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Prednisolone

Prednisolone oral · PREDNISOLONE 15 mg/5mL · Solution · Oral · Chartwell RX, LLC

NDC 62135-0250-37 · 240 mL in 1 BOTTLE · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

Just 3 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price is down 9% over the past year, to $0.5740 per mL. 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)$0.5740per MLinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Medicare Part B pays (ASP+6%)$0.7770per billing unit (5 MG)HCPCS J7510 · Jul 1, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$1.67per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Federal contracts pay (FSS)$287.99per package of 240MLChartwell RX LLC · Sep 24, 2024

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →

Matched to CMS's representative package for this drug (NDC 62135-0250-47) — 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
$0.5896per unit
middle half $0.3524$0.9659 · 5,496 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $0.5896
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
100%of plans cover it
tier 2 · prior auth 31% · 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 10 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$0.25$0.5$0.75Dec 2022Sep 2026$0.574
33 price points · per MLSource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$288.00
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Chartwell RX, LLC

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

Medicare Part B (ASP)

Payment limit per 5 MG
$0.777
HCPCS J7510 · Jul 1, 2026 quarter · typically ASP + 6%

Medicaid spend (2025)

$326,699
11,200 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

10Low risk

Some pressure is visible, but not much — here’s everything the score found to count.

  • 3 active manufacturers+10

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 prednisolone (other) 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
ANDA040323
TE code
AA
Approval date
May 13, 1999
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 Prednisolone oral (Solution)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Chartwell Governmental & Specialty RX, LLC.PREDNISOLONE 15 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Chartwell RX, LLCPREDNISOLONE 15 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Tulex Pharmaceuticals IncPREDNISOLONE 15 mg/5mLJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

Cite this page

DrugDashboards, "Prednisolone — NDC 62135-0250-37," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/62135025037.

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