The short version
29 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The brand price has held steady around $16.13 per unit over the past year. Generic versions run $0.4162 per unit — 39× cheaper.
Market view
buprenorphine hydrochloride
79 marketed package NDCs · 29 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 8 mg · Tablet · #30 tablets/bottle · 2 mg · Tablet · #30 tablets/bottle · 900 ug · Film, Soluble · #60 pouchs/carton / 1 film, soluble in 1 pouch · 300 ug · Film, Soluble · #60 pouchs/carton / 1 film, soluble in 1 pouch
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugpriced separately — they are not the same market
Brand-name products only. Every 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 $16.13 · middle half $9.70–$17.65 · full range $7.54–$18.60 · 7 products · 28 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 buprenorphine hydrochloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- buprenorphine hydrochlorideAug 26, 2026Mfr exitedPAI Holdings, LLC dba Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. and dba PAI Pharma · buprenorphine hydrochloride
- buprenorphine hydrochlorideAug 26, 2026Mfr exitedPAI Holdings, LLC dba Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. and dba PAI Pharma · buprenorphine hydrochloride
- buprenorphine hydrochlorideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.5618 → $0.56762 per unit (+1.04%)
- buprenorphine hydrochlorideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.27156 → $0.26477 per unit (-2.5%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $18.60126 → $18.59633 per unit (-0.03%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $18.09287 → $18.09547 per unit (+0.01%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $17.21538 → $17.20415 per unit (-0.07%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $16.13917 → $16.1293 per unit (-0.06%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $11.85509 → $11.84964 per unit (-0.05%)
- BelbucaAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $7.55549 → $7.55373 per unit (-0.02%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Partial Opioid 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.
- buprenorphine hydrochloride, naloxone hydrochloride· 1 maker
- buprenorphine sublingual· 1 maker
- buprenorphine sublingual c-iii· 1 maker
- buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride· 4 makers
- buprenorphine hcl· 10 makers
- buprenorphine hydrochloride and naloxone hydrochloride dihydrate· 10 makers
- buprenorphine and naloxone· 19 makers
- buprenorphine· 37 makers
Common questions
- Is Buprenorphine hydrochloride in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Buprenorphine hydrochloride 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 Buprenorphine hydrochloride?
- 29 companies have marketed Buprenorphine hydrochloride in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Buprenorphine hydrochloride cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $7.55 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.