CAPECITABINE 500 MG TABLET

What it is

CAPECITABINE 500 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as capecitabine.

FDA gives its dosage form as “tablet, film coated” and “tablet” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 14 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Accord Healthcare Inc. and Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 17 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 15 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 $13.67 for 30 tablets (30 × $0.45556 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 · Why 30 tablets · NADAC explanation codes

The 14 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

1 other product in the NADAC file shares the FDA nonproprietary name capecitabine with CAPECITABINE 500 MG TABLET.

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-06-17, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

OpenBill calculation · october-2026-medicare-part-b-payment-limit-files-final.zip + october-2026-ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-final.zip · Part B limit 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18) · Part B crosswalk 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18)

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part B’s payment limit for HCPCS J8522, for 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31, comes to $8.70 for 30 tablets, or $0.29 per EA once converted to NADAC’s unit for this product.

Medicare Part B pays for this oral drug at a pharmacy only in specific circumstances CMS sets for this code; most prescriptions are paid by Part D.

The patient’s share under Part B (coinsurance, 20% of the limit, before deductibles and other coverage) is $0.0058 per 50 MG.

11 of the product’s 17 NDCs have this Medicare figure; the other 6 do not, and the interactive card says why for each.

Medicare's price is not your price.

What the Part B payment limit is · Converting it to the NADAC unit · 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 tablets? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• If you have Medicare Part B: is this drug covered for me in this setting, and what is my share?
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.