Tongue Depressor: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.019 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.006 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $0.019 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.008 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.007 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.006 |
What moves the price
For tongue depressor, the drivers are material, locking mechanism, serrated jaw, length, sterile packaging, capacity, mount style, print method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale and factory quotes show a wide split between U.S. reseller pricing for boxed medical-supply inventory and China factory FOB pricing for custom or OEM wooden tongue depressors. The lowest credible per-piece prices come from large-MOQ factory listings and are driven mainly by wood versus metal/plastic, sterile versus non-sterile, and packaging format (piece, bag, or box); custom printing or autoclavable finishes generally push prices upward. Realistic routes are U.S. medical wholesalers for stocked branded product and China OEM/ODM suppliers for private-label bulk runs, but the latter are the only source here with very low landed-equivalent piece pricing at scale.
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