Headspace Vial: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.05 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.12 at volume, on a typical 30-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 | $1.05 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.79 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.56 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.34 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.18 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.12 |
What moves the price
For headspace vial, the drivers are glass type, capacity, neck finish, closure type, amber vs clear, sterile, material, closure fit — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale pricing shows the biggest swings come from whether the quote is for vial only versus a complete vial-cap-septa set, plus glass spec, neck finish, and amber color. U.S.-facing lab suppliers like Thermo Fisher, Agilent, Restek resellers, and Micromsolv-style channels tend to quote higher small-lot prices, while import/marketplace suppliers on Made-in-China and similar routes show much lower landed-equivalent unit costs at 10,000+ pieces. Custom printing, sterile packaging, and tighter closure/septa fit usually add cost, so the lower bands are most realistic for plain bulk import and the upper bands for branded U.S. wholesale supply
Paying more than the median?
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