Two years after launching, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs now sells hundreds of generics and about 20 branded medications for a discounted rate. It also partners with hospitals, independent pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers.
Each drug is priced at its manufacturing cost, plus a 15% markup, $5 pharmacy fee and $5 shipping fee. Here are 25 medications with the biggest price cuts sold at Cost Plus Drugs:
Everolimus (generic for Afinitor Disperz)
Retail price: $31,469.10
MCCPDC price: $12,025.40
Savings: $19,443.70
Pyrimethamine (generic for Daraprim)
Retail price: $20,330.10
MCCPDC price: $2,443.10
Savings: $17,887
Tasimelteon (generic for Hetlioz)
Retail price: $29,880
MCCPDC price: $13,610
Savings: $16,270
Fingolimod HCl (generic for Gilenya)
Retail price: $13,067.14
MCCPDC price: $295.03
Savings: $12,772.11
Penicillamine (generic for Cuprimine)
Retail price: $11,192.10
MCCPDC price: $135.20
Savings: $11,056.90
Bexarotene (generic for Targretin)
Retail price: $9,477
MCCPDC price: $383.72
Savings: $9,093.28
Sorafenib tosylate (generic for Nexavar)
Retail price: $8,232
MCCPDC price: $1,001.30
Savings: $7,230.70
Tolvaptan (generic for Samsca)
Retail price: $9,039.90
MCCPDC price: $1,902.50
Savings: $7,137.40
Tobramycin (generic for Tobi)
Retail price: $6,523
MCCPDC price: $319.05
Savings: $6,203.95
Gefitinib (generic for Iressa)
Retail price: $7,041
MCCPDC price: $1,183.58
Savings: $5,857.42
Tobramycin (generic for Bethkis)
Retail price: $6,572
MCCPDC price: $2,704.33
Savings: $3,867.67
Dihydroergotamine mesylate (generic for Migranal)
Retail price: $3,835
MCCPDC price: $292.22
Savings: $3,542.78
Teriflunomide (generic for Aubagio)
Retail price: $3,552.30
MCCPDC price: $12.80
Savings: $3,539.50
Lapatinib ditosylate (generic for Tykerb)
Retail price: $4,353
MCCPDC price: $1,102.70
Savings: $3,250.30
Phenoxybenzamine HCl (generic for Dibenzyline)
Retail price: $3,891
MCCPDC price: $1,188.80
Savings: $2,702.20
Everolimus (generic for Afinitor)
Retail price: $3,039
MCCPDC price: $368.30
Savings: $2,670.70
Pirfenidone (generic for Esbriet)
Retail price: $2,607
MCCPDC price: $30.80
Savings: $2,576.20
Diclofenac sodium (generic for Pennsaid)
Retail price: $2,578
MCCPDC price: $67.39
Savings: $2,510.61
Sodium phenylbutyrate (generic for Buphenyl)
Retail price: $4,779
MCCPDC price: $2,285.19
Savings: $2,493.81
Penicillamine (generic for Depen Titratabs)
Retail price: $3,194.10
MCCPDC price: $704.90
Savings: $2,489.20
Imatinib (generic for Gleevec)
Retail price: $2,502.50
MCCPDC price: $13.40
Savings: $2,489.10
Efavirenz-Emtricitabine-Tenofovir DF (generic for Atripla)
Retail price: $2,365
MCCPDC price: $19.55
Savings: $2,345.45
Deferasirox (generic for Jadenu)
Retail price: $2,332.80
MCCPDC price: $17
Savings: $2,315.80
Aprepitant (generic for Emend)
Retail price: $2,691.90
MCCPDC price: $524.60
Savings: $2,167.30
Dimethyl fumarate (generic for Tecfidera)
Retail price: $2,176.06
MCCPDC price: $14.20
Savings: $2,161.86