Why does this page start at 14 g?

NADAC prices this product per GM. The FDA NDC Directory’s package description gives 14 g in one package for this product’s NDC (“1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70000-0093-1) / 14 g in 1 TUBE”), so the card starts at one package: 14 GM. Change it to match your prescription.

POLY BACITRACIN OINTMENT

FDA nonproprietary name: first aid antibiotic

For 14 g

Pharmacies pay

$2.22 filed

14 × $0.15857 per GM

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-07-22 · 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

$7.55 estimated

$2.22 + $0.33 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $7.55

This is a model, not a price any pharmacy quoted. Shipping is not included. For a pack this cheap, the $5.00 fee is most of the estimate. How it is worked out

OpenBill calculation · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2026-07-22 (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

POLY BACITRACIN OINTMENT is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as first aid antibiotic, under the trade name “Leader Poly Bacitracin”.

FDA gives its dosage form as ointment and its route as topical.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Cardinal Health 110, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Polymyxin-class Antibacterial.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 70000-0093-01.

NADAC classes it as a generic drug (rate-setting class G), and marks it as sold over the counter.

What pharmacies pay

Pharmacies pay $2.22 for 14 g (14 × $0.15857 per GM, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-07-22. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation codes for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file; 5, calculated based on package size.

This NDC’s NADAC was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: it took effect on 2026-07-22. The file is new; the price is not.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes · Carried-forward prices

The NDC

70000-0093-01 · Cardinal Health 110, Inc. · $0.15857 per GM · eff. 2026-07-22 filed carried forward

Other strengths, forms and brands

2 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name first aid antibiotic with POLY BACITRACIN OINTMENT.

Product	Pharmacies pay per unit	Medicare per unit
BACITRACIN ZN 500 UNIT/GM OINT generic · ointment	$0.0742 to $0.18628 per GM filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet
POLY BACITRACIN OINTMENT this page generic · ointment	$0.15857 per GM filed eff. 2026-07-22	We don’t know yet
TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT generic · ointment	$0.08877 to $0.13907 per GM filed eff. 2026-09-23	We don’t know yet

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-07-22, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Compared with its class

Its NADAC price is $0.15857 per GM filed.

Of the 16 other products in FDA’s Polymyxin-class Antibacterial class priced per GM, 5 have a higher middle NADAC price and 11 a lower one. The one in the middle is FT TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC-PAIN OINT, at $0.12611 per GM 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. 2026-07-22, 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 14 g? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
It is sold over the counter, so shelf prices vary from store to store: what does it cost per unit here?
How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 14 g; 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 14 g?: NADAC prices this product per GM. The FDA NDC Directory’s package description gives 14 g in one package for this product’s NDC (“1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (70000-0093-1) / 14 g in 1 TUBE”), so the card starts at one package: 14 GM. Change it to match your prescription.

Its pharmacologic class

Polymyxin-class Antibacterial 25 products