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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

NORVASC 2.5 MG TABLET

FDA nonproprietary name: amlodipine besylate

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$261.11 filed

30 × $8.70379 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-01-01 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$275.99 filed

30 × $9.19968 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

1.1× estimated

Medicare paid 1.1× what pharmacies pay.

Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Norvasc” / “Amlodipine Besylate” 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. 2026-01-01 (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

$305.28 estimated

$261.11 + $39.17 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $305.28

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. 2026-01-01 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

NORVASC 2.5 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as amlodipine besylate, under the trade name “Norvasc”.

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

Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are PFIZER LABORATORIES DIV PFIZER INC and Viatris Specialty LLC.

FDA lists it under 2 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Calcium Channel Blocker and Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 2 NDCs (National Drug Codes).

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 $261.11 for 30 tablets (30 × $8.70379 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-01-01. 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.

The NADAC of all 2 NDCs was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: those prices took effect on 2026-01-01. The file is new; the price is not.

NADAC also lists, on the row of its brand NDCs, what pharmacies pay for the generic equivalent, a different product: $0.01061 per EA filed.

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

All 2 NDCs

Other strengths, forms and brands

5 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name amlodipine besylate with NORVASC 2.5 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE 2.5 MG TAB
generic · tablet
$0.01061 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.08478 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE 5 MG TAB
generic · tablet
$0.01018 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.08478 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
AMLODIPINE BESYLATE 10 MG TAB
generic · tablet
$0.01479 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.08478 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
NORVASC 2.5 MG TABLET this page
brand · tablet
$8.70379 per EA filed
eff. 2026-01-01
$9.19968 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
NORVASC 5 MG TABLET
brand · tablet
$8.69312 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$9.19968 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
NORVASC 10 MG TABLET
brand · tablet
$11.94157 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$9.19968 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. 2026-01-01, 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 2 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $8.70379 per EA filed.

Of the 107 other products in FDA’s Calcium Channel Blocker class priced per EA, 9 have a higher middle NADAC price and 98 a lower one. The one in the middle is OLMSRTN-AMLDPN-HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE 40-5-25 MG, at $0.99481 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 67 other products in FDA’s Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker class priced per EA, 9 have a higher middle NADAC price and 58 a lower one. The one in the middle is NICARDIPINE 20 MG CAPSULE, at $1.12012 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. 2026-01-01, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $275.99 for 30 tablets, at an average of $9.19968 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Norvasc” and “Amlodipine Besylate”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 20,746 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 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 NORVASC 2.5 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 Norvasc / Amlodipine Besylate: 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 brand name.