POTASSIUM CL 20 MEQ PACKET

What it is

POTASSIUM CL 20 MEQ PACKET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as potassium chloride, under the trade name “Potassium Chloride for Oral Solution”.

FDA gives its dosage form as “powder, for solution” and “for solution” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 11 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Endo USA, Inc., Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc. d/b/a Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Epic Pharma, LLC.

FDA lists it under 2 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Osmotic Laxative and Potassium Salt.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 32 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 $0.62 for 1 unit (EA) (1 × $0.62416 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 codes for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey; 6, the CMS Covered Outpatient Drug Product File S/I/N drug category was not applied when grouping drugs for the calculation.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes

The 11 labelers

Other strengths, forms and brands

14 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name potassium chloride with POTASSIUM CL 20 MEQ PACKET.

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. 2026-08-19, 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 32 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $0.62416 per EA filed.

Of the 43 other products in FDA’s Osmotic Laxative class priced per EA, 20 have a higher middle NADAC price and 23 a lower one. The one in the middle is KLOR-CON M15 TABLET, at $0.49604 per EA filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 16 other products in FDA’s Potassium Salt class priced per EA, 3 have a higher middle NADAC price and 13 a lower one. The one in the middle is POTASSIUM CL ER 20 MEQ TABLET, at $0.14078 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

Medicare Part D paid $0.24 for 1 unit (EA), at an average of $0.24357 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Potassium Chloride*” and “Potassium Chloride”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 14,480,710 Part D claims (fills, including refills) for 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31, across every maker, strength and form under the name.

5 of the product’s 32 NDCs have this Medicare figure; the other 27 do not, and the interactive card says why for each.

Medicare's price is not your price.

What Part D spending measures · Which Medicare figure OpenBill compares · How the spread is worked out

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 1 unit (EA)? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• If you have Medicare Part D: what is my plan’s copay or coinsurance for it? The Part D average on this page is not what you pay.
• These are questions about price, not medical advice. Do not change or stop a medicine without talking to your prescriber or pharmacist.