Dose Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.96 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 at volume. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.96 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.69 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.56 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.30 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.12 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For dose tube, the drivers are cone fit, material, child-resistant closure, size, color, print method, plastic grade, clarity — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published B2B listings for effervescent/tablet tubes show pricing around $0.50 per piece at 10,000 MOQ, $0.63-$0.76 per tube at 1,000-10,000 MOQ, and as low as $0.09-$0.12 at very large quantities. The biggest price drivers are tube size, material grade, cap/tamper-evidence features, and whether the supplier quotes ex-works or landed/import-equivalent pricing. Realistic routes are Chinese contract packagers and B2B marketplaces such as Made-in-China, TradeIndia, and niche pharma-packaging wholesalers; the lowest tiers usually reflect factory-direct bulk quotes rather than US warehouse stock
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder dose tube 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.