The short version
5 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has held steady around $0.5349 per mL over the past year.
Market view
tropicamide · Solution/ Drops
10 marketed package NDCs · 5 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle/carton / 15 ml in 1 bottle · 5 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle, dropper/carton / 15 ml in 1 bottle, dropper · 10 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle, dropper/carton / 15 ml in 1 bottle, dropper · 5 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle, plastic/carton / 15 ml in 1 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 $0.5349 · middle half $0.5349–$1.08 · full range $0.5349–$2.70 · 4 products · 5 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 tropicamide, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- TropicamideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.51578 → $0.53493 per unit (+3.71%)
- TropicamideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.51578 → $0.53493 per unit (+3.71%)
- TropicamideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $2.77312 → $2.70409 per unit (-2.49%)
- TropicamideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.51578 → $0.53493 per unit (+3.71%)
- TropicamideJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $2.78583 → $2.77312 per unit (-0.46%)
- TropicamideJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.49266 → $0.51578 per unit (+4.69%)
- TropicamideJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.49266 → $0.51578 per unit (+4.69%)
- TropicamideJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.49266 → $0.51578 per unit (+4.69%)
Same drug class
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- atropine· in shortage
- atropine sulfate· in shortage
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- adrenal drops· 1 maker
- ammi vis, atropinum sulphuricum, boldo, carduus mar, chelidonium maj, echinacea, fel tauri, hepar suis, hydrastis, leptandra, mag phos, nat phos, podoph pelt, taraxacum· 1 maker
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Common questions
- Is Tropicamide in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Tropicamide 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 Tropicamide?
- 14 companies have marketed Tropicamide in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Tropicamide cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.5349 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.