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zaleplon

zaleplon · ZALEPLON 5 mg/1 · Capsule · Oral · Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc.

NDC 29300-0131-01 · 100 CAPSULE 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 price has held steady around $0.1444 per unit over the past year. 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)$0.1444per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$0.5191per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$0.2842per unitnegotiated price across 4,212 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.1552per CAPweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0887 · Aug 1, 2026107% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 62% 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
$0.2842per unit
middle half $0.2212$0.5191 · 4,212 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $0.2842
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
77%of plans cover it
tier 3 · prior auth 21% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 96%

*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$0.4Nov 2013Sep 2026$0.1444
155 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$4.33
#90 count
$13.00

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$46,509
4,068 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 zaleplon (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
ANDA078989
TE code
AB
Approval date
Jun 6, 2008
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 zaleplon (Capsule)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
A-S Medication SolutionsZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bionpharma Inc.ZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bionpharma Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.ZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc.ZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc.ZALEPLON 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Unichem Pharmaceuticals (USA), Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.ZALEPLON 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "zaleplon — NDC 29300-0131-01," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/29300013101.

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