FIORICET 50-300-40 MG CAPSULE

What it is

FIORICET 50-300-40 MG CAPSULE is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine, under the trade name “Fioricet”.

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

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Actavis Pharma, Inc.

FDA lists it under 3 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Barbiturate, Central Nervous System Stimulant and Methylxanthine.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 52544-0080-01.

NADAC classes it in its brand rate-setting class B-ANDA, and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $264.71 for 30 capsules (30 × $8.82367 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-01-01. 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; 6, the CMS Covered Outpatient Drug Product File S/I/N drug category was not applied when grouping drugs for the calculation.

This NDC’s NADAC was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2026-01-01. The file is new; the price is not.

NADAC also lists, on the row of one brand NDC, what pharmacies pay for the generic equivalent, a different product: $0.31632 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 capsules · NADAC explanation codes · Carried-forward prices

The NDC

• 52544-0080-01 · Actavis Pharma, Inc. · $8.82367 per EA · eff. 2026-01-01 filed carried forward

Other strengths, forms and brands

2 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine with FIORICET 50-300-40 MG CAPSULE.

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. 2026-01-01, 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 $8.82367 per EA filed.

Of the 10 other products in FDA’s Barbiturate class priced per EA, 0 have a higher middle NADAC price and 10 a lower one. The one in the middle is BUTALBITAL-ACETAMINOPHEN 50-300 MG TAB, at $0.87462 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 203 other products in FDA’s Central Nervous System Stimulant class priced per EA, 72 have a higher middle NADAC price and 131 a lower one. The one in the middle is LISDEXAMFETAMINE 20 MG TB CHEW, at $4.33791 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 32 other products in FDA’s Methylxanthine class priced per EA, 1 has a higher middle NADAC price and 31 a lower one. The one in the middle is QC STAY AWAKE 200 MG TABLET, at $0.08299 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. 2026-01-01, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

How the class comparison works

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $210.77 for 30 capsules, at an average of $7.02553 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Fioricet” and “Butalb/Acetaminophen/Caffeine”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 1,556 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 30 capsules? 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.