Prescription ibuprofen costs from $8.00 to $15.00 out of pocket with use of a free prescription discount card.
However without discounts, the cost of prescription ibuprofen out of pocket can range from $15.00 to as high as $72.00
It also depends on the pharmacy you use to get your prescriptions.
If your clinic uses a sliding scale fee and also has a pharmacy located in the clinic, then you can often get your prescription ibuprofen and other prescriptions cheaper out of pocket than you would at other pharmacies.
To help lower your cost of the prescription ibuprofen and other prescriptions you can use programs such as SingleCare or GoodRx, which almost always results in a lower out of pocket price for your prescription medications including prescription ibuprofen, instead of paying the pharmacy's standard cash retail price.
Prices of prescription ibuprofen and other prescriptions also fluctuate between major retailers, so for example, generic 800 mg ibuprofen can cost from $8.00 at Walmart to over $30.00 at Rite Aid pharmacy if paid entirely in cash without coupons.
Standard over the counter ibuprofen is 200 mg per pill and is the same thing, but at lower doses.
You can often take multiple over the counter ibuprofen pills to reach the prescription dose like taking 4 200 mg tablets to equal one 800 mg prescription ibuprofen dose, which can be cheaper.