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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

CEFTAZIDIME 1 GM VIAL

For 1 unit (EA)

Pharmacies pay

$3.70 filed

1 × $3.70448 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 Part B pays

$3.10 derived

1 × $3.098 per EA, Part B limit

Medicare's price is not your price.

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)


The spread

0.84× estimated

Medicare pays 16% less than pharmacies pay.

3 labelers share HCPCS J0713 on the CMS crosswalk, so its payment limit is an average across all their products billed under that code, not this NDC’s own price.

OpenBill calculation · october-2026-medicare-part-b-payment-limit-files-final.zip + october-2026-ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-final.zip + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2025-12-17 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · 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)

Cost-plus estimate

$9.26 estimated

$3.70 + $0.56 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $9.26

This is a model, not a price any pharmacy quoted. Shipping is not included. For a pack this cheap, the $5.00 fee is most of the estimate. 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)

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What it is

CEFTAZIDIME 1 GM VIAL is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as ceftazidime.

FDA gives its dosage form as injection, powder, for solution and its route as intramuscular; intravenous.

Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are Sagent Pharmaceuticals and WG Critical Care, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Cephalosporin Antibacterial.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 2 NDCs (National Drug Codes).

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 $3.70 for 1 unit (EA) (1 × $3.70448 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 codes for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file; 5, calculated based on package size.

The NADAC of all 2 NDCs was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: those prices took effect on 2025-12-17. The file is new; the price is not.

All 2 NDCs

Compared with its class

The middle of its 2 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $3.70448 per EA filed.

Of the 20 other products in FDA’s Cephalosporin Antibacterial class priced per EA, 2 have a higher middle NADAC price and 18 a lower one. The one in the middle is CEFPODOXIME 100 MG TABLET, at $1.0434 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

Medicare Part B’s payment limit for HCPCS J0713, for 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31, comes to $3.10 for 1 unit (EA), or $3.098 per EA once converted to NADAC’s unit for this product.

Medicare Part B pays for a drug like this only in specific settings, such as a drug given in a clinic or doctor’s office or used with certain medical equipment; most prescriptions filled at a pharmacy are paid by Part D.

The patient’s share under Part B (coinsurance, 20% of the limit, before deductibles and other coverage) is $0.3098 per 500 MG.

Medicare's price is not your price.

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.

Questions

Why does this page start at 1 unit (EA)?
NADAC prices this product per EA, and the FDA NDC Directory lists its 2 NDCs as dosage form “INJECTION, POWDER, FOR SOLUTION” with route “INTRAMUSCULAR; INTRAVENOUS”. Only a tablet, capsule, lozenge or troche with route “ORAL”, or a tablet or film with route “SUBLINGUAL” or “BUCCAL”, starts at 30, and none of these is one. NADAC’s EA for it may be a whole package (such as a kit, pen, syringe, vial or inhaler) or one dose inside it, and the files do not say which. So the card starts at 1 unit (EA) rather than guess how many make up a fill; change it to match your prescription.