The short version
19 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $0.1540 per mL over the past year. It is in shortage right now — FDA lists the reason as “other”.
Market view
sodium bicarbonate · Injection, Solution
43 marketed package NDCs · 19 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 84 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #25 vials/carton / 50 ml in 1 vial · 650 mg · Tablet · #1000 tablets/bottle · 84 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #25 vial, single-doses/tray / 50 ml in 1 vial, single-dose · 84 mg/mL · Injection, Solution · #20 vials/carton / 50 ml in 1 vial
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 $0.154 · middle half $0.154–$0.154 · full range $0.1535–$0.154 · 11 products · 19 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 sodium bicarbonate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Arm and Hammer Baking SodaSep 2, 2026Mfr exitedChurch & Dwight Co., Inc. · sodium bicarbonate
- Sodium BicarbonateAug 28, 2026Mfr enteredVitamex USA, Corp · sodium bicarbonate
- sodium bicarbonateAug 28, 2026Mfr enteredBaxter Healthcare Corporation · sodium bicarbonate
- Sodium BicarbonateAug 28, 2026New productVitamex USA, Corp
- sodium bicarbonateAug 28, 2026New productBaxter Healthcare Corporation
- Sodium BicarbonateAug 27, 2026New productExela Pharma Sciences, LLC
- Arm and Hammer Baking SodaAug 26, 2026Mfr enteredChurch & Dwight Co., Inc. · sodium bicarbonate
- Arm and Hammer Baking SodaAug 26, 2026Product updatedosage form: POWDER, FOR SOLUTION → POWDER
- Arm and Hammer Baking SodaAug 26, 2026Product updatedosage form: POWDER, FOR SOLUTION → POWDER
- Arm and Hammer Baking SodaAug 26, 2026Product updatedosage form: POWDER, FOR SOLUTION → POWDER
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Osmotic Laxative, 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.
- sodium acetate· in shortage
- .beta.-carotene, ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, levomefolate calcium, calcium formate, ferrous asparto glycinate, cyanocobalamin, biotin, potassium iodide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and cupric oxide· 1 maker
- 0.9% sodium chloride· 1 maker
- 3% sodium chloride· 1 maker
- 50% magnesium sulfate· 1 maker
- abies nig., aesculus hipp., aloe, alumina, bryonia, carbo veg., chelidonium majus, collinsonia , graphites, hydrastis, kali carb., lycopodium, mag. mur., mezereum, nux vom., podoph. pelt., rhamnus purshiana, sanicula, selenium, sepia, silicea, tabacum, veratrum alb., zinc.met., echinacea, iris versicolor, phytolacca, taraxacum· 1 maker
- abrotanum (artemisia abrotanum), anacardium orientale, fucus vesiculosus, helleborus niger, hypothalamus suis, lycopodium clavatum, thymolum, thymus serpyllum, thyroidinum (bovine), glandula suprarenalis suis, hepar suis, pancreas suis, cinchona officinalis, graphites, nicotinamidum, baryta carbonica, calcarea carbonica, calcarea phosphorica, magnesia phosphorica, solidago virgaurea· 1 maker
- abrotanum (artemisia abrotanum), anacardium orientale, fucus vesiculosus, helleborus niger, hypothalamus suis, lycopodium clavatum, thymolum, thymus serpyllum, thyroidinum (bovine), glandula suprarenalis suis, hepar suis, pancreas suis, cinchona officinalis, nicotinamidum, baryta carbonica, calcarea carbonica, calcarea phosphorica, magnesia phosphorica, solidago virgaurea, graphites· 1 maker
- abrotanum, boldo, cimicifuga racemosa, kali phosphoricum, taraxacum officinale, convallaria majalis, magnesia sulphurica, oleander, natrum muriaticum, bellis perennis· 1 maker
- acetaldehyde, aceticum ac, arg nit, caffeinum, calc sulph, citricum ac, cortisone aceticum, echinacea purp, folliculinum, fragaria, fumaricum ac, gallicum ac, glandula suprarenalis suis, hepar suis, histaminum hydrochloricum, hydrangea, lac vac, lecithin, limulus, lycopersicum, lycopodium, nat bicarb, nat mur, nux vom, paraffinum, phosphoricum ac, saccharum off, silicea, tartaricum ac, torula cerevisiae.· 1 maker
- aceticum ac, adrenal gland, arnica, benzoicum ac, ferrum phos, fluoricum ac, ginseng, kali carb, kali lod, kali mur, kali phos, lacticum ac, phosphoricum ac, picricum ac.· 1 maker
- aceticum acidum, adrenalinum, american ginseng, arnica montana, balsamum peruvianum, bos taurus pituitarum posterium, cherry plum flower, chininum arsenicosum, cinchona officinalis, clematis vitalba flower, damiana, european hornbeam flower, european olive flower, glycyrrhiza glabra, impatiens glandulifera flower, kali phosphoricum, lycopodium clavatum, magnesia phosphorica, phosphoricum acidum, phosphorus, pyrenees star of bethlehem, rockrose flower, selenium metallicum, thyroidinum· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Sodium bicarbonate in shortage right now?
- Yes. FDA currently lists Sodium bicarbonate in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
- Who makes Sodium bicarbonate?
- 63 companies have marketed Sodium bicarbonate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Sodium bicarbonate cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1540 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
- Planned discontinuation — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-6637-14)Nov 7, 2025
- In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5012-4)Jul 24, 2017
- In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-083-05)Jul 24, 2017
- In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5001-5)Jul 24, 2017
- In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5011-4)Jul 24, 2017
- In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-089-50)Jul 24, 2017
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.