Megestrol Acetate Suspension
Pricing Report NDC 24979-041-13

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

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Megestrol Acetate (NDC 24979-041-13) is $1.25838 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 Upsher-smith Laboratories, Llc, this medication is distributed in a 150 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
$1.25838
Per ML

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
150 ML
Estimated Package Price
$188.76
Data Status
As of Jul 08, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
150 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 Nov 2015, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.85228 to $4.08196 per ML. Over this 10 years and 6 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
$0.8523 - $4.0820
Market Volatility
378.95% Variance
Latest Trend
3.02%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $1.25838 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $1.22148 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $1.19943 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $1.16017 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $1.15960 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $1.16773 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $1.20763 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $1.23398 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $1.23016 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $1.19010 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $1.12643 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $1.10866 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $1.08942 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $1.10696 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $1.08154 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $1.04348 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $1.03225 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $1.07272 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $1.18194 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $1.16898 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $1.28962 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $1.10984 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $1.02350 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $1.11588 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.85228 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.86332 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.93925 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $1.09664 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $1.27245 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $1.10413 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $1.20742 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $1.28005 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $1.42386 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $1.26077 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $1.20960 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $1.23335 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $1.18587 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.91153 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $1.18242 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $1.09378 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $1.22299 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $1.22299 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $1.18522 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $1.18046 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $1.11763 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $1.28981 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $1.22819 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $1.25404 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $1.32546 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $1.45175 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $1.26840 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $1.44419 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $1.65360 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $1.28513 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $1.36979 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $1.81489 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $1.55334 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $1.58736 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $1.61947 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $1.19678 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $1.73730 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $1.94691 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $1.81254 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $1.71753 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $1.79306 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 20, 2021 $1.81704 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $1.74243 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 18, 2020 $1.85990 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 21, 2020 $1.79559 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $1.87824 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 19, 2020 $2.18594 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 22, 2020 $2.19117 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 17, 2020 $2.50845 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2020 $2.00083 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2020 $2.35204 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2020 $2.19953 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2020 $2.08356 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2020 $2.32713 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $2.30761 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $2.40618 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2019 $2.27221 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2019 $2.39130 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2019 $2.10214 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $2.29582 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $2.67331 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $2.81423 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2019 $2.35110 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $2.34159 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $2.73715 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $2.40737 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $2.62328 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $2.62328 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $2.64634 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 19, 2018 $2.78081 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 22, 2018 $2.83993 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 18, 2018 $2.55695 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 20, 2018 $2.82781 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 23, 2018 $2.75318 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 3, 5G - Generic
Apr 18, 2018 $2.51448 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 21, 2018 $3.09613 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2018 $3.02370 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2018 $2.70635 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2017 $2.95351 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2017 $2.88388 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2017 $3.25231 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2017 $2.89732 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2017 $3.00871 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2017 $2.76301 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2017 $3.03231 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2017 $2.94866 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2017 $2.91567 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2017 $2.56887 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 22, 2017 $2.93698 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2017 $2.94393 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2016 $3.10491 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2016 $3.19320 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2016 $3.00093 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 21, 2016 $3.48667 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 17, 2016 $3.17389 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2016 $3.17224 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2016 $3.53987 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2016 $3.12027 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 20, 2016 $3.79161 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 23, 2016 $3.94386 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 17, 2016 $3.86209 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 20, 2016 $3.83550 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2015 $4.08196 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 18, 2015 $3.83539 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 3: The NADAC based on survey data has been adjusted to reflect changes in published pricing, or as a result of an inquiry to the help desk.
  • 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