Why does this page start at 150 mL?

NADAC prices this product per ML. The FDA NDC Directory’s package description gives 150 mL in one package for this product’s NDC (“150 mL in 1 BOTTLE (24979-041-13)”), so the card starts at one package: 150 ML. Change it to match your prescription.

MEGESTROL 625 MG/5 ML SUSP

For 150 mL

Pharmacies pay

$216.04 filed

150 × $1.44029 per ML

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare

We don’t know yet

No Medicare reference price. Part D: OpenBill did not match this NDC to a usable Medicare Part D spending row. Either Part D has none for it, or the rows that share its name could not safely be tied to it (for example, they mix units, routes or release forms, or the drug is sold over the counter, which Part D does not cover). Part B: This NDC is not in the current quarter’s Medicare Part B NDC-HCPCS crosswalk, so it has no Part B payment limit.

The spread

We don’t know yet

There is no Medicare figure to compare with, so there is no spread.

Cost-plus estimate

$253.45 estimated

$216.04 + $32.41 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $253.45

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)

Open the interactive card Change the quantity, type what you were charged, and see every record in full.

What it is

MEGESTROL 625 MG/5 ML SUSP is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as megestrol acetate.

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

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Progestin.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 24979-0041-13.

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 $216.04 for 150 mL (150 × $1.44029 per ML, 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; 5, calculated based on package size.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes

The NDC

24979-0041-13 · Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC · $1.44029 per ML · eff. 2026-09-23 filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

3 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name megestrol acetate with MEGESTROL 625 MG/5 ML SUSP.

Product	Pharmacies pay per unit	Medicare per unit
MEGESTROL 20 MG TABLET generic · tablet	$0.19502 per EA filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet
MEGESTROL 40 MG TABLET generic · tablet	$0.24078 per EA filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet
MEGESTROL 625 MG/5 ML SUSP this page generic · suspension	$1.44029 per ML filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet
MEGESTROL ACET 40 MG/ML SUSP generic · suspension	$0.12905 to $0.13605 per ML filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Compared with its class

Its NADAC price is $1.44029 per ML filed.

Of the 5 other products in FDA’s Progestin class priced per ML, 4 have a higher middle NADAC price and 1 a lower one. The one in the middle is DEPO-PROVERA 150 MG/ML VIAL, at $50.994 per ML filed (eff. 2026-04-22).

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. 2026-04-22, 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 150 mL? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 150 mL; 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.

Questions

Why does this page start at 150 mL?: NADAC prices this product per ML. The FDA NDC Directory’s package description gives 150 mL in one package for this product’s NDC (“150 mL in 1 BOTTLE (24979-041-13)”), so the card starts at one package: 150 ML. Change it to match your prescription.

Its pharmacologic class

Progestin 72 products