OpenBilldrug price receipt

NADAC week of 2026-10-14

PREDNISOLONE 5 MG TABLET

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$254.52 filed

30 × $8.48393 per EA

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

Medicare Part B pays

$14.94 derived

30 × $0.498 per EA, Part B limit

Medicare's price is not your price.

OpenBill calculation · october-2026-medicare-part-b-payment-limit-files-final.zip + october-2026-ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-final.zip · Part B limit 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18) · Part B crosswalk 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18)


The spread

0.06× estimated

These two figures may not measure the same thing

At 0.06×, the Medicare figure is 0.2 times what pharmacies pay or less. A gap that large means the two figures may not describe the same unit or product, or the price may have changed between their dates; check what each one covers before relying on the multiple.

9 labelers share HCPCS J7510 on the CMS crosswalk, so its payment limit is an average across all their products billed under that code, not this NDC’s own price.

OpenBill calculation · october-2026-medicare-part-b-payment-limit-files-final.zip + october-2026-ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-final.zip + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2026-09-23 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · Part B limit 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18) · Part B crosswalk 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18)

Cost-plus estimate

$297.70 estimated

$254.52 + $38.18 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $297.70

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. 2026-09-23 (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

PREDNISOLONE 5 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as prednisolone.

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

Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are Hisun Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Aurobindo Pharma Limited and Chartwell RX, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Corticosteroid.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 3 NDCs (National Drug Codes).

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 $254.52 for 30 tablets (30 × $8.48393 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 code for it: 1, calculated from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.

All 3 NDCs

Other strengths, forms and brands

2 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name prednisolone with PREDNISOLONE 5 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
PREDNISOLONE 5 MG TABLET this page
generic · tablet
$8.48393 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.498 per EA derived
Part B limit 2026 Q4
PREDNISOLONE 15 MG/5 ML SOLN
generic · solution
$0.10345 to $0.61529 per ML filed
eff. 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-30
$0.2988 to $0.30048 per ML derived
Part B limit 2026 Q4
PREDNISOLONE 15 MG/5 ML SYRUP
generic · syrup
$0.5676 to $0.61529 per ML filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$0.2988 per ML derived
Part B limit 2026 Q4

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-09-23, 2026-09-30 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

OpenBill calculation · october-2026-medicare-part-b-payment-limit-files-final.zip + october-2026-ndc-hcpcs-crosswalk-final.zip · Part B limit 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18) · Part B crosswalk 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31 (file of 2026-09-17, retrieved 2026-10-18)

Compared with its class

The middle of its 3 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $8.48393 per EA filed.

Of the 73 other products in FDA’s Corticosteroid class priced per EA, 19 have a higher middle NADAC price and 54 a lower one. The one in the middle is FLUTICASONE PROP 100 MCG DISKUS, at $2.05252 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

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part B’s payment limit for HCPCS J7510, for 2026-10-01 to 2026-12-31, comes to $14.94 for 30 tablets, or $0.498 per EA once converted to NADAC’s unit for this product.

Medicare Part B pays for this oral drug at a pharmacy only in specific circumstances CMS sets for this code; most prescriptions are paid by Part D.

The patient’s share under Part B (coinsurance, 20% of the limit, before deductibles and other coverage) is $0.0996 per 5 MG.

1 of the product’s 3 NDCs have this Medicare figure; the other 2 do not, and the interactive card says why for each.

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.