LANTHANUM CARB 500 MG TAB CHEW

What it is

LANTHANUM CARB 500 MG TAB CHEW is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as lanthanum carbonate.

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

FDA lists 5 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Ascend Laboratories, LLC and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Phosphate Binder.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 10 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 5 of them.

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 $95.49 for 30 tablets (30 × $3.18293 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.

What NADAC measures · Why 30 tablets · NADAC explanation codes

The 5 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

1 other product in the NADAC file shares the FDA nonproprietary name lanthanum carbonate with LANTHANUM CARB 500 MG TAB CHEW.

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. 2026-09-23 · 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 10 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $3.18293 per EA filed.

Of the 34 other products in FDA’s Phosphate Binder class priced per EA, 8 have a higher middle NADAC price and 26 a lower one. The one in the middle is SEVELAMER CARBONATE 800 MG TAB, at $0.214 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

Medicare Part D paid $167.78 for 30 tablets, at an average of $5.59266 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Lanthanum Carbonate”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 48,746 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 tablets? 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.