Diclofenac Sodium Gel
Pricing Report NDC 0536-1294-34

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

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Diclofenac Sodium (NDC 0536-1294-34) is $0.12461 per GM. 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 over the counter drug provided by Rugby Laboratories, this medication is distributed in a 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON / 50 g in 1 TUBE 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
$0.12461
Per GM

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
50 GM
Estimated Package Price
$6.23
Data Status
As of Jul 08, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
1 TUBE in 1 CARTON / 50 g in 1 TUBE
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 Dec 2020, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.06213 to $0.15464 per GM. Over this 5 years and 5 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
$0.0621 - $0.1546
Market Volatility
148.90% Variance
Latest Trend
1.24%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $0.12461 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 17, 2026 $0.08628 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.12308 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.08776 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.12496 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.08922 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.12634 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.08983 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.12709 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.09149 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.12325 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.09378 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.11877 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.09532 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.11829 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.09424 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.12157 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.09207 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.12273 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.08953 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.12074 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.09037 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.11132 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.09081 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.10641 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.09252 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.10129 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.09213 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.10056 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.09211 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.10252 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.09175 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.10686 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.09035 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.10989 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.08614 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.10832 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.08506 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.10788 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.07963 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.10515 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.08867 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.10470 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.09536 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.10444 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.09514 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.15464 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.07879 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.10399 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.09383 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.10572 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.08097 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.10137 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.08673 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $0.10248 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $0.10000 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $0.09750 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $0.10286 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $0.10402 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $0.09918 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $0.10742 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $0.08879 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $0.09400 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $0.09271 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $0.11244 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $0.09240 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $0.13707 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $0.09247 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $0.11287 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $0.09269 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $0.09892 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $0.09036 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $0.10880 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $0.09311 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.06895 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.06895 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.10736 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.08929 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $0.09866 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $0.09388 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.06213 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.06213 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.08885 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.09453 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 22, 2023 $0.09183 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.10956 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.10956 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.08834 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.06951 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.06951 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.12700 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.09918 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $0.09874 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $0.09665 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $0.10014 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $0.09524 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $0.09112 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $0.09227 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.08460 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.08460 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.09013 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $0.10276 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $0.09499 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $0.08782 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $0.09015 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $0.11227 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $0.09259 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $0.10472 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $0.09419 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $0.09514 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $0.09482 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $0.10328 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $0.09316 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $0.09675 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $0.09540 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $0.09973 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $0.09289 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $0.09378 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.10610 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.10610 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.09219 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $0.08946 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $0.10034 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $0.09395 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $0.10177 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $0.08977 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $0.09934 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $0.09040 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $0.10256 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $0.08985 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $0.10109 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $0.10168 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $0.10553 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 20, 2021 $0.10064 GMC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $0.10369 GMC/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: July 08, 2026