Price guide · Industrial Safety
Aluminum Blister: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.175 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.045 at volume, on a typical 14-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.175 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.15 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.125 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.10 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.075 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.045 |
What moves the price
For aluminum blister, the drivers are reagent compatibility, light barrier, foil lidding, well geometry, temperature resistance, cold-form or thermoform, child resistance, calendar printing — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Real supplier quotes for similar pharmaceutical blister packs cluster around about $0.50 at 1,000-2,999 pieces, $0.30 at 3,000-4,999, $0.20 at 5,000-99,999, and $0.05 at 100,000+ on Made-in-China, with Alibaba/Made-in-China listings also showing very low per-piece pricing for comparable blister formats. Pricing is mainly driven by cavity count/layout, foil structure and thickness, print coverage, and whether the pack uses cold-form alu-alu, tamper-evident features, or higher barrier construction; mid-range printed PVC/Alu or PET/Alu-style unit-dose blister packs are usually sourced from pharma packaging converters rather than commodity foil sellers. US-facing buyers most realistically source through domestic blister-packaging distributors for small runs or import from China/India via trade platforms for the lowest per-unit costs.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder aluminum blister regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.