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sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride

3 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer

Most dispensed: 600 mg/100mL; 310 mg/100mL; 30 mg/100mL; 20 mg/100mL · Injection, Solution · #1000 mL/bag · 600 mg/100mL; 310 mg/100mL; 30 mg/100mL; 20 mg/100mL · Injection, Solution · #500 mL/bag

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has jumped 55% in a year, to $0.0038 per mL — sharp rises like this often mean supply is already tightening. Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.8% of the time — roughly 5× the typical drug (0.1%).

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$0.002$0.004$0.006Jul 2024Sep 202601companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.0038 · middle half $0.0038$0.0038 · full range $0.0038$0.0038 · 1 products · 1 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per mLSource: 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 sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • Lactated RingersSep 2, 2026
    Mfr exited
    Baxter Healthcare Company · sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride
  • Lactated RingersAug 26, 2026
    Mfr entered
    Baxter Healthcare Company · sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride
  • Lactated RingersAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $0.00373 → $0.0038 per unit (+1.88%)
  • Lactated RingersJul 29, 2026
    Mfr exited
    Baxter Healthcare Company · sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride
  • Lactated RingersJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.00384 → $0.00373 per unit (-2.86%)
  • Lactated RingersJul 22, 2026
    Mfr entered
    Baxter Healthcare Company · sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Phosphate Binder, 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 Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride 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 Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride?
1 company has marketed Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride 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 Sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium lactate and calcium chloride cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0038 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.