Price guide · Industrial Safety
Drug Vial: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.24 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 at volume, on a typical 21-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 | $0.24 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.18 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.12 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.09 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.07 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For drug vial, the drivers are material, capacity, glass type, sterility, color, closure type, labeling, preservative compatibility — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale quotes for glass pharmaceutical vials cluster around $0.02-$0.20 per piece at MOQ 1,000-10,000 on marketplace and trade-supplier listings, while a US-facing distributor shows much higher case prices for small quantities. The biggest cost drivers are vial size/capacity, Type I borosilicate versus soda-lime glass, sterile/RTU processing, closure configuration, and custom printing or decoration. Realistic supplier routes are US distributors for small buys, and China/Asia OEM exporters or trade platforms for custom-printed bulk orders; sterile RTU and pharma-qualified specs sit at the top of the band.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder drug vial 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.
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