Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride

Generic name: sodium chloride

Used for: Diluting or dissolving medicines for injection

How do you pay?

How to pay the least

Ask for the cash price

Generic sodium chloride

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic sodium chloride.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameBacteriostatic Sodium Chloride
Authorized genericsodium chloride
Regular genericsodium chloride
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Not soldThere isn’t one
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Same as the brand?
The original
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Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNo maker’s card

We didn’t find a savings card or cash price from Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride’s maker. Ask the pharmacy for Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges.

Authorized genericNot sold

There isn’t one. An authorized generic is Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride itself, from the same company, sold without the brand name, and usually for less. A regular generic is sold, with the same active ingredient: ask the pharmacy for its price.

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Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

It’s mostly filled by specialty pharmacies. Your prescriber’s office or insurer can tell you which one to use.

  • Fresenius Kabi9 mg/mL

    Sold as Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride

    Product page on fresenius-kabi.com

    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    9 mg/mL

    PackageNDC
    Tray of 250 mL63323-924-10
    Tray of 750 mL63323-924-30

    Inactive ingredients: benzyl alcohol, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand and for a generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

This parenteral preparation is indicated only for diluting or dissolving drugs for intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, according to instructions of the manufacturer of the drug to be administered.

Source: the FDA label for Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride (Hospira, Inc.), April 3, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

Good to know

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/bacteriostatic-sodium-chloride/