Price guide · Industrial Safety
Stainless Steel Tubing: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $7.40 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $4.70 at volume, on a typical 45-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 | $7.40 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $6.90 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $6.40 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $5.80 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $5.20 |
| 100,000+ units | $4.70 |
What moves the price
For stainless steel tubing, the drivers are diameter, length, grade, thread type, corrosion resistance, equipment fitment, tube diameter, steel grade — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published wholesale references place welded 316L tubing around $1.50–$3.50/kg and seamless 316L around $3.50–$6.50/kg, while U.S.-facing tube sellers quote finished tubing at materially higher per-piece prices depending on diameter, wall thickness, finish, and grade. The biggest price movers are alloy grade (304 vs 316/316L), seamless vs welded construction, diameter/wall thickness, and whether the tube is cut-to-size, polished, or certified to ASTM/ASME specs. Realistic supplier routes are stock-and-cut industrial distributors for lower MOQs and export/marketplace mills or traders for higher-volume landed-equivalent pricing.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder stainless steel tubing 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.
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