The short version
11 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price is down 27% over the past year, to $0.2329 per gram.
Market view
desonide · Cream
25 marketed package NDCs · 11 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: .5 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube · .5 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 15 g in 1 tube · .5 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 15 g in 1 tube · .5 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery 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.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.2329 · middle half $0.1996–$0.3025 · full range $0.1925–$0.3025 · 12 products · 11 companies
ⓘ 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 desonide, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.27202 → $0.26725 per unit (-1.75%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.3854 → $0.40985 per unit (+6.34%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.19255 → $0.1996 per unit (+3.66%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.26613 → $0.30247 per unit (+13.65%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.19255 → $0.1996 per unit (+3.66%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.26613 → $0.30247 per unit (+13.65%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.52223 → $0.54735 per unit (+4.81%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.53626 → $0.53465 per unit (-0.3%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.27202 → $0.26725 per unit (-1.75%)
- DesonideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.3854 → $0.40985 per unit (+6.34%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Corticosteroid, 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.
- triamcinolone hexacetonide· in shortage
- methylprednisolone acetate· in shortage
- methylprednisolone· in shortage
- dexamethasone sodium phosphate· in shortage
- dexamethasone· in shortage
- 1.85% hydrocortisone acetate - 1.15% pramoxine hci cream· 1 maker
- 1% hydrocortisone anti-itch· 1 maker
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Common questions
- Is Desonide in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Desonide 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 Desonide?
- 19 companies have marketed Desonide in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Desonide cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.3025 per gram, 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
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.