--- title: Amazon Prime Members Can Now Get Prescription Drugs for $5 a Month description: With RxPass, Prime members can order prescription medications for a flat fee of $5 per month. Delivery is free; insurance isn't required. authors: - name: Pete Grieve role: Lead News Reporter url: https://money.com/author/pete-grieve/ bio: Pete Grieve is a personal finance reporter. In his time at Money, Pete has covered everything from car buying to credit cards to the housing market. education: University of Chicago, BA Political Science at_money_since: 2022 articles: 598 covers: - Shopping - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/pete_grieve - https://linkedin.com/in/pete-grieve-b5aa02138 - https://www.facebook.com/petegrieve4 published: '2023-01-24T20:59:28.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T13:30:26.000Z' section: Shopping tags: - News word_count: 324 canonical: https://money.com/amazon-prime-prescription-drugs/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![An open amazon delivery box with two prescription pill bottles from Amazon Pharmacy on a table, with a couple in the background](https://img.money.com/2023/01/News-Amazon-Prime-Members-Prescriptions.jpg) Amazon launched a subscription service Tuesday that lets Prime members order [prescription drugs](https://money.com/how-to-save-on-medical-costs/?ref=/mark-cuban-pharmacy-drug-prices-comparison/) for a flat fee of $5 per month. Customers who subscribe to the new RxPass service can have low-cost, generic drugs delivered to their homes. More than [50 medications](https://pharmacy.amazon.com/rxpass#all-rxpass-meds) are included with the pass, which is available in 42 states. ## What it means for you The new service offers a relatively cheap way for Prime customers to order prescription drugs, and it doesn’t require insurance. - The $5 flat monthly fee for Amazon’s RxPass includes delivery, and there’s no additional cost for ordering multiple medications. - Amazon says the pass is designed for people who take multiple medications on a regular basis. Many of the RxPass drugs cost non-subscribers somewhere in the ballpark of $3 to $20 for a monthlong supply on Amazon. ## Why it matters Americans have lots of [options for ordering generic drugs online](https://money.com/mark-cuban-pharmacy-drug-prices-comparison/) — including traditional pharmacies like CVS and new ventures like the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. But the low, flat fee for the RxPass will be attractive to people who are currently paying more to get their prescriptions and already subscribe to Amazon’s $139-per-year Prime service. - The announcement of the service is the latest sign that Amazon is serious about expanding into health care. In November, the e-commerce giant announced [Amazon Clinic](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/what-is-amazon-clinic), a messaging-based health service that helps customers get treatment for common conditions. Amazon has also agreed to [acquire One Medical](https://www.onemedical.com/blog/newsworthy/update-one-medical-agreement-be-acquired-amazon/), a primary care company, for $3.9 billion. ## Bottom line Prime members have a new way to order prescription medications online. 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