The short version
9 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price is up 22% over the past year, to $0.0096 per mL.
Market view
mineral oil · Oil
12 marketed package NDCs · 9 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 118 g/118mL · Enema · #1 bottle/carton / 133 ml in 1 bottle · 999 mg/mL · Liquid · #473 mL/bottle, plastic · 100 mg/100mL · Oil · #473 mL/bottle, plastic · 1000 mg/mL · Liquid · #473 mL/bottle, plastic
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 $0.0096 · middle half $0.0096–$0.0096 · full range $0.0096–$0.0096 · 1 products · 9 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 mineral oil, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Mineral OilAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00928 → $0.00962 per unit (+3.66%)
- Mineral OilAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00928 → $0.00962 per unit (+3.66%)
- Mineral OilAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00928 → $0.00962 per unit (+3.66%)
- Mineral OilJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00886 → $0.00928 per unit (+4.74%)
- Mineral OilJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00886 → $0.00928 per unit (+4.74%)
- Mineral OilJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00886 → $0.00928 per unit (+4.74%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in alpha-1 Adrenergic Agonist, 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.
- lidocaine· in shortage
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- acetaminophen , diphenhydramine hcl,phenylephrine hcl· 1 maker
- acetaminophen , diphenhydramine hydrochloride,phenylephrine hydrochloride· 1 maker
- acetaminophen 325 mg dextromethorphan hbr 10 mg phenylephrine hci 5 mg· 1 maker
- acetaminophen 325 mg, diphenhydramine hcl 12.5 mg, phenylephrine hcl 5 mg· 1 maker
- acetaminophen 650 mg, dextromethorphan hbr 20 mg, guaifenesin 400 mg, phenylephrine hcl 10 mg· 1 maker
- acetaminophen and phenyleprine hcl· 1 maker
- acetaminophen chlorpheniramine maleate dextromethorphan hydrobromide phenylepherine hydrochloride· 1 maker
- acetaminophen dextromethorphan hbr doxylamine succinate phenylephrine hci· 1 maker
- acetaminophen dextromethorphan hbr guaifenesin, phenylephrine hcl· 1 maker
- acetaminophen guaifenesein phenylephrine hcl· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Mineral oil in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Mineral oil 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 Mineral oil?
- 38 companies have marketed Mineral oil in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Mineral oil cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0096 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.
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.