PROTONIX 40 MG SUSPENSION
FDA nonproprietary name: pantoprazole sodium
For 1 unit (EA)
Pharmacies pay
$14.07 filed
1 × $14.06629 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
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
$21.18 estimated
$14.07 + $2.11 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $21.18
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
PROTONIX 40 MG SUSPENSION is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as pantoprazole sodium, under the trade name “Protonix Delayed-Release”.
FDA gives its dosage form as granule, delayed release and its route as oral.
The labeler, the company named on the label, is Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc.
FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Proton Pump Inhibitor.
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 $14.07 for 1 unit (EA) (1 × $14.06629 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.
NADAC also lists, on the row of its brand NDCs, what pharmacies pay for the generic equivalent, a different product: $3.84903 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
What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes
All 2 NDCs
- 00008-0844-01 · not listed as a package in the FDA directory · $14.06629 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
- 00008-0844-02 · Wyeth Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. · $14.06629 per EA · eff. 2026-09-23 filed
Other strengths, forms and brands
6 other products in the NADAC file share the FDA nonproprietary name pantoprazole sodium with PROTONIX 40 MG SUSPENSION.
| Product | Pharmacies pay per unit | Medicare per unit |
|---|---|---|
| PANTOPRAZOLE DR 40 MG SUSP PKT | $3.84903 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| PANTOPRAZOLE SOD DR 20 MG TAB | $0.04262 per EA filed | $0.19866 per EA filed |
| PANTOPRAZOLE SOD DR 40 MG TAB | $0.03577 per EA filed | $0.19866 per EA filed |
| PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM 40 MG VIAL | $2.374 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| PROTONIX 40 MG SUSPENSION this page | $14.06629 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| PROTONIX DR 20 MG TABLET | $14.31343 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
| PROTONIX DR 40 MG TABLET | $14.23539 per EA filed | We don’t know yet |
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. between 2026-01-01 and 2026-09-30 (4 dates) · 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 $14.06629 per EA filed.
Of the 61 other products in FDA’s Proton Pump Inhibitor class priced per EA, 4 have a higher middle NADAC price and 57 a lower one. The one in the middle is NAPROXEN-ESOMEPRAZ DR 500-20 MG, at $1.95826 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
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 1 unit (EA)? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
- 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 1 unit (EA)?
- NADAC prices this product per EA, and the FDA NDC Directory lists 1 of its 2 NDCs (it does not list the other one) as dosage form “GRANULE, DELAYED RELEASE” with route “ORAL”. Only a tablet, capsule, lozenge or troche with route “ORAL”, or a tablet or film with route “SUBLINGUAL” or “BUCCAL”, starts at 30, and this is not one. NADAC’s EA for it may be a whole package (such as a kit, pen, syringe, vial or inhaler) or one dose inside it, and the files do not say which. So the card starts at 1 unit (EA) rather than guess how many make up a fill; change it to match your prescription.
Related pages
Its pharmacologic class
Related in the same class
- DEXLANSOPRAZOLE DR 30 MG CAP
- RABEPRAZOLE SOD DR 20 MG TAB
- OMEPRAZOLE-BICARB 20-1,100 CAP
- NAPROXEN-ESOMEPRAZ DR 375-20 MG
- ESOMEPRAZOLE DR 10 MG PACKET