How Much Does CBD Cost and Why Does It Seem Expensive?

The average CBD oil costs between $50 and $250 for a bottle.

Factors that can affect cost include:

• Potency
• Bottle size
• Organic or non-organic extract
• Bulk orders
• Type of product

Why is CBD So Expensive?

Let’s face it; CBD supplements have a higher upfront cost than many other health supplements. A typical 500 mg CBD oil bottle usually costs around $60 or $70 for a bottle.

High-potency CBD oils can get much more expensive — a 2500 mg CBD oil can cost as much as $300 for a single bottle.

So what gives? Why is CBD so expensive?

CBD products are expensive because of the sheer volume of hemp flowers needed to make a bottle of oil. The average hemp plant contains about 100 mg of CBD for every gram of flower. This means a bottle of 500 mg CBD oil is derived from about 5 grams of hemp. On the consumer market, that’s about $50 worth of hemp flower.

But the costs to make CBD extracts don’t end there.

Most CBD extracts are made using supercritical CO2. This technique makes a really high-grade extract, but the machines used to do the extract are exceptionally expensive — easily costing upwards of $100,000 each.

Other costs involved include marketing, bottling, shipping, distribution fees, and staffing costs.

All of these costs need to be recuperated in the price of the final product. This makes CBD products relatively expensive compared to other supplements.