PRED FORTE 1% EYE DROPS

What it is

PRED FORTE 1% EYE DROPS is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as prednisolone acetate, under the trade name “PRED FORTE”.

FDA gives its dosage form as suspension/ drops and its route as ophthalmic.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Allergan, Inc.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Corticosteroid.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 2 NDCs (National Drug Codes); the FDA directory lists 1 of them.

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 $153.57 – $154.15 for 5 mL, depending on the NDC ($30.7132 to $30.83057 per ML), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2025-12-17. 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.

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 2025-12-17. 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: $4.72213 to $4.82733 per ML filed.

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

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

All 2 NDCs

• 11980-0180-05 · Allergan, Inc. · $30.7132 per ML · eff. 2025-12-17 filed carried forward
• 11980-0180-10 · not listed as a package in the FDA directory · $30.83057 per ML · eff. 2025-12-17 filed carried forward

Other strengths, forms and brands

2 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name prednisolone acetate with PRED FORTE 1% EYE DROPS.

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. 2025-12-17, 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 $30.7132 per ML filed.

Of the 106 other products in FDA’s Corticosteroid class priced per ML, 10 have a higher middle NADAC price and 96 a lower one. The one in the middle is FLUNISOLIDE 0.025% SPRAY, at $1.98777 per ML 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. 2025-12-17, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

How the class comparison works

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $145.86 for 5 mL, at an average of $29.17161 per ML in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Pred Forte” and “Prednisolone Acetate”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 3,969 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 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 5 mL? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• Which NDC (the 11-digit number on the package) is this? Pharmacies pay $30.7132 to $30.83057 per ML for this product, depending on the NDC.
• Is a generic version available, and would it suit me? NADAC lists a generic with the same ingredient, strength and dosage form by FDA: PREDNISOLONE AC 1% EYE DROP. Ask your pharmacist or prescriber; do not switch on your own.
• How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 5 mL; your package may hold a different amount.
• 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.