CONCERTA ER 36 MG TABLET

What it is

CONCERTA ER 36 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as methylphenidate hydrochloride, under the trade name “CONCERTA”.

FDA gives its dosage form as tablet, extended release and its route as oral.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Central Nervous System Stimulant.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 50458-0586-01.

NADAC classes it as a brand-name drug (rate-setting class B), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $391.28 for 30 tablets (30 × $13.04275 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.

NADAC also lists, on the row of one brand NDC, what pharmacies pay for the generic equivalent, a different product: $0.67155 per EA filed.

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

What NADAC measures · Why 30 tablets · NADAC explanation codes

The NDC

• 50458-0586-01 · Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · $13.04275 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

59 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name methylphenidate hydrochloride with CONCERTA ER 36 MG TABLET. The 23 below share a strength or dosage form with it first; search OpenBill for the rest.

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. 2026-03-18, 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

Its NADAC price is $13.04275 per EA filed.

Of the 203 other products in FDA’s Central Nervous System Stimulant class priced per EA, 36 have a higher middle NADAC price and 167 a lower one. The one in the middle is LISDEXAMFETAMINE 20 MG TB CHEW, at $4.33791 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?
• Is a generic version available, and would it suit me? NADAC lists a generic with the same ingredient, strength and dosage form by FDA: METHYLPHENIDATE ER 36 MG TAB. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber; do not switch on your own.
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.