The short version
35 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $0.0092 per gram over the past year.
Market view
white petrolatum · Jelly
127 marketed package NDCs · 35 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: PETROLATUM 1 g/g · Jelly · #106 g/jar · PETROLATUM 1 g/g · Jelly · #368 g/jar · PETROLATUM 100 g/100g · Jelly · #368 g/jar · PETROLATUM 100 g/100g · Jelly · #113 g/jar
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 $0.0092 · middle half $0.0082–$0.0108 · full range $0.0082–$0.013 · 4 products · 47 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 white petrolatum, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- PetroleumAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.00828 → $0.00823 per unit (-0.6%)
- PetroleumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.01285 → $0.01302 per unit (+1.32%)
- Good Neighbor Petroleum JellyAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.00828 → $0.00823 per unit (-0.6%)
- PetroleumAug 19, 2026Mfr exitedBig Lots Stores, Inc. · white petrolatum
- Dealmed Vitamins A and DAug 13, 2026Mfr enteredDealmed Medical Supplies, LLC. · white petrolatum
- Dealmed Vitamins A and DAug 13, 2026New productDealmed Medical Supplies, LLC.
- MedlineJul 29, 2026Mfr enteredMedline Industries, LP · white petrolatum
- MedlineJul 29, 2026New productMedline Industries, LP
- MedlineJul 29, 2026New productMedline Industries, LP
- Good Neighbor Petroleum JellyJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00827 → $0.00828 per unit (+0.12%)
Common questions
- Is White petrolatum in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list White petrolatum 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 White petrolatum?
- 66 companies have marketed White petrolatum in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does White petrolatum cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0092 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.