Potassium Chloride 20 mEq packet price
U.S. pharmacies pay an average of $0.672 per packet for Potassium Chloride 20 mEq packet (CMS NADAC, week of Oct 28, 2026). See it next to the brand and learn how to avoid overpaying.
NADAC prices this product per packet. To estimate a fill, multiply by the number of grams on your prescription.
Generic vs brand
This is a generic. The brand-name versions (Klor-Con M20, Klor-Con M10, Klor-Con 10) are not listed in NADAC at this exact strength this week, so no brand price is shown.
Other strengths and forms of Potassium Chloride
What this price means
NADAC is what pharmacies pay, not what you pay. The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost is the average price that U.S. retail pharmacies pay to buy a drug from wholesalers or manufacturers. CMS builds it from a monthly survey of pharmacy invoices and publishes it every week.
Your price at the counter is different: pharmacies add a dispensing fee and their margin, and if you use insurance, your copay or coinsurance is set by your plan. For generics, the cash price is often several times NADAC. For brand-name drugs it is usually close to or above NADAC.
Use NADAC as a fair-price reference: if a cash price is many times higher than the pharmacy's own cost, it is worth comparing elsewhere.
How to pay less (honest tips)
Questions & answers
How much does Potassium Chloride 20 mEq packet cost?
The national average acquisition cost (NADAC) that pharmacies pay is $0.672 per packet, for the week of Oct 28, 2026. What you pay will be higher: pharmacies add a dispensing fee and margin, and with insurance your plan sets the copay.
What is Potassium Chloride used for?
Tachlis shows price data only and does not give medical information. Ask your doctor or pharmacist, or read the official label at DailyMed (dailymed.nlm.nih.gov).
Why do pharmacies charge more than this?
NADAC covers only the cost of the drug itself. Pharmacies also pay staff, rent and other costs and add a dispensing fee. Cash prices for the same drug vary a lot between pharmacies, so it pays to compare.
Source: NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, data.medicaid.gov (U.S. public domain), NADAC week of Oct 28, 2026. How NADAC is calculated. Drug list: most-used drugs in Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (CMS, total claims 2024). Prices are national averages per unit and are refreshed automatically each week.