The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has held steady around $0.1558 per mL over the past year.
Market view
meperidine hydrochloride · Solution
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: 50 mg/5mL · Solution · #500 mL/bottle
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 $0.1558 · middle half $0.1558–$0.1558 · full range $0.1558–$0.1558 · 1 products · 1 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 meperidine hydrochloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Meperidine HydrochlorideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.15618 → $0.15579 per unit (-0.25%)
- DemerolJul 29, 2026Mfr exitedHospira, Inc. · meperidine hydrochloride
- Meperidine HydrochlorideJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.1568 → $0.15618 per unit (-0.4%)
Same drug class
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- fentanyl citrate· in shortage
- hydromorphone hydrochloride· in shortage
- morphine sulfate· in shortage
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- butalbital, aspirin, cafeine, and codeine phosphate· 1 maker
- codeine phosphate and chlorpheniramine maleate· 1 maker
- codeine phosphate, dexbrompheniramine maleate· 1 maker
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Common questions
- Is Meperidine hydrochloride in shortage right now?
- Yes. FDA currently lists Meperidine hydrochloride in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
- Who makes Meperidine hydrochloride?
- 8 companies have marketed Meperidine hydrochloride in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Meperidine hydrochloride cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1558 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.