12 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply.The price is down 22% over the past year, to $2.31 per unit.Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.5% of the time — roughly 3× the typical drug (0.1%).
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.
Latest · Jun 2026 — typical price $2.31 · middle half $2.31–$2.31 · full range $2.31–$2.31 · 7 products · 21 companies
middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per unitⓘPrices are for one unit — a single tablet, capsule, vial, or device (NADAC calls this “each”).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 vancomycin hydrochloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
Other molecules FDA puts in Glycopeptide Antibacterial, 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.
Is Vancomycin hydrochloride in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Vancomycin hydrochloride 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 Vancomycin hydrochloride?
50 companies have marketed Vancomycin hydrochloride in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Vancomycin hydrochloride cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $1.41 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.