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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

THEOPHYLLINE ER 600 MG TABLET

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$41.85 filed

30 × $1.39516 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2025-11-19, 2026-01-14 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$38.79 filed

30 × $1.29285 per EA, Part D average

Medicare's price is not your price.

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


The spread

0.93× estimated

Medicare paid 7% less than pharmacies pay.

Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Theophylline ER” / “Theophylline Anhydrous” into one figure, so it is not specific to this NDC.

OpenBill calculation · DSD_PTD_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_BGM.csv + nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · NADAC eff. 2025-11-19, 2026-01-14 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17) · Part D 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 (file of 2026-06-25, retrieved 2026-10-18)

Cost-plus estimate

$53.13 estimated

$41.85 + $6.28 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $53.13

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. 2025-11-19, 2026-01-14 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

THEOPHYLLINE ER 600 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “theophylline” and “theophylline anhydrous”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name, under the trade name “Theophylline (Anhydrous)”.

FDA gives its dosage form as tablet, extended release and its route as oral.

Its labelers, the companies named on the label, are Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA and Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Methylxanthine.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 2 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 $41.85 for 30 tablets (30 × $1.39516 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; those prices took effect between 2025-11-19 and 2026-01-14. That is what pharmacies pay their suppliers, not what they charge you.

NADAC’s explanation code for it: 4, carried forward from the previous file.

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 2025-11-19, 2026-01-14. The file is new; the price is not.

All 2 NDCs

Other strengths, forms and brands

8 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with THEOPHYLLINE ER 600 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
THEO-24 ER 100 MG CAPSULE
brand · capsule, extended release
$3.81613 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
We don’t know yet
THEO-24 ER 200 MG CAPSULE
brand · capsule, extended release
$5.66778 per EA filed
eff. 2026-01-01
We don’t know yet
THEO-24 ER 300 MG CAPSULE
brand · capsule, extended release
$6.95288 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
We don’t know yet
THEO-24 ER 400 MG CAPSULE
brand · capsule, extended release
$9.79324 per EA filed
eff. 2026-01-01
We don’t know yet
THEOPHYLLINE 80 MG/15 ML SOLN
generic · solution
$0.11183 per ML filed
eff. 2026-08-19
$0.13 per ML filed
Part D 2024 average
THEOPHYLLINE ER 300 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, extended release
$0.32954 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$1.29285 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
THEOPHYLLINE ER 400 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, extended release
$0.99526 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$1.29285 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
THEOPHYLLINE ER 450 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, extended release
$1.09918 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$1.29285 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
THEOPHYLLINE ER 600 MG TABLET this page
generic · tablet, extended release
$1.39516 per EA filed
eff. 2025-11-19 to 2026-01-14
$1.29285 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average

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 2025-11-19 and 2026-09-23 (5 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 $1.39516 per EA filed.

Of the 32 other products in FDA’s Methylxanthine class priced per EA, 7 have a higher middle NADAC price and 25 a lower one. The one in the middle is QC STAY AWAKE 200 MG TABLET, at $0.08299 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. 2025-11-19, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $38.79 for 30 tablets, at an average of $1.29285 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Theophylline ER” and “Theophylline Anhydrous”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 163,518 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 to ask at the counter

None of these figures is your price: what you pay depends on your pharmacy, your insurance, coupons and discounts.

Questions

Why is the comparison with Medicare for THEOPHYLLINE ER 600 MG TABLET labelled estimated?
Beyond what the card shows, the records give these reasons: The Part D figure covers 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31; the NADAC price is from the file of 2026-10-14. Part D spending basis, as the Part D record states it: Part D 2024 average spend per dosage unit for Theophylline ER / Theophylline Anhydrous: all makers, strengths, forms and routes combined, claim-weighted; gross cost incl. dispensing fees and patient pay, before rebates. Unit taken as NADAC's EA. Joined on generic name.