HYDROCORTISONE 1% CREAM

What it is

HYDROCORTISONE 1% CREAM is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “anti-pruritic”, “antipruritic (anti-itch)”, “hydrocortisone” and “hydrocortisone acetate”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name, under the trade names “Good Neighbor Pharmacy Hydrocortisone Plus 12 Moisturizers”, “Good Neighbor Pharmacy Hydrocortisone with Aloe”, “Hydrocortisone Acetate Antipruritic (Anti-Itch)” and “Hydrocortisone Plus 12 Moisturizers”.

FDA gives its dosage form as cream and its route as topical.

FDA lists 8 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them E. Fougera & Co. a division of Fougera Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Actavis Pharma, Inc. and AmerisourceBergen.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Corticosteroid.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 13 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 12 of them.

NADAC classes it as a generic drug (rate-setting class G), and marks some of its NDCs as sold over the counter and some not.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $0.04 – $0.60 for 1 g, depending on the NDC ($0.04078 to $0.60009 per GM), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; those prices took effect between 2026-01-21 and 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; 4, carried forward from the previous file; 5, calculated based on package size.

The NADAC of 1 of these 13 NDCs was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2026-01-21. The file is new; the price is not.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes · Carried-forward prices

The 8 labelers

When these prices took effect

• 2026-09-23 · 12 NDCs · $0.04078 to $0.60009 per GM filed
• 2026-01-21 · 1 NDC, carried forward from an earlier file · $0.11245 per GM filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

20 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with HYDROCORTISONE 1% CREAM.

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. 2026-01-21, 2026-08-19, 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 13 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.06129 per GM filed.

Of the 122 other products in FDA’s Corticosteroid class priced per GM, 118 have a higher middle NADAC price and 3 a lower one; 1 has the same. The one in the middle is DESOXIMETASONE 0.05% CREAM, at $1.50996 per GM 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 1 g? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• Which NDC (the 11-digit number on the package) is this? Pharmacies pay $0.04078 to $0.60009 per GM for this product, depending on the NDC.
• How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 1 g; your package may hold a different amount.
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.