💊 Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper

🚀 Get transparent prescription drug prices from Cost Plus Drugs. Search by medication name or NDC code. Compare unit prices across 2,000+ medications with drug name, strength, form, NDC, unit price, and insurance eligibility.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-23

Whether you're a healthcare consumer comparing medication prices, a pharmacy benchmarking against transparent pricing, or an insurance company analyzing drug costs, this tool collects structured pricing data from Cost Plus Drugs. Search by medication name and get real-time pricing for 2,000+ medications.

The Cost Plus Drugs Scraper extracts transparent drug pricing data including unit prices, billing prices, NDC codes, strength, form, pack size, and insurance eligibility. Search by medication name to compare prices across the Cost Plus Drugs catalog.

Target Audience	Healthcare consumers, pharmacies, insurance companies, drug price researchers, healthcare startups
Primary Use Cases	Drug price comparison, pharmacy benchmarking, formulary planning, price monitoring

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📋 What Does It Do

This tool collects transparent drug pricing data from Cost Plus Drugs, supporting medication name search. It delivers:

• 💊 Drug pricing - unit price and billing price for 2,000+ medications at transparent cost-plus markup
• 🏷️ Brand info - drug name, brand name, generic vs. brand classification
• 💉 Dosage details - strength, form (tablet, capsule, liquid, etc.), and pack size
• 🔢 NDC codes - National Drug Code for precise product identification
• 🛡️ Insurance data - whether each medication is eligible for insurance billing
• 🔗 Direct links - URL to each medication page

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🎬 How to Use the Cost Plus Drugs Scraper - Full Demo

🚧 Demo video coming soon

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⚙️ Input

To start collecting drug pricing data, simply fill in the input form:

Field	Type	Description
Max Items	Integer	Free users: Limited to 10 medications (preview). Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000.
Medication Names	Array	List of drug names to look up (generic names work best). Examples: ibuprofen, metformin, lisinopril.

Example 1: Search multiple drugs

{
    "drugs": ["ibuprofen", "metformin", "lisinopril"],
    "maxItems": 50
}

Example 2: Search a single drug

{
    "drugs": ["atorvastatin"],
    "maxItems": 10
}

⚠️ Free users are limited to 10 items per run. Sign up for a paid plan to collect up to 1,000,000 items.

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📊 Output

After the Actor finishes its run, you'll get a dataset with the output. You can download results as Excel, HTML, XML, JSON, or CSV.

🧾 Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
drugName	String	Brand or common drug name
genericName	String	Generic/active ingredient name
brandOrGeneric	String	Whether the product is brand or generic
strength	String	Dosage strength (e.g. "200mg", "500mg")
form	String	Dosage form (Tablet, Capsule, Liquid, etc.)
unitPrice	Number	Cost per unit (pill, ml, etc.)
unitBillingPrice	Number	Billing price per unit
ndc	String	National Drug Code
packSize	String	Number of units per package
insuranceEligible	Boolean	Whether insurance billing is accepted
url	String	Direct link to medication page
scrapedAt	String	Timestamp of data collection

📦 Sample Output

Sample 1:

{
    "drugName": "Advil, Motrin",
    "genericName": "Ibuprofen",
    "brandOrGeneric": "Generic",
    "strength": "200mg",
    "form": "Tablet",
    "unitPrice": 0.0188,
    "unitBillingPrice": 0.0188,
    "ndc": "51672213108",
    "packSize": "100",
    "insuranceEligible": true,
    "url": "https://www.costplusdrugs.com/medications/ibuprofen-200mg-tablet-100-advil-motrin/",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-08T17:31:03.769Z"
}

Sample 2:

{
    "drugName": "Glucophage",
    "genericName": "Metformin",
    "brandOrGeneric": "Generic",
    "strength": "500mg",
    "form": "Tablet",
    "unitPrice": 0.0312,
    "unitBillingPrice": 0.0312,
    "ndc": "65862001705",
    "packSize": "500",
    "insuranceEligible": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-08T17:31:03.769Z"
}

Sample 3:

{
    "drugName": "Prinivil, Zestril",
    "genericName": "Lisinopril",
    "brandOrGeneric": "Generic",
    "strength": "10mg",
    "form": "Tablet",
    "unitPrice": 0.0245,
    "unitBillingPrice": 0.0245,
    "ndc": "65862054299",
    "packSize": "1000",
    "insuranceEligible": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-08T17:31:03.769Z"
}

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✨ Why Choose the Cost Plus Drugs Scraper?

Benefit	Description
⚡ Batch search	Look up multiple drugs at once instead of searching one at a time
💰 Structured pricing	Unit price and billing price in numeric format
🔢 NDC codes	National Drug Code included in every record
🛡️ Insurance status	Eligibility flag included for each medication
📁 Structured output	Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel for immediate analysis
🔄 Automated runs	Schedule weekly price checks to track movements
🎯 No coding required	Point-and-click interface that anyone can use

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📈 How Does It Compare?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual Website Search
Batch search	✅ Multiple drugs at once	❌ Search one at a time
Structured pricing	✅ Unit price + billing price	⚠️ Read from page
NDC codes	✅ Included in output	⚠️ Not always visible
Insurance status	✅ Eligibility flag included	⚠️ Check each drug
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ HTML pages
Automated runs	✅ Schedule weekly price checks	❌ Browse manually

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🚀 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit (takes 2 minutes)
2. Find the Scraper - Search for "Cost Plus Drugs Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Set Input - Enter the medication names you want to look up
4. Run It - Click "Start" and let it collect your data
5. Download Data - Get your results in the "Dataset" tab as CSV, Excel, or JSON

Total Time: Results returned in seconds No Technical Skills Required: Everything is point-and-click

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💼 Business Use Cases

Healthcare Consumers and Pharmacies:

• Compare Cost Plus Drugs prices against pharmacy and insurance costs
• Benchmark your pricing against transparent cost-plus pricing to stay competitive
• Build competitive pricing intelligence databases

Insurance Companies and Researchers:

• Analyze drug costs and identify savings opportunities for formulary planning
• Track pricing trends across medication categories and dosage forms
• Build price comparison tools and patient savings calculators

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

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🔌 Automating Your Workflows

For advanced users who want to automate this process, you can control the scraper programmatically with the Apify API.

• Node.js: Install the apify-client NPM package
• Python: Use the apify-client PyPI package
• See the Apify API reference for full details

🔌 Integrate Cost Plus Drugs Scraper with any app

Last but not least, Cost Plus Drugs Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform.

These include:

• Make - Automate price monitoring workflows
• Zapier - Alert when prices change
• Slack - Notify your team of price updates
• Airbyte - Build data pipelines
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Google Drive - Export pricing to spreadsheets

Alternatively, you can use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, e.g. get a notification whenever Cost Plus Drugs Scraper successfully finishes a run.

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify documentation for platform guides
• Contact us at Tally contact form

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⚠️ Disclaimer: This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cost Plus Drugs or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.