COLESEVELAM HCL 3.75 G PACKET
For 1 unit (EA)
Pharmacies pay
$2.70 filed
1 × $2.70422 per EA
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 paid
$1.04 filed
1 × $1.04079 per EA, Part D average
Medicare's price is not your price.
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
The spread
0.38× estimated
Medicare paid 62% less than pharmacies pay.
Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Colesevelam HCl” into one figure, so it is not specific to this NDC.
OpenBill calculation · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2026-09-23 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · Part D 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 (file of 2026-06-25, retrieved 2026-10-18)
Cost-plus estimate
$8.11 estimated
$2.70 + $0.41 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $8.11
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. 2026-09-23 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)
Open the interactive card Change the quantity, type what you were charged, and see every record in full.
What it is
COLESEVELAM HCL 3.75 G PACKET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as colesevelam hydrochloride.
FDA gives its dosage form as powder, for suspension and its route as oral.
Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are Ascend Laboratories, LLC and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc.,USA.
FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Bile Acid Sequestrant.
The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 3 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 2 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 $2.70 for 1 unit (EA) (1 × $2.70422 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 · NADAC explanation codes
All 3 NDCs
- 00713-0935-30 · not listed as a package in the FDA directory · $2.70422 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
- 67877-0523-30 · Ascend Laboratories, LLC · $2.70422 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
- 68462-0620-30 · Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc.,USA · $2.70422 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
Other strengths, forms and brands
1 other product in the NADAC file shares the FDA nonproprietary name colesevelam hydrochloride with COLESEVELAM HCL 3.75 G PACKET.
| Product | Pharmacies pay per unit | Medicare per unit |
|---|---|---|
| COLESEVELAM 625 MG TABLET | $0.26171 per EA filed | $1.04079 per EA filed |
| COLESEVELAM HCL 3.75 G PACKET this page | $2.70422 per EA filed | $1.04079 per EA filed |
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 3 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $2.70422 per EA filed.
Of the 5 other products in FDA’s Bile Acid Sequestrant class priced per EA, 0 have a higher middle NADAC price and 5 a lower one. The one in the middle is CHOLESTYRAMINE LIGHT PACKET, at $0.83267 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
What Medicare paid
Medicare Part D paid $1.04 for 1 unit (EA), at an average of $1.04079 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Colesevelam HCl”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).
That average covers 262,604 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 1 unit (EA)? 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.
Questions
- Why is the comparison with Medicare for COLESEVELAM HCL 3.75 G PACKET labelled estimated?
- Beyond what the card shows, the records give these reasons: The Part D figure covers 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31; the NADAC price is from the file of 2026-10-14. Part D spending basis, as the Part D record states it: Part D 2024 average spend per dosage unit for Colesevelam HCl / Colesevelam HCl: all makers, strengths, forms and routes combined, claim-weighted; gross cost incl. dispensing fees and patient pay, before rebates. Unit taken as NADAC's EA. Joined on generic name.
- Why does this page start at 1 unit (EA)?
- NADAC prices this product per EA, and the FDA NDC Directory lists 2 of its 3 NDCs (it does not list the other one) as dosage form “POWDER, FOR SUSPENSION” with route “ORAL”. 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.