Escitalopram Solution
Pricing Report NDC 33342-053-28

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

Current Package Pricing Information

The current wholesale acquisition cost for Escitalopram (NDC 33342-053-28) is $0.15998 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 Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited, this medication is distributed in a 240 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
$0.15998
Per ML

Effective Date
Jun 17, 2026
Billable Units
240 ML
Estimated Package Price
$38.40
Data Status
As of Jul 08, 2026
C/I - Chain or Independent Pharmacy
Package NDC
Description
240 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 Jun 2018, the NADAC wholesale price for (NDC ) has moved within a range of $0.11819 to $0.53613 per ML. Over this 8 years 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
$0.1182 - $0.5361
Market Volatility
353.62% Variance
Latest Trend
2.97%
Date Unit Price Unit Source Method Rate
Jun 17, 2026 $0.15998 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2026 $0.15536 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2026 $0.14071 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2026 $0.13930 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 18, 2026 $0.17760 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 21, 2026 $0.19084 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 17, 2025 $0.18202 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 19, 2025 $0.17169 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 22, 2025 $0.18663 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 17, 2025 $0.19694 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 20, 2025 $0.20415 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 23, 2025 $0.18133 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 18, 2025 $0.17033 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 21, 2025 $0.16362 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 23, 2025 $0.16684 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 19, 2025 $0.18071 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2025 $0.16898 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2025 $0.17161 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2024 $0.16360 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2024 $0.16325 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2024 $0.17675 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2024 $0.14643 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2024 $0.17103 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2024 $0.11819 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2024 $0.15729 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2024 $0.13621 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2024 $0.14433 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2024 $0.23318 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 21, 2024 $0.28901 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 17, 2024 $0.30182 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 20, 2023 $0.22228 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 22, 2023 $0.25858 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 18, 2023 $0.14276 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 20, 2023 $0.26550 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 23, 2023 $0.18149 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 19, 2023 $0.23614 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 21, 2023 $0.18431 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 17, 2023 $0.26069 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 19, 2023 $0.20641 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 22, 2023 $0.27362 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 22, 2023 $0.23828 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 18, 2023 $0.29394 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 21, 2022 $0.19925 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 23, 2022 $0.33534 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 19, 2022 $0.24574 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 21, 2022 $0.35424 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 17, 2022 $0.37592 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 20, 2022 $0.32138 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 22, 2022 $0.39156 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 18, 2022 $0.38791 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 16, 2022 $0.36935 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 3, 5G - Generic
Feb 16, 2022 $0.36935 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jan 19, 2022 $0.27147 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 22, 2021 $0.28819 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 17, 2021 $0.48490 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 20, 2021 $0.38405 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 22, 2021 $0.35575 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 18, 2021 $0.34301 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 21, 2021 $0.40957 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 23, 2021 $0.52954 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 19, 2021 $0.38652 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 21, 2021 $0.41147 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 17, 2021 $0.45379 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 17, 2021 $0.33643 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $0.42734 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 23, 2020 $0.42734 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Nov 18, 2020 $0.31181 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $0.49654 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 23, 2020 $0.49654 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Aug 19, 2020 $0.42595 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 22, 2020 $0.36471 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 17, 2020 $0.32245 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 20, 2020 $0.30865 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 22, 2020 $0.35207 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 18, 2020 $0.34141 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 19, 2020 $0.39809 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 22, 2020 $0.35752 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 18, 2019 $0.35704 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 20, 2019 $0.33269 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 23, 2019 $0.36015 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 18, 2019 $0.32567 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 21, 2019 $0.33318 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jul 17, 2019 $0.53613 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 19, 2019 $0.32008 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
May 22, 2019 $0.31615 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Apr 17, 2019 $0.34168 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Mar 20, 2019 $0.40654 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Feb 20, 2019 $0.38892 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jan 23, 2019 $0.31411 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Dec 19, 2018 $0.26894 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Nov 21, 2018 $0.43348 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Oct 17, 2018 $0.44542 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Sep 19, 2018 $0.49261 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Aug 15, 2018 $0.39232 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 3, 5G - Generic
Aug 15, 2018 $0.39232 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 4, 5G - Generic
Jul 18, 2018 $0.34965 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 20, 2018 $0.38024 MLC/I - Chain or Independent PharmacyCode 1, 5G - Generic
Jun 13, 2018 $0.37575 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