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💊 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

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parseforge/costplusdrugs-scraper on Apify. Call:ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/costplusdrugs-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs:maxItems(integer,default10),drugs(array,default["ibuprofen","metformin","lisinopril","atorvastatin", "am). Full actor spec: fetch build via GEThttps://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~costplusdrugs-scraper(Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

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.

📋 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.

🎬 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.

⚙️ Input

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).

📊 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

📦 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"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

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

📈 How it compares to alternatives

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

🚀 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.

💼 Business use cases

🌟 Beyond business use cases

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

🔌 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.

❓ 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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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more reference-data scrapers.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue.

⚠️ 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.