Hydrocortisone .5 g/100g Cream, 1 tube
by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. · 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-2010-2) / 28.4 g in 1 TUBE
NDC 51672-2010-02
🏷️ FDA NDC (as labeled)
51672-2010-2
billing pads the package segment with a zero
OTC
On market
Non-controlled
🗂️ Data synced Jul 24, 2026 · sources: openFDA · FDA label (DailyMed) · FDA Orange & Purple Book · First Databank · CMS NADAC, ASP, Medicare & Medicaid · RxNorm
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🆔 Identity & classification
FDA NDC (as labeled)
51672-2010-2
Product NDC
51672-2010
11-digit billing NDC
51672201002
NCPDP billing unit
GM — per gram (weight)
RxCUI
198707
UNII
WI4X0X7BPJ
Application #
M017
SPL Set ID
2ada9ec2-1c28-4da2-8639-07b3193ffb32
Established class (EPC)
Corticosteroid
Mechanism of action
Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists
DEA schedule
Non-controlled
Marketing category
OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG
Marketing status
On market
FDA listing status
Listed (active directory)
Marketing start
2001-09-13
Route
TOPICAL
Dosage form
CREAM
Substance
HYDROCORTISONE
GPI-14
90550075003715
GPI class
Hydrocortisone-Aloe
GCN Seq No
007543
GCN
30941
HICL code
002867
Ingredient (HICL)
Hydrocortisone
HIC1 code
Q
Therapeutic class — broad (HIC1)
Ear/Eye/Nose/Rectum/Topical/Vagina/Other
HIC2 code
Q5
Therapeutic class — intermediate (HIC2)
Agents Acting Principally On The Skin
HIC3 code
Q5P
Therapeutic class — specific (HIC3)
Topical Anti-Inflammatory Steroidal
AHFS code
52:08.08.00
AHFS class
Corticosteroids (Eent)
FDB label name
HYDROCORTISONE 0.5% CREAM
FDB brand name
Hydrocortisone
Legend status
O — Over-the-counter (OTC) drug or device
Why two NDCs?
The FDA registers this code as 51672-2010-2 — a 5-4-1 layout, and that's what's printed on the package and shown on DailyMed. For insurance claims, every NDC is standardized to a uniform 11-digit 5-4-2 format by adding a zero to the package segment → 51672-2010-02. Same drug, same package — only the format differs.
Where does this data come from?
Identifiers from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Structured Product Labeling; RxCUI from RxNorm (NLM); GPI from Medi-Span; GCN / HIC / AHFS / legend from First Databank.
🏷️ RxNorm drug class
This medicine belongs to the Corticosteroid class.
Pharmacologic class
Corticosteroid
Drug family (ATC)
Corticosteroids, moderately potent (group II), Corticosteroids, potent (group III), Corticosteroids for local oral treatment
How it works
Corticosteroid Hormone Receptor Agonists
Where does this data come from?
Therapeutic classes from RxNorm RxClass (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — Established Pharmacologic Class (FDA), ATC drug family (WHO) and mechanism of action, matched by this product’s RxCUI.
🏭 Manufacturer & labeler
LabelerSun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
FDA applicationM017 (OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG)
Labeler code51672
First marketedSep 2001
Product typeHuman Otc Drug
Portfolio889 products on file
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Where does this data come from?
Labeler, application holder and registered establishment from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Drugs@FDA; address/contact from the product’s FDA label.
🩺 Clinical
Label name HYDROCORTISONE 0.5% CREAM Ingredient Hydrocortisone
📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
- It's designed to calm down inflammation — so the redness, swelling, and itching that come with conditions like eczema should ease up, usually within a few days of consistent use. I...
- What exactly is this cream supposed to do for my skin?
- That's a really important question. Hydrocortisone is generally meant for short courses — typically a few weeks. Long-term or widespread use can cause side effects like skin thinni...
- How long can I keep using it? Is it okay to use every day long-term?
Patient education
Supplement & herbal interactions
Some supplements/herbs that may interact with Hydrocortisone — tap one for details:
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Nutrient depletion considerations
Hydrocortisone may be associated with lower levels of 8 nutrients — worth a chat with your pharmacist, not a cause for alarm.
ZINC
Insignificant Depletion
CALCIUM
Moderate Depletion
CHROMIUM
Moderate Depletion
MAGNESIUM
Moderate Depletion
POTASSIUM
Moderate Depletion
+3 more
An association is not a deficiency. Educational only — don't start or stop anything without professional guidance.
Where does this data come from?
Plain-language summary from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine); supplement & herbal interactions and nutrient depletion data from the Natural Medicines database; our full guide is HelloPharmacist editorial content.
💬 Questions about Hydrocortisone?
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🧪 Inactive Ingredients / Excipients
Inactive ingredients, also called excipients, are components of the drug product other than the active ingredient. They may include fillers, dyes, coatings, preservatives, flavors, or other formulation ingredients.
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Where does this data come from?
Source: official FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) via DailyMed and the openFDA label index. Structured
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Are inactive ingredients the same for every manufacturer?
No. Inactive ingredients can differ by manufacturer, dosage form, strength, and package / product version.
Why might an inactive ingredient be missing?
Some SPLs do not provide a complete structured inactive-ingredient list, and older or unusual labels may only include the information in narrative text.
Can inactive ingredients matter?
Yes. They can matter for allergies, intolerances, dyes, gluten / lactose concerns, preservatives, and formulation differences — but confirm with a pharmacist or the manufacturer when it’s clinically important.
💲 Pricing
A drug doesn't have one price. Each row is a different public payment system, and none is what you'd pay at the counter — that depends on your insurance. The ⓘ on each row explains what it measures.
| Price system | Per g | Per package |
|---|---|---|
| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | $0.112 | $3.18 / 28.4 g |
| Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo | $0.2516 | $7.15 / 28.4 g |
| Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly | No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data. | |
NADAC price history (per g) — tap or hover for the price & month
▲ Up 6% over the last 22 months.
Where does this data come from?
NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) is the CMS weekly pharmacy-acquisition-cost survey — what pharmacies pay. ASP (Average Sales Price) is the CMS Medicare Part B drug-payment file, published quarterly. Medicaid pays is computed by us from CMS State Drug Utilization Data (total reimbursed ÷ units, trailing 12 months) — gross of rebates and inclusive of dispensing fees, so it reflects what Medicaid paid, not an acquisition cost. Medicare drug plans pay is the median negotiated point-of-sale unit cost across plans listing this NDC in the CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan pricing files, before rebates. The VA pays is the federal contract price (FSS, and the statutory Big 4 ceiling where listed) from the VA National Acquisition Center pharmaceutical price file. All are free public government data; each measures a different payer, so the figures are not directly comparable.
🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Neighbor Pharmacy Hydrocortisone With Aloe for Sensitive Skin .5 g/100g 24385-0190-03 | AmerisourceBergen | 1 tube | $0.052 | — | Availability likely | save 53% |
| Hydrocortisone .5 g/100gthis 51672-2010-02 | Sun | 1 tube | $0.112 | — | Availability likely | — |
| AVON HeXashield Anti Itch Cream with Healing Aloe 5 mg/g 43136-0103-01 | Tai | 1 tube | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| HeXashield Anti Itch Cream with Healing Aloe 5 mg/g 43136-0203-01 | Tai | 1 tube | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Hydrocortisone .5 g/100g 63187-0575-01 | Proficient | 1 tube | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Anti-Itch Regular Strength 5 mg/g 69842-0192-57 | CVS | 1 tube | — | — | FDA listed | — |
| Anti-Itch Feminine Care 5 mg/g 80489-0103-01 | OL | 1 tube | — | — | FDA listed | — |
About this product: other versions of the same ingredient, strength and form are listed above, least expensive first, with FDA equivalence ratings where available.
Where does this data come from?
Equivalents are other NDCs of the same ingredient, form and route from the openFDA NDC Directory, ranked least-expensive-first by NADAC. Therapeutic-equivalence (AB) ratings come from the FDA Orange Book; biologics use the FDA Purple Book for biosimilar & interchangeable status.
⏳ Availability & generic status
🏛️
2001
On the market since
Sep 2001
📍
2026
Currently FDA-listed
25 years listed
🔓
·
Generic versions listed
see equivalents
✅Generic appears available
FDA-approved generic versions are listed, and recent pricing/market data suggests they may be available — see Therapeutic equivalents.
Where does this data come from?
Patents and exclusivity from the FDA Orange Book (small-molecule drugs), refreshed from public FDA data. Generic launch timing is an estimate, not a guarantee.
🗺️ Medicaid utilization & spend
📍 This exact package only: Medicaid data is reported per full 11-digit NDC — labeler, product and pack size — so every number here is for 51672-2010-02, not the drug overall. Other pack sizes report separately.
💊 Pharmacy benefit only: These are Medicaid outpatient pharmacy claims, billed by NDC. They exclude the medical benefit — clinic- or hospital-administered drugs billed under HCPCS J-codes — so drugs used mostly that way (e.g. Avastin, Lucentis, Keytruda) can look low or missing here. That’s expected, not an error.
📅 Q1 2025 – Q4 2025 · 4 quarters of data
ⓘ The newest quarter is usually incomplete when first published; states restate recent quarters in later CMS releases, so the latest figures typically revise upward. State coverage-policy changes can also shift quarter-to-quarter totals.
Prescriptions last 4 qtrs
22.6K
Units reimbursed last 4 qtrs
708.5K
Gross reimbursed last 4 qtrs
$178.3K
Avg / prescription
$7.90
Avg / unit
$0.2516
Latest quarter Q4 2025
5.9KRx
Medicaid pays / g
$0.2516
gross reimbursed
vs
NADAC / g
$0.1120
acquisition cost
=
Spread
+$0.1396
+125% vs cost
What Medicaid paid per g (before rebates; includes the pharmacy’s dispensing fee) compared with NADAC — the average price pharmacies pay to buy the drug. A positive spread means Medicaid reimbursed more than the purchase price, before manufacturer rebates.
Fee-for-service vs managed care ⓘ
Fee-for-service · 9,039 Rx Managed care · 13,522 Rx
State Medicaid map
Units reimbursed · per 100k residents
14.6821
gray = no data reported ⓘ
Colors are per 100,000 residents, so big states don’t automatically dominate. Tap or hover a state for its actual totals.
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Prescriptions—
Units—
Reimbursed—
🏆 Top states by units · per 100k residents
National units — by quarter
💵 About the dollar figures: “reimbursed” is what Medicaid paid pharmacies before confidential manufacturer rebates, so the program’s real net cost is lower than these numbers. Fee-for-service and managed-care claims are combined unless split above. Source: CMS State Drug Utilization Data; per-100k rates use 2023 Census population estimates.
📊 Medicare Part D spend CMS · PART D · 2026 (Q1)
Medicare Part D (outpatient prescription) spending for Hydrocortisone — the program that covers self-administered drugs. 17 manufacturers.
⚠️ Drug-level data: CMS publishes Part D spending by drug, not by NDC — these figures combine every manufacturer, strength and package size sold under the name Hydrocortisone. That’s a different level of aggregation than the Medicaid card above, which is specific to this exact 11-digit NDC (pack size included), so the two aren’t directly comparable.
Period
Total Part D spend
$19.92M
Claims incl. refills
699.9K
Beneficiaries
529.9K
Spend / beneficiary
$37.60
Spend / claim
$28.47
Trend by period
💵 About the dollar figures: spending is what Part D plans paid before confidential manufacturer rebates, so the program’s real net cost is lower. A blank patient count means fewer than 11 people — CMS hides counts that small to protect privacy. Source: CMS Medicare Quarterly Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov), updated quarterly.
🔬 Reported adverse events (FAERS)
Read carefully: FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified. Counts are not incidence, do not establish causation, are subject to reporting bias, and cannot be used to compare one drug to another. Shown for signal context only. Reports for Hydrocortisone — the ingredient across all brands.
Top reported reactions
Age at onset
Reporter sex
Serious outcomes
Reports over time (by year) — tap or hover for the count & year
Most recent year is provisional (FAERS lags ~3 months).
Where does this data come from?
Adverse-event reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA. FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified — counts are not incidence and don’t establish causation.
📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product
| Package NDC | Description | Marketing start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51672-2010-02 You're viewing this | 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-2010-2) / 28.4 g in 1 TUBE | 2001-09-13 | Active |
📄 FDA label — Drug Facts FDA SPL
The complete FDA label for this product — the official Drug Facts labeling, verbatim, section by section. Jump with a chip, search within the label, or expand everything.
🎯 Indications and Usage
⏱️ Dosage and Administration
⚠️ Warnings
📦 Storage and Handling
🧪 Active Ingredient
🧪 Inactive Ingredients
🎯 Purpose
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
Uses temporary relief of itching associated with minor skin irritations and rashes due to eczema insect bites poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac soaps detergents cosmetics jewelry seborrheic dermatitis psoriasis external genital and anal itching other uses of this product should be only under the advice and supervision of a doctor
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
Directions Adults and children 2 years of age and older: apply to affected area not more than 3 to 4 times daily Children under 2 years of age: do not use. consult a doctor For external anal itching: Adults: when practical, cleanse the affected area with mild soap and warm water and rinse thoroughly gently dry by patting or blotting with toilet tissue or a soft cloth before application of this product Children under 12 years of age: consult a doctor
⚠️ Warnings ▾
Warnings For external use only Do not use in the eyes by putting this product into the rectum by using fingers or any mechanical device or applicator Ask a doctor before use if you have a vaginal discharge rectal bleeding diaper rash When using this product consult a doctor before exceeding recommended dosage Stop use and ask a doctor if condition gets worse condition persists for more than 7 days condition clears up and occurs again within a few days. Do not begin to use any other hydrocortisone product unless you have consulted a doctor.
Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
📦 Storage and Handling ▾
Other information To open: unscrew cap, pull tab to remove foil seal, and screw cap back onto tube store at room temperature see carton or tube crimp for lot number and expiration date
🧪 Active Ingredient ▾
Active ingredient Hydrocortisone 0.5%
🧪 Inactive Ingredients ▾
Inactive ingredients aloe barbadensis, cetostearyl alcohol, citric acid, glycerin, glyceryl stearate, methylparaben, mineral oil, paraffin, propylparaben, purified water, sodium cetearyl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, stearyl alcohol
🎯 Purpose ▾
Purpose Anti-itch cream
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For educational and professional reference only — not medical advice. Pricing reflects published
NADAC and CMS ASP (free public data) and may differ from your acquisition cost; always verify before billing or dispensing.