Ibuprofen Suspension
Pricing Report NDC 0472-2002-16

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

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Ibuprofen (NDC 0472-2002-16) is $0.02445 per ML. 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 Actavis Pharma, Inc., this medication is distributed in a 473 mL in 1 BOTTLE 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
$0.02445
Per ML

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
473 ML
Estimated Package Price
$11.56
Data Status
As of Jun 17, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
473 mL in 1 BOTTLE
Pricing Methodology Explanation
The NADAC was calculated using information from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.
The NADAC was calculated based on package size.

Historical Pricing Trends & Acquisition Cost Benchmarks

Since Aug 2018, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.01852 to $0.04331 per ML. Over this 7 years and 10 months 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
$0.0185 - $0.0431
Market Volatility
132.83% Variance
Latest Trend
0.12%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $0.02445 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 17, 2026 $0.03490 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.02442 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.03604 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.02393 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.03741 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.02357 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.03818 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.02394 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.03896 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.02496 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.03982 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.02565 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.04039 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.02526 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.04136 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.02531 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.04113 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.02521 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.04150 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.02562 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.04119 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.02603 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.04080 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.02655 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.04000 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.02639 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.03962 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.02573 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.04018 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.02484 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.04083 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.02318 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.04002 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.02111 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.03985 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.02160 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.03904 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.01852 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.04021 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.02603 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.03899 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.02541 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.03928 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.02775 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.03842 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.02140 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.03842 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.02507 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.04331 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.02040 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.04291 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.02141 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.04069 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $0.02616 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $0.02534 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $0.02318 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $0.02735 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $0.02858 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $0.02802 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $0.02873 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $0.02796 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $0.02880 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $0.02859 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.03071 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $0.02532 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.02831 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 22, 2023 $0.02851 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.02711 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.02895 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.02895 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.02933 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $0.02688 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $0.02802 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $0.02709 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $0.02748 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.02797 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $0.02408 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $0.03346 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $0.02504 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $0.03005 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $0.02614 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $0.03148 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $0.02680 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $0.02895 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $0.02811 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.03043 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $0.03623 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $0.03929 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $0.03261 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $0.03691 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $0.03518 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $0.03001 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $0.02962 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 20, 2021 $0.03561 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $0.03663 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 18, 2020 $0.03110 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 21, 2020 $0.03364 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $0.03195 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 19, 2020 $0.03308 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 22, 2020 $0.03233 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 17, 2020 $0.03610 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2020 $0.03509 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2020 $0.03104 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2020 $0.03240 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2020 $0.03584 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2020 $0.04192 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $0.04042 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $0.04034 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $0.04034 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $0.03897 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $0.04143 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2019 $0.03678 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2019 $0.03752 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2019 $0.04011 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $0.03641 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $0.03589 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $0.03589 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $0.03752 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $0.03708 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $0.03458 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $0.03760 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2019 $0.03835 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2019 $0.04110 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $0.03513 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $0.03571 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $0.03829 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $0.03829 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $0.03860 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $0.03580 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 19, 2018 $0.03554 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 19, 2018 $0.03701 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $0.04312 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $0.03593 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $0.03861 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $0.03847 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Sep 19, 2018 $0.03880 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 22, 2018 $0.03921 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 15, 2018 $0.03668 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - 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.
  • Code 5: The NADAC was calculated based on package size.

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: June 17, 2026