Menstrual Care Product Prices Split by Item in July
From June 15 to July 2, menstrual care product prices split: cups rose 11.6% and feminine wipes fell 9.2%, while the full basket rose 1.2%.
Menstrual care product prices did not move as one shelf in CostInflation’s latest data. From June 15 to July 2, menstrual cups averaged 11.6% higher and menstrual pain relief averaged 12.3% higher, while feminine wipes averaged 9.2% lower.
The full Menstrual Care Product Inflation basket rose only 1.2% over the same window. That makes the blended line useful for the broad view, but the product pages show where the shelf actually changed.
The comparison covers store-bought retail goods in CostInflation’s 12 published market areas. The available history begins on June 15, so this is an early-window comparison rather than a long-term inflation claim. The numbers describe retail shelf prices; they do not rank product quality, comfort, or personal health needs.
Menstrual care product prices split by item
The strongest increases were not in the whole basket. They were in two component pages: menstrual pain relief and menstrual cups. The biggest declines were in feminine wipes and menstrual heat patches.
| Product | June 15 average | July 2 average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menstrual pain relief | $8.17 | $9.18 | +12.3% |
| Menstrual cups | $9.99 | $11.15 | +11.6% |
| Period underwear | $7.95 | $8.23 | +3.6% |
| Pantyliners | $14.54 | $14.93 | +2.7% |
| Menstrual pads | $13.24 | $13.56 | +2.4% |
| Menstrual discs | $3.37 | $3.43 | +1.7% |
| Tampons | $13.61 | $13.71 | +0.8% |
| Menstrual heat patches | $8.08 | $7.67 | -5.0% |
| Feminine wipes | $12.34 | $11.21 | -9.2% |
Cups and pain relief moved up most
Menstrual pain relief averaged $8.17 on June 15 and $9.18 on July 2. That 12.3% increase was the largest average move among the menstrual-care component pages.
Menstrual cups were close behind, moving from $9.99 to $11.15, an 11.6% increase. The city spread for cups was also larger than the full basket: Los Angeles averaged $12.04 on July 2, while North Jackson averaged $9.68, a 24.4% gap.
Those movements are why the full basket alone can understate what changed for readers watching reusable product prices. The menstrual cup price history page and menstrual pain relief price history page show sharper movement than the blended basket.
Wipes and heat patches moved the other way
The same period had declines elsewhere. Feminine wipes averaged $12.34 on June 15 and $11.21 on July 2, down 9.2%. Menstrual heat patches moved from $8.08 to $7.67, down 5.0%.
On July 2, feminine wipes ranged from $11.83 in Seattle to $10.17 in South Philadelphia, a 16.3% city gap. Heat patches had a tighter 5.8% city gap, with New York at $7.90 and North Jackson at $7.47.
That opposite movement is the reason the full basket rose only modestly. A reader looking only at the Menstrual Care Product Inflation page would see a small increase; the feminine wipe price history and heat-patch pages explain why the increase was not broader.
City gaps were not the main signal
The full menstrual-care basket was fairly tight across the 12 market areas on July 2. Los Angeles averaged $133.86, while North Jackson averaged $128.78. That was a $5.07 gap, or 3.9%.
Some individual products varied more by city. Menstrual discs ranged from $3.73 in Westside Jacksonville to $2.93 in West San Antonio, a 27.2% gap. Cups and wipes also had wider city gaps than the full basket.
Still, the clearer July 2 signal was not which city was highest. It was that product types moved in different directions inside one personal-care category.
Watch the components, not only the basket
The next useful check is whether the rising lines stay concentrated in cups and pain relief or spread into pads, tampons, pantyliners, period underwear, and menstrual discs.
Start with the Menstrual Care Product Inflation page for the blended view. Then open the component pages when the basket changes, because the latest movement came from product-level gains and declines that mostly cancelled each other out.