Orthodontic Archwire: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.30 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.45 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 | $1.30 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $1.10 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.90 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.75 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.60 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.45 |
What moves the price
For orthodontic archwire, the drivers are dispenser compatibility, material, mount style, clear or opaque, handpiece model compatibility, thread type, sterilizable, color — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Published wholesale listings for orthodontic archwires cluster around very low unit prices from China-based suppliers for bagged/piece-pack formats, while US-facing orthodontic distributors show much higher retail-to-trade prices for branded stainless steel, NiTi, and specialty archwires. The main price drivers are material (stainless steel vs NiTi vs copper NiTi), shape/profile (round vs rectangular, special curves), and packaging/mount style; custom printing or dispenser-compatible packaging usually adds cost relative to generic bulk bags. Realistic supplier routes are Chinese OEM/ODM factories or importers for low landed-equivalent costs, versus US orthodontic distributors for smaller-volume trade buys
Paying more than the median?
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