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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 5-200 MG

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$77.15 filed

30 × $2.57162 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-03-18 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$29.13 filed

30 × $0.97098 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 “Hydrocodone-Ibuprofen” / “Hydrocodone/Ibuprofen” 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. 2026-03-18 (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

$93.72 estimated

$77.15 + $11.57 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $93.72

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. 2026-03-18 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 5-200 MG is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as hydrocodone bitartrate and ibuprofen.

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

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Amneal Pharmaceuticals of New York LLC.

FDA lists it under 2 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug and Opioid Agonist.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 53746-0146-01.

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 $77.15 for 30 tablets (30 × $2.57162 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-03-18. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation code for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file.

This NDC’s NADAC was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2026-03-18. The file is new; the price is not.

The NDC

Other strengths, forms and brands

2 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name hydrocodone bitartrate and ibuprofen with HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 5-200 MG.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 5-200 MG this page
generic · tablet
$2.57162 per EA filed
eff. 2026-03-18
$0.97098 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 7.5-200
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$0.48702 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.97098 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 10-200
generic · tablet
$3.36042 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.97098 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. 2026-03-18, 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 $2.57162 per EA filed.

Of the 154 other products in FDA’s Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug class priced per EA, 22 have a higher middle NADAC price and 132 a lower one. The one in the middle is INDOMETHACIN 25 MG CAPSULE, at $0.09341 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 108 other products in FDA’s Opioid Agonist class priced per EA, 44 have a higher middle NADAC price and 64 a lower one. The one in the middle is BUTALBITAL-ACETAMINOPHEN-CAFFEINE-CODEINE 50-325-40-30 MG CP, at $0.79784 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. 2026-03-18, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $29.13 for 30 tablets, at an average of $0.97098 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Hydrocodone-Ibuprofen” and “Hydrocodone/Ibuprofen”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 21,734 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 HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN 5-200 MG 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 Hydrocodone-Ibuprofen / Hydrocodone/Ibuprofen: 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.