FindMyDirectDoctor Medication Cost Benchmark API

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "drug": "atorvastatin",
    "facts": [
      {
        "quote": "We looked at that price page ourselves in October 2026.",
        "section": "What a fill of atorvastatin costs",
        "source_url": null
      }
    ],
    "group": "medication",
    "guide": {
      "url": "https://findmydirectdoctor.org/guides/atorvastatin-cost-without-insurance/",
      "slug": "atorvastatin-cost-without-insurance",
      "title": "What atorvastatin costs if you have no insurance",
      "last_reviewed": "2026-10-24"
    },
    "query": {
      "drug": "atorvastatin",
      "matched_by": "prefix",
      "matched_slug": "atorvastatin-cost-without-insurance"
    },
    "steps": [],
    "credit": "Physician-reviewed, FindMyDirectDoctor Foundation",
    "source": "FindMyDirectDoctor Foundation guides (findmydirectdoctor.org/guides)",
    "related": [
      {
        "url": "https://findmydirectdoctor.org/guides/ask-for-cash-price/",
        "slug": "ask-for-cash-price"
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a600045.html",
        "publisher": "medlineplus.gov"
      }
    ],
    "guide_url": "https://findmydirectdoctor.org/guides/atorvastatin-cost-without-insurance/",
    "data_as_of": "2026-10-02",
    "disclaimer": "General information quoted from published guides. Not medical, legal or tax advice. In an emergency call 911.",
    "brand_names": [
      "Lipitor"
    ],
    "price_points": [
      {
        "as_of": "2026-10",
        "basis": "list_price",
        "quote": "One public hospital in Nashville, Tennessee lists 30 tablets of generic atorvastatin for $4 on its pharmacy price list, which we checked in October 2026.",
        "section": "quick answer",
        "source_url": null,
        "amounts_usd": [
          4
        ],
        "basis_label": "manufacturer or device list price",
        "is_cash_price": false
      }
    ],
    "price_status": "has_price_points",
    "quick_answer": "One public hospital in Nashville, Tennessee lists 30 tablets of generic atorvastatin for $4 on its pharmacy price list, which we checked in October 2026. Medicare drug plans and their members spent an average of $10.31 per fill in 2024, according to a federal spending report. The brand-name version costs far more, so ask for the generic.",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-10-24",
    "price_drivers": [],
    "trademark_note": "Lipitor is a trademark of its owner. The FindMyDirectDoctor Foundation is not connected to or endorsed by the trademark owner, and we name the brand only so readers can find information about the product.",
    "medicare_part_d": [
      {
        "year": 2024,
        "fills": 73349032,
        "quote": "CMS Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, 2024: Atorvastatin Calcium (generic, overall manufacturers) 73,349,032 claims, average spending per claim $10.3 (10.31); Lipitor 23,269 claims, $1,151.67 per claim. Spending includes plan plus beneficiary payments, not a cash price. Fetched 2026-10-23",
        "source_url": "https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/7e0b4365-fd63-4a29-8f5e-e0ac9f66a81b/data?keyword=atorvastatin",
        "basis_label": "Medicare plan spending per claim, not a cash price",
        "avg_spend_per_fill_usd": 10.31
      }
    ],
    "lower_cost_routes": [],
    "price_status_note": "The guide states price figures. Each keeps its basis label.",
    "how_to_get_a_quote": [],
    "prescription_quote": "No, atorvastatin is not sold over the counter. FDA records list atorvastatin tablets as prescription medicines, so a clinician has to write the prescription. If you have no insurance, you can pay for the visit yourself, so ask for the price of the visit first.",
    "cost_benchmark_note": "NADAC is the average price pharmacies pay to buy a drug (pharmacy acquisition cost). It is a cost benchmark, not a retail price and not what a patient pays at the counter. Medicare Part D figures are plan plus member spending per claim, also not a cash price.",
    "prescription_status": "prescription_only",
    "pharmacy_acquisition_cost": [
      {
        "kind": "generic",
        "rows": [
          {
            "strength": "10 mg",
            "per_unit_usd": 0.02301
          },
          {
            "strength": "20 mg",
            "per_unit_usd": 0.02858
          }
        ],
        "as_of": "2026-10-21",
        "quote": "NADAC as-of 2026-10-21 (latest week), generic atorvastatin tablets (classification G): 10 mg $0.02301, 20 mg $0.02858, 40 mg $0.03688, 80 mg $0.06804 per tablet. Arithmetic: 30 x 0.02858 = $0.86, 30 x 0.06804 = $2.04",
        "source_url": "https://data.medicaid.gov/api/1/datastore/query/fbb83258-11c7-47f5-8b18-5f8e79f7e704/0",
        "basis_label": "pharmacy acquisition cost (NADAC), a cost benchmark and not a retail price",
        "is_retail_price": false
      }
    ]
  }
}