METHYLIN 5 MG/5 ML SOLUTION

What it is

METHYLIN 5 MG/5 ML SOLUTION is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as methylphenidate hydrochloride, under the trade name “Methylin”.

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

The labeler, the company named on the label, is SHIONOGI INC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Central Nervous System Stimulant.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 59630-0750-50.

NADAC classes it as a brand-name drug (rate-setting class B), and does not mark it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $80.81 for 500 mL (500 × $0.16161 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.

NADAC also lists, on the row of one brand NDC, what pharmacies pay for the generic equivalent, a different product: $0.07817 per ML 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 · NADAC explanation codes

The NDC

• 59630-0750-50 · SHIONOGI INC. · $0.16161 per ML · eff. 2026-09-23 filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

59 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name methylphenidate hydrochloride with METHYLIN 5 MG/5 ML SOLUTION. The 23 below share a strength or dosage form with it first; search OpenBill for the rest.

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

Its NADAC price is $0.16161 per ML filed.

Of the 7 other products in FDA’s Central Nervous System Stimulant class priced per ML, 5 have a higher middle NADAC price and 2 a lower one. The one in the middle is DEXTROAMPHETAMINE 5 MG/5 ML, at $1.14342 per ML 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 500 mL? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• Is a generic version available, and would it suit me? NADAC lists a generic with the same ingredient, strength and dosage form by FDA: METHYLPHENIDATE 5 MG/5 ML SOLN. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber; do not switch on your own.
• How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 500 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.