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estradiol transdermal

5 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer

Most dispensed: ESTRADIOL .25 mg/.25g · Gel · #30 packets/carton / .25 g in 1 packet · ESTRADIOL .5 mg/.5g · Gel · #30 packets/carton / .5 g in 1 packet · ESTRADIOL .75 mg/.75g · Gel · #30 packets/carton / .75 g in 1 packet · ESTRADIOL 1 mg/g · Gel · #30 packets/carton / 1 g in 1 packet

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has fallen 57% in a year, to $0.8636 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug

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.

$0$1.00$2.00$3.00Jan 2025Sep 202601companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.8636 · middle half $0.809$0.9486 · full range $0.7544$1.03 · 3 products · 1 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per unitSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ 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 estradiol transdermal, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • EstradiolAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.13942 → $0.86357 per unit (-24.21%)
  • EstradiolAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.25085 → $1.03364 per unit (-17.36%)
  • EstradiolAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.01721 → $0.75445 per unit (-25.83%)
  • EstradiolAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.28123 → $1.12717 per unit (-12.02%)
  • EstradiolAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.01883 → $0.8042 per unit (-21.07%)
  • EstradiolJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.14404 → $1.01883 per unit (-10.94%)
  • EstradiolJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.32435 → $1.25085 per unit (-5.55%)
  • EstradiolJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.34401 → $1.01721 per unit (-24.32%)
  • EstradiolJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.50901 → $1.28123 per unit (-15.09%)
  • EstradiolJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $1.38103 → $1.13942 per unit (-17.49%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Estrogen, 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.

Common questions

Is Estradiol transdermal in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Estradiol transdermal 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 Estradiol transdermal?
1 company has marketed Estradiol transdermal in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. That is a thin market — if one stops making it, supply is at risk quickly. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Estradiol transdermal cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.8636 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

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