ABSORICA LD 16 MG CAPSULE
FDA nonproprietary name: isotretinoin
For 30 capsules
Pharmacies pay
$1,152.32 filed
30 × $38.4106 per EA
CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2025-12-17 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17
Medicare
We don’t know yet
No Medicare reference price. Part D: The Part D file flags this drug’s average spending per dosage unit as an outlier, so OpenBill does not use it as a reference price. Part B: This NDC is not in the current quarter’s Medicare Part B NDC-HCPCS crosswalk, so it has no Part B payment limit.
The spread
We don’t know yet
There is no Medicare figure to compare with, so there is no spread.
Cost-plus estimate
$1,330.17 estimated
$1,152.32 + $172.85 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $1,330.17
This is a model, not a price any pharmacy quoted. Shipping is not included. How it is worked out
OpenBill calculation · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2025-12-17 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)
Open the interactive card Change the quantity, type what you were charged, and see every record in full.
What it is
ABSORICA LD 16 MG CAPSULE is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as isotretinoin, under the trade name “Absorica LD”.
FDA gives its dosage form as capsule and its route as oral.
The labeler, the company named on the label, is Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Retinoid.
The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 10631-0003-31.
NADAC classes it as a brand-name drug (rate-setting class B), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.
What pharmacies pay
Pharmacies pay $1,152.32 for 30 capsules (30 × $38.4106 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2025-12-17. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.
NADAC’s explanation code for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file.
This NDC’s NADAC was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2025-12-17. The file is new; the price is not.
What NADAC measures · Why 30 capsules · NADAC explanation codes · Carried-forward prices
The NDC
- 10631-0003-31 · Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. · $38.4106 per EA · eff. 2025-12-17 filed carried forward
Other strengths, forms and brands
22 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name isotretinoin with ABSORICA LD 16 MG CAPSULE.
| Product | Pharmacies pay per unit | Medicare per unit |
|---|---|---|
| ABSORICA 20 MG CAPSULE | $35.74413 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| ABSORICA 30 MG CAPSULE | $38.20855 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| ABSORICA 40 MG CAPSULE | $38.21939 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| ABSORICA LD 16 MG CAPSULE this page | $38.4106 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| ABSORICA LD 24 MG CAPSULE | $42.22828 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| ABSORICA LD 32 MG CAPSULE | $42.42393 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| AMNESTEEM 10 MG CAPSULE | $1.96311 per EA filed | $3.23922 per EA filed |
| AMNESTEEM 20 MG CAPSULE | $1.93248 per EA filed | $3.23922 per EA filed |
| AMNESTEEM 30 MG CAPSULE | $2.12538 per EA filed | $3.23922 per EA filed |
| AMNESTEEM 40 MG CAPSULE | $2.20779 per EA filed | $3.23922 per EA filed |
| CLARAVIS 10 MG CAPSULE | $1.96311 per EA filed | $3.34748 per EA filed |
| CLARAVIS 20 MG CAPSULE | $1.93248 per EA filed | $3.34748 per EA filed |
| CLARAVIS 30 MG CAPSULE | $2.12538 per EA filed | $3.34748 per EA filed |
| CLARAVIS 40 MG CAPSULE | $2.20779 per EA filed | $3.34748 per EA filed |
| ISOTRETINOIN 10 MG CAPSULE | $1.96311 to $11.936 per EA filed | $4.4049 per EA filed |
| ISOTRETINOIN 20 MG CAPSULE | $1.93248 to $4.25389 per EA filed | $4.4049 per EA filed |
| ISOTRETINOIN 25 MG CAPSULE | $10.55124 per EA filed | $4.4049 per EA filed |
| ISOTRETINOIN 30 MG CAPSULE | $2.12538 to $4.4724 per EA filed | $4.4049 per EA filed |
| ISOTRETINOIN 40 MG CAPSULE | $2.20779 to $6.6653 per EA filed | $4.4049 per EA filed |
| ZENATANE 10 MG CAPSULE | $1.96311 per EA filed | $3.46783 per EA filed |
| ZENATANE 20 MG CAPSULE | $1.93248 per EA filed | $3.46783 per EA filed |
| ZENATANE 30 MG CAPSULE | $2.12538 per EA filed | $3.46783 per EA filed |
| ZENATANE 40 MG CAPSULE | $2.20779 per EA filed | $3.46783 per EA filed |
Part D is one average per brand and generic name, over every strength and form.
CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. between 2025-12-17 and 2026-09-23 (5 dates) · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17
Medicare Part D · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv · eff. 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · as of 2026-06-25 · retrieved 2026-10-18
Compared with its class
Its NADAC price is $38.4106 per EA filed.
Of the 26 other products in FDA’s Retinoid class priced per EA, 2 have a higher middle NADAC price and 24 a lower one. The one in the middle is ACITRETIN 10 MG CAPSULE, at $2.59463 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).
Prices are compared per unit, whatever the strength or dose, and a class is not a list of substitutes.
CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2025-12-17, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17
What Medicare paid
We don’t know yet; the card above says why.
Which Medicare figure OpenBill compares · How Part D is matched · How Part B is matched
What to ask at the counter
None of these figures is your price: what you pay depends on your pharmacy, your insurance, coupons and discounts.
- What is your cash price for 30 capsules? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
- These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.
Related pages
Its pharmacologic class
Related in the same class
- ACITRETIN 10 MG CAPSULE
- TAZAROTENE 0.05% CREAM
- ADAPALENE 0.1% CREAM
- ADAPALENE-BNZYL PEROX 0.1-2.5%
- CLINDA-TRETINOIN 1.2%-0.025%