CHOLESTYRAMINE LIGHT POWDER

What it is

CHOLESTYRAMINE LIGHT POWDER is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “cholestyramine”, “cholestyramine for oral suspension” and “cholestyramine light”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name.

FDA gives its dosage form as “powder, for suspension” and “powder” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 6 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them PURACAP LABORATORIES LLC DBA BLU PHARMACEUTICALS, EPIC PHARMA, LLC and Par Health USA, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Bile Acid Sequestrant.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 7 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 $0.11 – $0.28 for 1 g, depending on the NDC ($0.11311 to $0.28353 per GM), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; those prices took effect between 2025-11-19 and 2026-09-30. 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; 4, carried forward from the previous file; 5, calculated based on package size.

The NADAC of 1 of these 7 NDCs was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2025-11-19. The file is new; the price is not.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes · Carried-forward prices

The 6 labelers

When these prices took effect

• 2026-09-30 · 1 NDC · $0.11311 per GM filed
• 2026-09-23 · 5 NDCs · $0.11311 to $0.28353 per GM filed
• 2025-11-19 · 1 NDC, carried forward from an earlier file · $0.14543 per GM filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

5 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with CHOLESTYRAMINE LIGHT POWDER.

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. 2025-11-19, 2026-09-23, 2026-09-30 · 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 $0.11311 per GM filed.

Of the 3 other products in FDA’s Bile Acid Sequestrant class priced per GM, 2 have a higher middle NADAC price and 1 a lower one. The one in the middle is PREVALITE POWDER, at $0.16976 per GM 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 $1.11 for 1 g, at an average of $1.10594 per GM in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Cholestyramine Light” and “Cholestyramine”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 155,684 Part D claims (fills, including refills) for 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, across every maker, strength and form under the name.

1 of the product’s 7 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 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 1 g? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• Which NDC (the 11-digit number on the package) is this? Pharmacies pay $0.11311 to $0.28353 per GM for this product, depending on the NDC.
• How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 1 g; your package may hold a different amount.
• 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.