💊 Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper

🚀 Pull transparent prescription drug prices from Cost Plus Drugs in minutes. 2,000+ medications. Drug name, strength, form, NDC, unit price. No login.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-09 · 📊 15+ fields per drug · 💊 2,000+ medications · 🚫 No auth required

Pull live drug pricing data from Cost Plus Drugs (Mark Cuban's transparent-pricing pharmacy). The actor accepts a list of medication names, looks them up, and returns one structured record per medication with name, strength, form, NDC code, unit price, manufacturer, and insurance eligibility. Built for healthcare-cost research, telemedicine apps, employee-benefits design, and patient-cost-comparison tools.

Every run fetches data live so you get the current state of Cost Plus Drugs at run time. Records include the medication generic and brand name, dose strength, dosage form (tablet, capsule, liquid), NDC code, unit price, total price for typical fill, manufacturer, and insurance eligibility.

👥 Built for	🎯 Primary use cases
Telemedicine apps	Power patient cost comparison features
Employee benefits	Build pharmacy-cost transparency tools
Healthcare researchers	Study prescription pricing dynamics
Patient advocacy	Surface lower-cost generic alternatives
Insurance and PBM	Benchmark Cost Plus pricing vs traditional pharmacy
Healthcare ops	Power Rx-cost analysis pipelines

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📋 What the Cost Plus Drugs Scraper does

• 💊 Drug name lookup. Pass a list of medication names (generic preferred).
• 🆔 NDC mapping. Each medication links to its NDC (National Drug Code).
• 💰 Transparent pricing. Unit price plus typical-fill total.
• 📐 Dose detail. Strength (mg, mL) and form (tablet, capsule, liquid).
• 🏭 Manufacturer. Generic manufacturer name.
• 🩺 Insurance flag. Whether the medication is insurance-eligible.

The scraper resolves each medication name against Cost Plus Drugs' API and pushes one structured record per match.

💡 Why it matters: Cost Plus Drugs is rewriting US pharmacy economics with transparent, low-cost generic pricing. A live, structured pull gives builders, researchers, and benefits teams direct access to that pricing for comparison and integration.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing setup, a live run, and how to pipe results into a Google Sheet via Apify integrations.

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⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Name	Description
drugs	array	Medication Names	List of drug names (generic preferred).
maxItems	integer	Max Items	Free users: limited to 10 items (preview). Paid users: optional, max 1,000,000.

Example 1. Common chronic-condition drugs.

{
  "drugs": ["metformin", "lisinopril", "atorvastatin"],
  "maxItems": 3
}

Example 2. Pain and infection meds.

{
  "drugs": ["ibuprofen", "amoxicillin", "azithromycin"],
  "maxItems": 3
}

⚠️ Good to Know: generic names match best. Brand names may not return results; use the generic equivalent (e.g. atorvastatin instead of Lipitor).

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📊 Output

The dataset returns one structured record per medication match. Each record carries identifiers, generic and brand name, strength, form, NDC, unit price, total price, manufacturer, and a back-reference URL. Consume the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS via the Apify console or API.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
💊 genericName	string	Metformin HCl
🏷️ brandName	string	Glucophage
📐 strength	string	500 mg
💊 form	string	Tablet
🆔 ndc	string	60687-0123-01
💰 unitPrice	number	0.05
💰 typicalFillPrice	number	4.50
📦 typicalFillQuantity	number	30
💱 currency	string	USD
🏭 manufacturer	string	Cipla USA
🩺 insuranceEligible	boolean	true
🔗 productUrl	string (url)	https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/metformin-500mg/
📅 scrapedAt	ISO datetime	2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z

📦 Sample records

1. Common chronic-condition drug

{
  "genericName": "Metformin HCl",
  "brandName": "Glucophage",
  "strength": "500 mg",
  "form": "Tablet",
  "ndc": "60687-0123-01",
  "unitPrice": 0.05,
  "typicalFillPrice": 4.50,
  "typicalFillQuantity": 30,
  "currency": "USD",
  "manufacturer": "Cipla USA",
  "insuranceEligible": true,
  "productUrl": "https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/metformin-500mg/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

2. Statin

{
  "genericName": "Atorvastatin Calcium",
  "brandName": "Lipitor",
  "strength": "20 mg",
  "form": "Tablet",
  "ndc": "60687-0234-02",
  "unitPrice": 0.07,
  "typicalFillPrice": 6.30,
  "typicalFillQuantity": 90,
  "currency": "USD",
  "manufacturer": "Lupin Pharmaceuticals",
  "insuranceEligible": true,
  "productUrl": "https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/atorvastatin-20mg/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

3. Sparse record (limited info)

{
  "genericName": "Ibuprofen",
  "strength": "200 mg",
  "form": "Tablet",
  "unitPrice": 0.02,
  "typicalFillPrice": 1.80,
  "currency": "USD",
  "productUrl": "https://costplusdrugs.com/medications/ibuprofen-200mg/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to Cost Plus Drugs so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Pure API extraction returns results in seconds.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects Cost Plus Drugs as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles compute, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured Rx-pricing data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own integration.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Cost Plus Drugs Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	2,000+ medications	Live per run	Drug name lookup	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid prescription-data APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Manual lookups	Hours per check	One at a time	Stale	Manual	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want fast, scalable Rx-pricing data without owning the integration.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Cost Plus Drugs Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set drug list. Add medication names to drugs and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor look up each drug.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Telemedicine and patient apps Power patient cost-comparison features Surface lower-cost generic alternatives Build Rx-cost transparency UIs Power refill-cost calculators	🏢 Employee benefits and HR Build pharmacy-cost transparency tools Compare Cost Plus pricing vs your PBM Power benefits-design analyses Surface savings to plan members
🎯 Healthcare research Study prescription pricing dynamics Track Rx-cost trends over time Build pharma-pricing benchmark reports Power patient-advocacy projects	🛠️ Engineering and product Power Rx-cost products without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house Cost Plus scrapers Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the integration maintenance entirely

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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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🔌 Automating Cost Plus Drugs Scraper

This Actor exposes a REST endpoint, so you can drive it from any language or workflow tool.

• Node.js - call it via the Apify JS SDK.
• Python - call it via the Apify Python SDK.
• REST - hit it directly through the Apify v2 API.

Schedules. Use Apify Scheduler to capture daily price snapshots for your medication formulary. Combine with the Apify dataset diff tools to alert on price changes.

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper?

Yes. Cost Plus Drugs Price Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Integrate with any app

Cost Plus Drugs Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cost Plus Drugs. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The scraper accesses only publicly available pages and is intended for legitimate research, analytics, and product-development use. Rx pricing is informational only and not a substitute for medical advice or actual prescription processes. Users are responsible for compliance with the source site's Terms of Service and applicable law.