Screw-Top Tube: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.28 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.05 at volume, on a typical 14-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.28 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.18 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.09 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.07 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.06 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.05 |
What moves the price
For screw-top tube, the drivers are tube length, cap style, material, child-resistant certification, print method — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale pricing for / tubes clusters around $0.05-$0.24 per unit on US-facing packaging sites, with lower prices appearing at larger case or volume tiers and higher prices for child-resistant or made-in-USA variants. The biggest cost drivers are child-resistant certification, print/labeling, and whether the tube is standard PET/plastic versus specialty materials or custom screw-top constructions; imported factory-direct listings show wider ranges, while domestic trade suppliers quote tighter bands at lower MOQs. Realistic supplier routes are -packaging wholesalers for small-to-mid orders and factory-direct/import channels for 10K+ orders, especially for custom-printed or screw-top tube.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder screw-top tube 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.