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Sodium Chloride

sodium chloride · SODIUM CHLORIDE 900 mg/100mL · Irrigant · Irrigation · Baxter Healthcare Corporation

NDC 00338-0048-03 · 18 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON / 500 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC · NDA · View full market →

The short version

4 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. One of its named manufacturing plants, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, failed FDA inspectionwithin the last two years — the agency’s most serious outcome.

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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.

  • Part D plans paid (avg)$0.1274per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Federal contracts pay (FSS)$33.12per package of 18X500MLBaxter Healthcare Corporation · Sep 17, 2025

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →

Matched to CMS's representative package for this drug (NDC 00338-0048-04) — same generic, strength, and dosage form. CMS prices one NDC per drug concept, not every package.

ⓘ 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
$0.0100per unit
middle half $0.0080$0.0173 · 5,114 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
$0.0060–$0.0075
brand drug — est. 25-40% rebate off the price at left
Coverage & restrictions
93%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$0.002$0.004Jun 2013Feb 2014$0.0035
2 price points · per · last surveyed Invalid DateSource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$4.40
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Baxter Healthcare Corporation

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$100,954
4,855 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

Not scored — fragility is computed for NADAC-priced NDCs.

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.2%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for sodium chloride (other) in the next 90 days

OAI inspection at a producing facility (24 months) · sole-source market · 1 Class I/II recall(s) in 12 months

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 →

Regulatory

Application
NDA017427
TE code
AT
Approval date
Jan 1, 1982
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

  • Class II · TerminatedFeb 5, 2016
    Baxter Healthcare Corp.PRESENCE OF PARTICULATE MATTER: Product complaint for the presence of particulate matter identified as an insect.
  • Class II · TerminatedApr 21, 2014
    Baxter Healthcare Corp.Presence of Particulate Matter: Nylon fibers found in a bottle of 0.9% sodium chloride for irrigation.

Manufacturers of sodium chloride (Irrigant)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
B. Braun Medical Inc.SODIUM CHLORIDE .9 g/100mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Baxter Healthcare CorporationSODIUM CHLORIDE 9 g/1000mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Baxter Healthcare CorporationSODIUM CHLORIDE 900 mg/100mLJul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026
ICU Medical Inc.SODIUM CHLORIDE 900 mg/100mLJul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026
Baxter Healthcare CompanySODIUM CHLORIDE 900 mg/100mLJul 15, 2026Aug 28, 2026

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

Cite this page

DrugDashboards, "Sodium Chloride — NDC 00338-0048-03," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00338004803.

Free to cite with attribution — see how the data is put together.