METRONIDAZOLE 500 MG TABLET

What it is

METRONIDAZOLE 500 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as metronidazole.

FDA gives its dosage form as “tablet” and “tablet, film coated” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 13 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Major Pharmaceuticals, Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc. and Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Nitroimidazole Antimicrobial.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 26 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 23 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 $3.13 for 30 tablets (30 × $0.10426 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 13 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

10 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name metronidazole with METRONIDAZOLE 500 MG TABLET.

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, 2026-09-23 · 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 26 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.10426 per EA filed.

Of the 7 other products in FDA’s Nitroimidazole Antimicrobial class priced per EA, 6 have a higher middle NADAC price and 1 a lower one. The one in the middle is BISMUTH-METRONIDAZOLE-TETRACYCLINE 140-125-125 MG CAPSULE, at $2.40281 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

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 30 tablets? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.