TOBRADEX EYE OINTMENT

What it is

TOBRADEX EYE OINTMENT is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as tobramycin and dexamethasone, under the trade name “TobraDex”.

FDA gives its dosage form as ointment and its route as ophthalmic.

The labeler, the company named on the label, is Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

FDA lists it under 2 Established Pharmacologic Classes: Aminoglycoside Antibacterial and Corticosteroid.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under one NDC (National Drug Code), 00078-0876-01.

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 $314.00 for 3.5 g (3.5 × $89.7148 per GM, 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; 5, calculated based on package size.

What NADAC measures · NADAC explanation codes

The NDC

• 00078-0876-01 · Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · $89.7148 per GM · eff. 2026-09-23 filed

Other strengths, forms and brands

1 other product in the NADAC file shares the FDA nonproprietary name tobramycin and dexamethasone with TOBRADEX EYE OINTMENT.

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. 2026-09-23 · 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

Its NADAC price is $89.7148 per GM filed.

Of the 15 other products in FDA’s Aminoglycoside Antibacterial class priced per GM, 0 have a higher middle NADAC price and 15 a lower one. The one in the middle is QC TRIPLE ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT, at $0.13907 per GM filed (eff. 2026-09-23).

Of the 122 other products in FDA’s Corticosteroid class priced per GM, 1 has a higher middle NADAC price and 121 a lower one. The one in the middle is CALCIPOTRIENE-BETAMETHASONE DP 0.005%-0.064% OINTMENT, at $1.43306 per GM 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 $265.79 for 3.5 g, at an average of $75.94132 per GM in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Tobradex” and “Tobramycin/Dexamethasone”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 56,574 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 3.5 g? Is it lower than what I would pay through my insurance?
• How much is in the package I am getting? This page uses 3.5 g; 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.