Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Capsule, Extended Release
Pricing Report NDC 0406-1830-01

View Wholesale Price per Unit, Acquisition Costs, and Historic Pricing Trends

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-release (NDC 0406-1830-01) is $1.81496 per EA. This benchmark price is based on the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) and has been effective since Jun 17, 2026.

As a a human prescription drug provided by Specgx Llc, this medication is distributed in a 100 CAPSULE, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC configuration. The pricing data is derived from C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy surveys, reflecting the actual invoice prices paid by community pharmacies to drug wholesalers.

NADAC Pricing Summary

NADAC pricing snapshot for this package NDC

Acquisition Cost
$1.81496
Per EA

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
100 EA
Estimated Package Price
$181.50
Data Status
As of Jul 08, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
100 CAPSULE, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC
Pricing Methodology Explanation
The NADAC was calculated using information from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.

Historical Pricing Trends & Acquisition Cost Benchmarks

Since May 2017, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.92398 to $3.31884 per EA. Over this 9 years and 1 month period, the pricing trend reflects the shifting acquisition costs reported by retail and chain pharmacies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The following interactive chart and historical table detail every recorded price adjustment based on these federal surveys.

Price Range
$0.9240 - $3.3188
Market Volatility
259.19% Variance
Latest Trend
4.72%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $1.81496 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $1.73320 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $1.75183 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $1.74746 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $1.83819 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $1.84300 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $1.91510 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $1.85545 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $1.78165 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $1.80211 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $1.83167 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $1.81305 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $1.76405 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $1.78187 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $1.80654 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $1.77206 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $1.59125 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $1.40692 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $1.19032 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $1.14032 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $1.10470 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $1.28044 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $1.15879 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.92398 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $1.53154 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.96509 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.92914 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $1.37763 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $1.06405 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $1.20248 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $1.12370 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $1.23354 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $1.31731 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $1.60859 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $1.36391 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $1.27141 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $1.10099 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $1.38846 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $1.13043 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $1.36639 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 22, 2023 $1.30973 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $1.14350 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $1.21564 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $1.26944 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $1.18893 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $1.11185 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $1.08905 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $1.19559 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $1.13711 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $1.49658 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $1.12257 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $1.42159 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $0.98943 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $1.24980 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $1.20143 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $1.38680 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $1.16965 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $1.44298 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $1.36413 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $1.50581 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $1.28299 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $1.54562 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $1.60634 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $2.12197 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $1.84682 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 20, 2021 $1.52638 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $1.91861 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 18, 2020 $2.49629 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 21, 2020 $2.74739 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $2.22121 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 19, 2020 $2.65474 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 22, 2020 $2.79836 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 17, 2020 $2.27439 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 20, 2020 $2.45070 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 22, 2020 $2.67172 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 18, 2020 $2.77687 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 19, 2020 $2.35405 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 22, 2020 $2.31622 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $2.57453 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $2.40036 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 23, 2019 $2.99957 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 18, 2019 $2.33986 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 21, 2019 $2.53146 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $2.63167 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $2.80686 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $2.50790 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $3.05638 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $3.05638 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $3.31757 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $3.08356 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 19, 2018 $2.99521 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $2.78348 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $3.14301 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 19, 2018 $2.85148 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 22, 2018 $3.01736 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 18, 2018 $3.13765 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 20, 2018 $3.25284 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 23, 2018 $3.31884 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 18, 2018 $3.27270 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 21, 2018 $3.19758 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 21, 2018 $2.99556 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 17, 2018 $2.82967 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 20, 2017 $2.35169 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 22, 2017 $2.84783 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 18, 2017 $3.00737 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 20, 2017 $3.02792 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 23, 2017 $3.15727 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 19, 2017 $2.97494 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 21, 2017 $2.87245 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 17, 2017 $3.15879 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 03, 2017 $3.12649 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic

Pricing Methodology Legend

  • Code 1: The NADAC was calculated using information from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.
  • Code 4: The NADAC was carried forward from the previous file.

Understanding NADAC Pricing Data

The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) is compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This data is derived from random monthly surveys of more than 60,000 pharmacies across all 50 states.


Important Price Distinction:

The prices listed on this page represent the wholesale invoice price paid by pharmacies to acquire the drug. This is NOT the retail price paid by consumers at the pharmacy counter. Final patient costs typically include pharmacy markups, professional dispensing fees, and insurance adjustments.

NADAC Pricing Data Last Updated on: July 08, 2026