The short version
8 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has fallen 31% in a year, to $0.3130 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.
Market view
albuterol
35 marketed package NDCs · 8 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: SULFATE 4 mg · Tablet · #100 tablets/bottle · SULFATE 2 mg · Tablet · #100 tablets/bottle · SULFATE 1.25 mg/3mL · Solution · #5 pouchs/carton / 5 vial in 1 pouch / 3 ml in 1 vial · SULFATE .63 mg/3mL · Solution · #5 pouchs/carton / 5 vial in 1 pouch / 3 ml in 1 vial
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 $0.313 · middle half $0.2887–$0.3374 · full range $0.2887–$0.3374 · 6 products · 8 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 albuterol, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.27401 → $0.33738 per unit (+23.13%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.26922 → $0.28866 per unit (+7.22%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.27401 → $0.33738 per unit (+23.13%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.26922 → $0.28866 per unit (+7.22%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.27401 → $0.33738 per unit (+23.13%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.26922 → $0.28866 per unit (+7.22%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.1952 → $0.19785 per unit (+1.36%)
- AlbuterolAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.18864 → $0.18858 per unit (-0.03%)
- AlbuterolJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.18952 → $0.1952 per unit (+3%)
- AlbuterolJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.18726 → $0.18864 per unit (+0.74%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in beta2-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.
- aclidinium bromide and formoterol fumarate· 1 maker
- albuterol sulfate and budesonide· 1 maker
- arformoterol tartrate inhalation solution· 1 maker
- beclomethasone dipropionate/formoterol fumarate/glycopyrrolate· 1 maker
- budesonide and formoterol fumarate· 1 maker
- budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate· 1 maker
- fluticasone furoate and vilanterol· 1 maker
- fluticasone furoate and vilanterol trifenatate· 1 maker
- fluticasone furoate, umeclidinium bromide and vilanterol trifenatate· 1 maker
- ipratropium bromide and albuterol· 1 maker
- levalbuterol inhalation solution· 1 maker
- mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate dihydrate· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Albuterol in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Albuterol 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 Albuterol?
- 8 companies have marketed Albuterol in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Albuterol cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.2887 per unit, 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.