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Potassium Chloride

Potassium Chloride · POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58g · Powder, For Solution · Oral · Advagen Pharma Limited

NDC 72888-0024-07 · 30 POUCH in 1 CARTON / 1.58 g in 1 POUCH · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

15 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price has fallen 44% in a year, to $0.5943 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand (Pokonza) runs $14.43 per unit 24× more. 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)$0.5943per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$0.0412per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$1.67per unitnegotiated price across 3,801 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026

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
$1.67per unit
middle half $1.15$2.30 · 3,801 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $1.67
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
69%of plans cover it
tier 3 · 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 10 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$1.00$2.00$3.00Apr 2023Sep 2026$0.5943
42 price points · per EASource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed
$45.40
Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · AdvaGen Pharma Limited

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$247,328
4,668 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

15Low risk

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

  • price down 42% year over year+15

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 potassium chloride (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 →

Where it's made

Establishments this product's FDA label declares, located via FDA registration data. How we built this →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 1 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier · median tier 3 across plans
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $24.12 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program · Xywav and Xyrem

Regulatory

Application
ANDA214108
TE code
AA
Approval date
Mar 24, 2022
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 Potassium Chloride (Powder, For Solution)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Cardinal Health 107, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gSep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Advagen Pharma LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
American Health PackagingPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.77gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Carwin Pharmaceutical Associates, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE .75 g/.79gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Carwin Pharmaceutical Associates, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.125 g/1.185gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Endo USA, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Epic Pharma, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.77gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Genus Lifesciences Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Guardian Drug CompanyPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.57gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Kesin Pharma CorporationPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Northstar Rx LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Strides Pharma Science LimitedPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Virtus Pharmaceuticals, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.77gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "Potassium Chloride — NDC 72888-0024-07," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/72888002407.

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