You can search every drug on this site, run the cost calculator, and compare brand vs. generic pricing — without ever creating an account or handing over your name, email, or health information.
No account required
Every tool on RxCostCheck — the price table, the cost calculator, brand vs. generic comparison — works with zero sign-up, zero login, zero password.
No health profile
We don't build a profile of which medications you look up. Your searches aren't tied to your name, email address, or any personal identifier.
Never sold to advertisers
We do not sell or share medication search data with advertisers, data brokers, or any third party. There is no product on our roadmap that depends on doing this.
Standard, aggregate analytics only
Like almost every website, we use Google Analytics to see aggregate traffic patterns (how many people visited, which pages are popular). This is never linked to which specific drug you searched for as an individual.
Why this matters right now
In February 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with GoodRx following allegations that the company had shared users' personal health information — including which medications and health conditions they searched for — with advertising platforms such as Facebook and Google, without adequate user consent. It was the FTC's first enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule.
That case put a spotlight on a business model that is common across the discount-card and health-app industry: many free tools generate revenue in part by monetizing the data generated from your searches and account activity. Account creation is often the mechanism that makes this possible — once a search is tied to a login, it can be tied to an advertising profile.
RxCostCheck was built the opposite way. There's no account to create, so there's no login to tie your medication searches to. We think that matters more, not less, as more of these tools ask for your email, your date of birth, or your insurance information before you can even see a price.
Source: Federal Trade Commission, "FTC Takes Action Against GoodRx for Sharing Consumers' Sensitive Personal Health Information with Facebook, Google, and Other Companies," Feb. 1, 2023.
How we compare
| Feature | RxCostCheck | Typical discount-card app |
|---|---|---|
| Account required to see prices | No | Often yes |
| Email address required | No | Often yes |
| Health data sold to advertisers | Never | Varies by company — see the 2023 FTC action against GoodRx above |
| Search history tied to your identity | No | Often yes, if logged in |
| Aggregate, anonymous site analytics | Yes (standard practice) | Yes (standard practice) |
This comparison describes general industry patterns for discount-card and coupon apps that require account creation, not a claim about every named competitor's current practices. Always read a service's own privacy policy before using it.
What data we do collect — and why
- Aggregate site analytics (Google Analytics). Like nearly every website, we use analytics to understand how many people visit, which pages are useful, and where to improve the site. This data is aggregated and is not used to build a profile of your individual medication searches.
- Contact form submissions. If you use our contact page, we receive whatever information you choose to include in that message — used only to respond to you.
- Nothing else. We don't ask for your name, date of birth, insurance ID, or health conditions to use any tool on this site.
Full details are in our Privacy Policy.
Affiliate links — how we make money without selling your data
RxCostCheck earns a small commission through affiliate links (for example, Amazon Associates links to products like pill organizers) and standard display advertising. These relationships are based on whether a link is clicked — not on your search history, health conditions, or personal identity. See our disclaimer for full details on affiliate relationships.
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