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Lexapro

Escitalopram · ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1 · Tablet, Film Coated · Oral · Allergan, Inc.

NDC 00456-2020-01 · 100 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →

The short version

19 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The brand price has held steady around $16.12 per unit over the past year. Generic versions run $0.0419 per unit376× cheaper. 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)$16.12per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$14.04per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$16.59per unitnegotiated price across 2 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026
  • Federal ceiling (Big4)$11.60per unitAbbvie US LLC · Jan 1, 202672% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 71% of drugs with this benchmark
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.0923per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0528 · Aug 1, 20261% 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
$16.59per unit
middle half $16.58$16.60 · 2 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
$9.95–$12.44
brand drug — est. 25-40% rebate off the price at left
Coverage & restrictions
0%of plans cover it
tier 1 · prior auth 0% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 100%

*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$10.00$20.00Jul 2013Sep 2026$16.12
46 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$483.73
#90 count
$1451.18

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$1.3M
2,087 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

0Low risk

Nothing here is signaling trouble: several manufacturers, no current shortage, no recent serious recalls, stable pricing. In drug supply, boring is the good outcome.

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 escitalopram (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 →

Regulatory

Application
NDA021323
TE code
AB
Approval date
Aug 14, 2002
Patents / exclusivity
0 patents, 3 exclusivities
TypeNumber / codeExpires
exclusivityNPPMay 12, 2026
exclusivityNPPMay 12, 2026
exclusivityNPPMay 12, 2026

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Escitalopram (Tablet, Film Coated)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
A-S Medication SolutionsESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
A-S Medication SolutionsESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
A-S Medication SolutionsESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Northwind Health Company, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Northwind Health Company, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Proficient Rx LPESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Accord Healthcare Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Accord Healthcare Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Accord Healthcare Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Advanced Rx Pharmacy of Tennessee, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Allergan, Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Allergan, Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Allergan, Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
American Health PackagingESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
BluePoint LaboratoriesESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
BluePoint LaboratoriesESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
BluePoint LaboratoriesESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cardinal Health 107, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cardinal Health 107, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cipla USA Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cipla USA Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cipla USA Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Coupler LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Coupler LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Coupler LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Direct_RxESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Direct_RxESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Direct_RxESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Exelan Pharmaceuticals Inc.ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging, LLCESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Major PharmaceuticalsESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Major PharmaceuticalsESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

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