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NADAC week of 2026-10-14

VARDENAFIL HCL 5 MG TABLET

For 30 tablets

Pharmacies pay

$212.99 filed

30 × $7.0998 per EA

CMS NADAC · nadac-national-average-drug-acquisition-cost-20261014.csv · eff. 2026-03-18 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

Medicare Part D paid

$526.56 filed

30 × $17.55195 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

2.5× estimated

Medicare paid 2.5× what pharmacies pay.

Part D averages every strength and form sold under “Vardenafil HCl” 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. 2026-03-18 (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

$249.94 estimated

$212.99 + $31.95 (15%) + $5.00 fee per fill = $249.94

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. 2026-03-18 (file of 2026-10-14, retrieved 2026-10-17)

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What it is

VARDENAFIL HCL 5 MG TABLET is how the CMS NADAC file names this product. The FDA NDC Directory lists it as “vardenafil” and “vardenafil hydrochloride”, as its NDCs’ listings variously write the nonproprietary name.

FDA gives its dosage form as “tablet, film coated” and “tablet” and its route as oral.

FDA lists 4 labelers (the companies named on the label) for its NDCs, among them Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Lannett Company, Inc. and Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited.

FDA’s Established Pharmacologic Class for it is Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor.

The NADAC file of 2026-10-14 prices it under 4 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 $212.99 for 30 tablets (30 × $7.0998 per EA, rounded to the cent), by the CMS NADAC file of 2026-10-14; that price took effect on 2026-03-18. 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 4 NDCs was carried forward from an earlier file (NADAC explanation code 2 or 4), not newly surveyed: those prices took effect on 2026-03-18. The file is new; the price is not.

All 4 NDCs

Other strengths, forms and brands

3 other products in the NADAC file share an FDA nonproprietary name with VARDENAFIL HCL 5 MG TABLET.

ProductPharmacies pay per unitMedicare per unit
VARDENAFIL HCL 5 MG TABLET this page
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$7.0998 per EA filed
eff. 2026-03-18
$17.55195 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
VARDENAFIL HCL 10 MG ODT
generic · tablet / tablet, orally disintegrating
$23.327 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
We don’t know yet
VARDENAFIL HCL 10 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$2.86665 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$17.55195 per EA filed
Part D 2024 average
VARDENAFIL HCL 20 MG TABLET
generic · tablet, film coated / tablet
$2.7928 per EA filed
eff. 2026-09-23
$17.55195 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. 2026-03-18, 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 4 NDCs’ NADAC prices is $7.0998 per EA filed.

Of the 17 other products in FDA’s Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor class priced per EA, 6 have a higher middle NADAC price and 11 a lower one. The one in the middle is TADALAFIL 20 MG TABLET, at $0.16709 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. 2026-03-18, 2026-09-23 · as of 2026-10-14 · retrieved 2026-10-17

What Medicare paid

Medicare Part D paid $526.56 for 30 tablets, at an average of $17.55195 per EA in 2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) for “Vardenafil HCl”, every strength and form sold under that name together (Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, file of 2026-06-25).

That average covers 4,738 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 VARDENAFIL HCL 5 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 Vardenafil HCl / Vardenafil HCl: 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.