BUDESONIDE DR 3 MG CAPSULE

What it is

BUDESONIDE DR 3 MG CAPSULE is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as budesonide.

FDA gives its dosage form as “capsule”, “capsule, coated pellets” and “capsule, delayed release” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 6 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Padagis US LLC, Major Pharmaceuticals and Northstar Rx LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Corticosteroid.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 7 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 6 of them.

NADAC classes it as a generic drug (rate-setting class G), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $14.93 for 30 capsules (30 × $0.49753 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-09-23. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation codes for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey; 6, the CMS Covered Outpatient Drug Product File S/I/N drug category was not applied when grouping drugs for the calculation.

What NADAC measures · Why 30 capsules · NADAC explanation codes

The 6 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

12 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name budesonide with BUDESONIDE DR 3 MG CAPSULE.

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 2026-01-21 and 2026-09-23 (4 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

The middle of its 7 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.49753 per EA filed.

Of the 73 other products in FDA’s Corticosteroid class priced per EA, 51 have a higher middle NADAC price and 21 a lower one; 1 has the same. The one in the middle is ADVAIR 100-50 DISKUS, at $2.48669 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. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

How the class comparison works

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $38.51 for 30 capsules, at an average of $1.28354 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Budesonide Dr” and “Budesonide”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 207,194 Part D claims (fills, including refills) for 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, across every maker, strength and form under the name.

Medicare's price is not your price.

What Part D spending measures · Which Medicare figure OpenBill compares · How the spread is worked out

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?
• If you have Medicare Part D: what is my plan’s copay or coinsurance for it? The Part D average on this page is not what you pay.
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.