The short version
6 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has held steady around $0.0155 per gram over the past year.
Market view
skin protectant
13 marketed package NDCs · 6 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 30 g in 1 tube · ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube · PETROLATUM 1 g/g · Ointment · #12 jars/case / 390 g in 1 jar · ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #454 g/jar
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 $0.0155 · middle half $0.013–$0.0585 · full range $0.0073–$0.0786 · 5 products · 7 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 skin protectant, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Gg Xerozine 15Sep 2, 2026Mfr exitedGeri-Gentle Corporation · skin protectant
- Gg Xerozine 15Aug 26, 2026Mfr enteredGeri-Gentle Corporation · skin protectant
- White PetrolatumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.01285 → $0.01302 per unit (+1.32%)
- White PetrolatumAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.00737 → $0.00735 per unit (-0.27%)
- Zinc OxideAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.0157 → $0.01551 per unit (-1.21%)
- Zinc OxideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.05813 → $0.05851 per unit (+0.65%)
- Zinc OxideAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.07658 → $0.07864 per unit (+2.69%)
- Barrier BalmAug 12, 2026Mfr exitedProject Chemistry, Inc. · skin protectant
- Gg Xerozine 15Jul 29, 2026Mfr exitedGeri-Gentle Corporation · skin protectant
- PrevaDRM Vitamin RepairJul 29, 2026Mfr enteredSion Brands LLC · skin protectant
Common questions
- Is Skin protectant in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Skin protectant 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 Skin protectant?
- 6 companies have marketed Skin protectant in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Skin protectant cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0155 per gram, 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.