Price guide · Industrial Safety
Drug Vial: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.50 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.12 at volume, on a typical 45-day lead time. 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 | $0.50 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.39 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.30 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.24 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.17 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.12 |
What moves the price
For drug vial, the drivers are material, capacity, glass type, sterility, color, closure type, labeling, preservative compatibility — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale anchors show amber glass vials around $0.24 each at 580-count retail/wholesale packaging, $0.41-$0.47 each at 1,000-10,000 units for glass-vial wholesalers, and about $0.08 each at 100,000-unit import pricing, which brackets the likely market for a mid-range custom-printed amber drug vial. The biggest price drivers are vial format and size (serum/crimp vs. screw-cap vs. medicine vial), amber/light-blocking glass type, closure/cap inclusion, and whether the order is custom-printed or sterile/ready-to-use; custom print and certified pharmaceutical packaging push prices above bare-vial bulk anchors. Realistic supplier routes are US glass-vial wholesalers for lower MOQ orders and China import/landed-equivalent sourcing for 10,000+ unit runs, with custom quote-based pallet pricing common once cap style, print, and case pack are specified.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder drug vial 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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