Guanfacine Tablet, Extended Release
Pricing Report NDC 24979-538-01

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

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Guanfacine Extended-release (NDC 24979-538-01) is $0.18607 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 Upsher-smith Laboratories, Llc, this medication is distributed in a 100 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE 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
$0.18607
Per EA

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
100 EA
Estimated Package Price
$18.61
Data Status
As of Jul 08, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
100 TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE
Pricing Methodology Explanation
The NADAC was calculated using information from the most recently completed pharmacy survey.

Historical Pricing Trends & Acquisition Cost Benchmarks

Since Aug 2017, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.16612 to $0.62053 per EA. Over this 8 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
$0.1661 - $0.6205
Market Volatility
273.54% Variance
Latest Trend
4.57%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $0.18607 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.17794 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.16809 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.17352 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.19240 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.20341 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.20242 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.19344 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.20430 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.21181 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.22177 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.20340 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.19684 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.19101 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.19543 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.20160 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.18530 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.17438 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.17580 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.16612 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.20888 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.22032 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.22208 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.17677 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.20819 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.19156 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.20364 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $0.23174 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $0.23327 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $0.25145 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $0.23564 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $0.28444 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $0.22373 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $0.23516 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $0.24161 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $0.25911 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $0.25282 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.25073 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $0.21765 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.23596 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 22, 2023 $0.26900 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.25211 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.24410 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $0.25545 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $0.24510 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $0.25977 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $0.24800 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.25452 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $0.23823 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $0.24893 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 20, 2022 $0.21973 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 23, 2022 $0.25313 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 23, 2022 $0.24902 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $0.24710 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $0.22645 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $0.24969 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $0.26985 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.24903 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $0.27339 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $0.27536 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $0.31019 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $0.28932 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $0.31654 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $0.28830 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $0.30074 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 20, 2021 $0.29198 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $0.27723 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 18, 2020 $0.30483 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 21, 2020 $0.30569 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $0.31356 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 19, 2020 $0.27566 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 22, 2020 $0.40164 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 17, 2020 $0.41726 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 20, 2020 $0.29691 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 22, 2020 $0.29357 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 18, 2020 $0.39748 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 19, 2020 $0.29095 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 22, 2020 $0.29572 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $0.32166 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $0.28268 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 23, 2019 $0.35418 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 18, 2019 $0.31323 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 21, 2019 $0.34334 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $0.46135 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $0.39679 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $0.36047 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 17, 2019 $0.33162 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $0.38311 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $0.35957 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $0.41564 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 19, 2018 $0.45816 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $0.39663 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $0.42843 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 19, 2018 $0.49585 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 22, 2018 $0.48255 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jul 18, 2018 $0.50565 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jun 20, 2018 $0.50735 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
May 23, 2018 $0.55080 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Apr 18, 2018 $0.51310 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Mar 21, 2018 $0.56313 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Feb 21, 2018 $0.54461 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Jan 17, 2018 $0.55471 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Dec 20, 2017 $0.58940 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Nov 22, 2017 $0.62053 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Oct 18, 2017 $0.61490 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Sep 20, 2017 $0.59342 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 23, 2017 $0.59868 EAC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1G - Generic
Aug 16, 2017 $0.60281 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.

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