS HealthCare of KY, LLC dba Vangard LabsPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
NCS HealthCare of KY, LLC dba Vangard LabsPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Proficient Rx LPPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Remedyrepack Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Slate Run Pharmaceuticals, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 600 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Slate Run Pharmaceuticals, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
St. Mary's Medical Park PharmacyPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Northwind Health Company, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026
Slate Run Pharmaceuticals, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 750 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "Klor-Con — NDC 00245-5315-11," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00245531511.

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