Pharmaceutical Vial: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.18 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.07 at volume, on a typical 45-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 | $0.18 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.15 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.13 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.11 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.09 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.07 |
What moves the price
For pharmaceutical vial, the drivers are glass type, capacity, wall thickness, closure type, frosting/decoration, sterility level, glass clarity, shape — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale vial-and-cap pricing for pharmacy/vial suppliers shows small-batch unit costs around $0.12-$0.20 for child-resistant plastic prescription vials, with lower costs at higher case quantities; broader vial price guides and import/market anchors support a downward curve as volume rises. Realistic supplier routes are US-facing pharmacy packaging wholesalers and vial specialists for plastic oral/liquid vials, or overseas/custom packaging factories when you need printing, color matching, and custom closures at 25k+ units; sterile pharma-grade or child-resistant specs materially raise cost, while plain non-sterile HDPE/PP with standard cap is the cheapest path.
Paying more than the median?
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