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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

MINOCYCLINE ER 90 MG TABLET

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$90.91 filed

30 × $3.03047 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2025-11-19 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$196.48 filed

30 × $6.54941 per EA, Part D average

Medicare's price is not your price.

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


The spread

2.2× estimated

Medicare paid 2.2× what pharmacies pay.

Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Minocycline HCl ER” / “Minocycline HCl” into one figure, so it is not specific to this NDC.

OpenBill calculation · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2025-11-19 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · Part D 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 (file of 2026-06-25, retrieved 2026-10-18)

Cost-plus estimate

$109.55 estimated

$90.91 + $13.64 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $109.55

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. 2025-11-19 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

MINOCYCLINE ER 90 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as minocycline hydrochloride.

FDA gives its dosage form as tablet, film coated, extended release and its route as oral.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Ascend Laboratories, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Tetracycline-class Drug.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 67877-0576-30.

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 $90.91 for 30 tablets (30 × $3.03047 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2025-11-19. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation code for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file.

This NDC’s NADAC was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2025-11-19. The file is new; the price is not.

The NDC

Other strengths, forms and brands

6 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name minocycline hydrochloride with MINOCYCLINE ER 90 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
MINOCYCLINE 50 MG CAPSULE
generic · capsule
$0.18012 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE 75 MG CAPSULE
generic · capsule
$0.39676 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE 100 MG CAPSULE
generic · capsule
$0.34252 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE ER 90 MG TABLET this page
generic · tablet, film coated, extended release
$3.03047 per EA filed
eff. 2025-11-19
$6.54941 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE HCL 50 MG TABLET
generic · tablet / tablet, film coated
$0.34351 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE HCL 75 MG TABLET
generic · tablet / tablet, film coated
$0.30184 per EA filed
eff. 2026-03-18 to 2026-08-05
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
MINOCYCLINE HCL 100 MG TABLET
generic · tablet / tablet, film coated
$0.70414 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.51598 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average

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. between 2025-11-19 and 2026-09-23 (4 dates) · 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 $3.03047 per EA filed.

Of the 25 other products in FDA’s Tetracycline-class Drug class priced per EA, 5 have a higher middle NADAC price and 20 a lower one. The one in the middle is MINOCYCLINE HCL 50 MG TABLET, at $0.34351 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. 2025-11-19, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $196.48 for 30 tablets, at an average of $6.54941 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Minocycline HCl ER” and “Minocycline HCl”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 473 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 to ask at the counter

None of these figures is your price: what you pay depends on your pharmacy, your insurance, coupons and discounts.

Questions

Why is the comparison with Medicare for MINOCYCLINE ER 90 MG TABLET labelled estimated?
Beyond what the card shows, the records give these reasons: The Part D figure covers 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31; the NADAC price is from the file of 2026-10-14. Part D spending basis, as the Part D record states it: Part D 2024 average spend per dosage unit for Minocycline HCl ER / Minocycline HCl: all makers, strengths, forms and routes combined, claim-weighted; gross cost incl. dispensing fees and patient pay, before rebates. Unit taken as NADAC's EA. Joined on generic name.