The short version
15 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price has fallen 57% in a year, to $0.1530 per gram — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.
Market view
sodium polystyrene sulfonate
37 marketed package NDCs · 15 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 4.1 meq/g · Powder, For Suspension · #15 g/bottle · 4.1 meq/g · Powder, For Suspension · #453.6 g/jar · 4.1 meq/g · Powder, For Suspension · #454 g/jar · 15 g/60mL · Suspension · #10 bottle, unit-doses/carton / 60 ml in 1 bottle, unit-dose
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 $0.153 · middle half $0.1094–$0.4713 · full range $0.0949–$0.4713 · 10 products · 15 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 sodium polystyrene sulfonate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.4611 → $0.47125 per unit (+2.2%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.15493 → $0.15297 per unit (-1.27%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.10155 → $0.09493 per unit (-6.52%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.43466 → $0.43659 per unit (+0.44%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.15493 → $0.15297 per unit (-1.27%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.4611 → $0.47125 per unit (+2.2%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.15493 → $0.15297 per unit (-1.27%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.10155 → $0.09493 per unit (-6.52%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.4611 → $0.47125 per unit (+2.2%)
- Sodium Polystyrene SulfonateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.10155 → $0.09493 per unit (-6.52%)
Common questions
- Is Sodium polystyrene sulfonate in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Sodium polystyrene sulfonate 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 polystyrene sulfonate?
- 15 companies have marketed Sodium polystyrene sulfonate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Sodium polystyrene sulfonate cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.3016 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.