Suture: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $5.00 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $2.50 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 | $5.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $4.50 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $4.00 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $3.50 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $3.00 |
| 100,000+ units | $2.50 |
What moves the price
For suture, the drivers are material, seal mechanism, tamper evidence, lining, fit diameter, seal type, sterile or nonsterile, compatibility — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Public U.S.-facing retail/distributor pricing for branded surgical sutures clusters around roughly $8.75-$12.50 per unit for boxed sterile sutures, while wholesale/import listings for generic or OEM surgical sutures commonly show sub-$1 to low-single-digit per-piece pricing. The biggest price drivers are material (nylon, polypropylene, PGA/PLGA, gut), absorbable vs nonabsorbable construction, needle/pack configuration, sterilization, and brand/GPO channel. For custom-manufactured plastic suture products, realistic supplier routes are OEM/ODM factories and import brokers; U.S. distributors usually reflect much higher branded-medicine channel pricing rather than true factory wholesale.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder suture 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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