CIPROFLOXACIN: what pharmacies pay, and what that tells you
CIPROFLOXACIN costs a pharmacy a median of $1.60 per ml. That is what the pharmacy pays to acquire it. It is not your price: a dispensing fee and margin sit between this number and your receipt.
This one genuinely varies between pharmacies
Most drugs are bought at close to a single price. CIPROFLOXACIN is not: between the cheapest tenth of listings and the dearest, it varies by 3.3 times. That is the unusual case where calling two pharmacies can change what you pay, and it outranks every other consideration on this page.
Where it sits against every other priced drug
Acquisition cost percentile, 3,439 priced products
This sits in the middle of the corpus, the range where where-you-fill-it genuinely changes the total.
The other forms of CIPROFLOXACIN
CMS prices 2 distinct CIPROFLOXACIN products. They are not interchangeable and their costs are not comparable to each other, which is exactly why a single headline price for a drug name is usually meaningless.
The Sold as column is usually the reason two rows differ: an over-the-counter product and a prescription-strength one carry the same drug name and are priced as different products entirely. Unit matters as much: a price per tablet and a price per millilitre are not the same measurement.
| Product | Unit | Class | Sold as | Per unit | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIPROFLOXACIN (shown above) | ML | Generic | Rx | $1.60 | 261 |
| CIPROFLOXACIN | EA | Generic | Rx | $6.93 | 84 |
What the spread tells you about shopping around
Between the cheapest tenth of listings and the dearest tenth, CIPROFLOXACIN varies by 3.3 times. That is a wide band, and it means the same product genuinely costs different pharmacies different amounts. It is one of the cases where calling around can change the number.
Documented interactions
- Ciprofloxacin with Dairy (Moderate). Dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese) significantly reduce the absorption of ciprofloxacin, potentially making the antibiotic ineffective against the infection being treated.
- Ciprofloxacin with Antacids (Severe). Antacids containing aluminum, magnesium, or calcium dramatically reduce ciprofloxacin absorption, often rendering the antibiotic ineffective.
Interaction data is informational and not a substitute for your pharmacist, who can see your full list.
What this page is, and is not
Every figure here is CMS NADAC, the federal survey of what retail pharmacies pay to acquire a drug. It is public-domain federal data and it is the cleanest available floor. It excludes your dispensing fee, your pharmacy's margin, your insurance design and any discount-card pricing, all of which sit between this number and what you hand over. Nothing here is medical advice.
Source: CMS NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, dataset generated 2026-07-22. See how CIPROFLOXACIN compares across 385 brand and generic pairs, or look up another drug in our price tools.