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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE

For 30 capsules

Pharmacies pay

$163.60 filed

30 × $5.45324 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

$5.71 filed

30 × $0.19025 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

0.03× estimated

These two figures may not measure the same thing

At 0.03×, the Medicare figure is 0.2 times what pharmacies pay or less. A gap that large means the two figures may not describe the same unit or product, or the price may have changed between their dates; check what each one covers before relying on the multiple.

This product’s middle NADAC price, $5.45324 per EA, is 131× the middle NADAC price of the 3 other products CMS averages under “Escitalopram Oxalate” ($0.04157 per EA), so the Part D average may mostly describe those products, not this one.

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

$193.14 estimated

$163.60 + $24.54 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $193.14

This is a model, not a price any pharmacy quoted. Shipping is not included. 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)

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What it is

ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as escitalopram.

FDA gives its dosage form as capsule and its route as oral.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Almatica Pharma LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 52427-0795-30.

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 $163.60 for 30 capsules (30 × $5.45324 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.

The NDC

Other strengths, forms and brands

7 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name escitalopram with ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
ESCITALOPRAM 5 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.04157 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 10 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.03945 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE this page
generic · capsule
$5.45324 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM 20 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.06316 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.19025 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
ESCITALOPRAM OXALATE 5 MG/5 ML
generic · solution
$0.14255 per ML filed
eff. 2026-09-23
We don’t know yet
LEXAPRO 5 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$14.74325 per EA filed
eff. 2026-01-02
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
LEXAPRO 10 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$15.41264 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
LEXAPRO 20 MG TABLET
brand · tablet, film coated
$16.09413 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$14.04358 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average

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. 2026-01-02, 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 $5.45324 per EA filed.

Of the 58 other products in FDA’s Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor class priced per EA, 15 have a higher middle NADAC price and 43 a lower one. The one in the middle is PAROXETINE ER 37.5 MG TABLET, at $0.3974 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 $5.71 for 30 capsules, at an average of $0.19025 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Escitalopram Oxalate”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 12,685,003 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 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 is the comparison with Medicare for ESCITALOPRAM 15 MG CAPSULE labelled estimated?
Beyond what the card shows, the records give these reasons: Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Escitalopram Oxalate” into one figure, so it is not specific to this NDC. 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 Escitalopram Oxalate / Escitalopram Oxalate: 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. 65 of 70 NADAC NDCs joined to this name are priced per EA (5 per ML): CMS's average mixes those units.