The short version
32 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has held steady around $0.0130 per mL over the past year.
Market view
povidone-iodine · Solution
135 marketed package NDCs · 32 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 1 g/100mL · Solution · #237 mL/bottle · 10 mg/mL · Solution · #237 mL/bottle · 100 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/box / 28.4 g in 1 tube · 10 mg/mL · Solution · #118 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 $0.013 · middle half $0.0117–$0.0137 · full range $0.0104–$0.0143 · 3 products · 42 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 povidone-iodine, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Povidone IodineAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.01468 → $0.01429 per unit (-2.66%)
- Povidone-IodineAug 19, 2026Mfr enteredMajor Pharmaceuticals · povidone-iodine
- Povidone-IodineAug 19, 2026New productMajor Pharmaceuticals
- PVP-I Prep PadAug 5, 2026Mfr enteredProfessional Disposables International, Inc. · povidone-iodine
- PVP-I Prep PadAug 5, 2026New productProfessional Disposables International, Inc.
- Lights Povidone Iodine SwabsticksJul 24, 2026New productLights Medical Manufacture Co., Ltd.
- Lights Povidone Iodine SwabsticksJul 24, 2026New productLights Medical Manufacture Co., Ltd.
- Lights Povidone Iodine SwabsticksJul 24, 2026New productLights Medical Manufacture Co., Ltd.
- Povidone IodineJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.01525 → $0.01468 per unit (-3.74%)
Common questions
- Is Povidone-iodine in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Povidone-iodine 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 Povidone-iodine?
- 70 companies have marketed Povidone-iodine in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Povidone-iodine cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0143 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.