BUPRENORPHINE 8 MG TABLET SL

What it is

BUPRENORPHINE 8 MG TABLET SL is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “buprenorphine”, “buprenorphine hcl” and “buprenorphine hydrochloride”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name.

FDA gives its dosage form as tablet and its route as sublingual.

FDA lists 11 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., PAI Holdings, LLC dba PAI Pharma and Actavis Pharma, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Partial Opioid Agonist.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 13 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 11 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 $17.14 for 30 tablets (30 × $0.57141 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 code for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes

The 11 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

18 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with BUPRENORPHINE 8 MG TABLET SL.

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. 2026-09-23 · 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 13 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.57141 per EA filed.

Of the 34 other products in FDA’s Partial Opioid Agonist class priced per EA, 32 have a higher middle NADAC price and 2 a lower one. The one in the middle is BELBUCA 300 MCG FILM, at $11.85628 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

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 tablets? 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.