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dexamethasone sodium phosphate · Injection, Solution

74 marketed package NDCs · 20 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 10 mg/mL · Injection · #25 vials/carton / 1 ml in 1 vial · 4 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #25 vials/carton / 1 ml in 1 vial · 10 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #10 vials/carton / 10 ml in 1 vial · 4 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #25 vials/carton / 5 ml in 1 vial

All formsInjection, Solution (74)Injection (34)Powder (25)Injection, Emulsion (2)Solution/ Drops (1)

The short version

20 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price is down 16% over the past year, to $0.6719 per mL. It is in shortage right now.

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$1.00$2.00May 2013Sep 2026020companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.6719 · middle half $0.4377–$0.6775 · full range $0.2381–$1.29 · 20 products · 20 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per mLⓘ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 dexamethasone sodium phosphate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

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.

Common questions

Is Dexamethasone sodium phosphate in shortage right now?
Yes. FDA currently lists Dexamethasone sodium phosphate in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Dexamethasone sodium phosphate?
38 companies have marketed Dexamethasone sodium phosphate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Dexamethasone sodium phosphate cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.6719 per mL, 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.

Shortage reports for this molecule

  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Preservative Free, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-506-01)Feb 8, 2019
  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-516-10)Feb 8, 2019
  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 67457-420-10)Feb 8, 2019
  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate, Injection, 10 mg/1 mL (NDC 70069-025-10)Feb 8, 2019
  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate, Injection, 4 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-165-01)Feb 8, 2019
  • In shortage now — Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate, Injection, 4 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-165-05)Feb 8, 2019

All marketed products

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