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hydrocodone bitartrate · Capsule, Extended Release

6 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer

Most dispensed: 15 mg · Capsule, Extended Release · #60 capsule, extended releases/bottle · 20 mg · Capsule, Extended Release · #60 capsule, extended releases/bottle · 30 mg · Capsule, Extended Release · #60 capsule, extended releases/bottle · 10 mg · Capsule, Extended Release · #60 capsule, extended releases/bottle

All formsPowder (31)Tablet, Extended Release (13)Capsule, Extended Release (6)

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price is up 24% over the past year, to $7.96 per unit.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug

Every company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.

$0$5.00$10.00Sep 2020Sep 202601companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $7.96 · middle half $7.96–$7.96 · full range $7.96–$7.96 · 1 products · 1 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per unitⓘSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
  • CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method

Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

What changed in the last 90 days

Every detected change for hydrocodone bitartrate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • Hysingla ERAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $36.30359 → $36.27897 per unit (-0.07%)
  • Hysingla ERAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $26.19591 → $26.19048 per unit (-0.02%)
  • Hysingla ERAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $19.3825 → $19.38903 per unit (+0.03%)
  • Hysingla ERAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $13.30135 → $13.30205 per unit (+0.01%)
  • Hysingla ERJul 22, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $26.18828 → $26.19591 per unit (+0.03%)
  • Hysingla ERJul 22, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $36.22279 → $36.30359 per unit (+0.22%)
  • Hysingla ERJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $19.3928 → $19.3825 per unit (-0.05%)
  • Hysingla ERJul 22, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $13.27955 → $13.30135 per unit (+0.16%)
  • Hydrocodone BitartrateJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $7.9695 → $7.96244 per unit (-0.09%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Opioid Agonist, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.

Common questions

Is Hydrocodone bitartrate in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Hydrocodone bitartrate in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
Who makes Hydrocodone bitartrate?
13 companies have marketed Hydrocodone bitartrate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Hydrocodone bitartrate cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $19.39 per unit, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.

All marketed products

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