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Hydrocortisone

hydrocortisone · HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1 · Tablet · Oral · AvPAK

NDC 50268-0405-15 · 50 BLISTER PACK in 1 BOX / 1 TABLET in 1 BLISTER PACK · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

17 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price is down 9% over the past year, to $0.1369 per unit. The brand (Cortef) runs $1.30 per unit 7.2× 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)$0.1369per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$4.35per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$0.1369per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $0.0733 · 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 59651-0413-50) — 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
$0.2029per unit
middle half $0.1662$0.2962 · 5,496 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $0.2029
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
100%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 1 quarter since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$0.1$0.2$0.3Jul 2023Sep 2026$0.1369
39 price points · per EA · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$4.11
#90 count
$12.33

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

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 hydrocortisone (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
ANDA040646
TE code
AB
Approval date
Mar 30, 2007
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 hydrocortisone (Tablet)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Asclemed USA, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
American Health PackagingHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
American Health PackagingHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLCHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLCHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLCHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
AvPAKHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
AvPAKHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
AvPAKHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Chartwell RX, LLCHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Chartwell RX, LLC.HYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Chartwell RX, LLC.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Eywa Pharma IncHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Eywa Pharma IncHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Eywa Pharma IncHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Major PharmaceuticalsHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Patheon Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Patheon Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLCHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLCHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLCHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Solco Healthcare LLCHYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Aug 26, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Solco Healthcare LLCHYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Aug 26, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Solco Healthcare LLCHYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Aug 26, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 5 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 20 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Inc.HYDROCORTISONE 10 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

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