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Methylphenidate

methylphenidate · METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 40 mg/1 · Capsule, Extended Release · Oral · Sandoz Inc

NDC 00781-2364-01 · 100 CAPSULE, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA AUTHORIZED GENERIC · 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 $2.08 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)$2.08per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$9.71per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$4.27per CAPweighted avg manufacturer price $2.4388 · Feb 1, 2020205% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 86% 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$2.00$4.00$6.00Jan 2016Sep 2026$2.08
109 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$62.33
#90 count
$186.98

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$178,070
2,551 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 methylphenidate (oral solid) in the next 90 days

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
NDA021284
TE code
AB1
Approval date
Jun 5, 2002
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 methylphenidate (Capsule, Extended Release)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Sandoz IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Sandoz IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Sandoz IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 30 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Sandoz IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 40 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "Methylphenidate — NDC 00781-2364-01," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/00781236401.

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