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Methylphenidate Hydrochloride

Methylphenidate Hydrochloride · METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mL · Solution · Oral · Cranbury Pharmaceuticals, LLC

NDC 27808-0058-01 · 500 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

9 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The generic price has held steady around $0.0783 per mL over the past year. The brand (Methylin) runs $0.1616 per mL 1.6× more. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.

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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.

  • Pharmacies pay (NADAC)$0.0783per MLinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.0783per MLweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0239 · Aug 1, 2026100% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 10% of drugs with this benchmark

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →

Matched to CMS's representative package for this drug (NDC 71930-0024-52) — 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
$0.1540per unit
middle half $0.1134$0.1954 · 3,748 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $0.1540
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
68%of plans cover it
tier 4 · prior auth 30% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 89%

*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$0.25$0.5$0.75Dec 2017Sep 2026$0.0783
84 price points · per ML · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$70.00
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Cranbury Pharmaceuticals, LLC

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$1.2M
35,798 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)

0.2%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for methylphenidate hydrochloride (other) 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
ANDA091601
TE code
AA
Approval date
Jul 23, 2010
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 Hydrochloride (Solution)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Ascend Laboratories, LLCMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Ascend Laboratories, LLCMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Ascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cranbury Pharmaceuticals, LLCMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cranbury Pharmaceuticals, LLCMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Eywa Pharma IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Eywa Pharma IncMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
KVK-Tech, Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
KVK-Tech, Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Lupin Pharmaceuticals,Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Lupin Pharmaceuticals,Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Quagen Pharmaceuticals LlcMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Quagen Pharmaceuticals LlcMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Shionogi Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 5 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Shionogi Inc.METHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackMETHYLPHENIDATE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Aug 28, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "Methylphenidate Hydrochloride — NDC 27808-0058-01," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/27808005801.

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