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Best credit card to use at CVS.

Drugstore

CVS is the largest U.S. pharmacy chain by store count (about 9,000 locations) and a major convenience-goods retailer alongside the prescription business. CVS codes as a drugstore on every card we track, so any 3-5% drugstore-category card will earn here. CVS's own ExtraCare loyalty program runs in parallel and stacks with card cashback.

  1. #1
    Discover
    5% on drugstores this quarter (Q3 2026) (up to $1,500/quarter, then 1%). Activation required each quarter.
    Activation required each quarter
    5%
  2. #2
    Discover
    5% on drugstores this quarter (Q3 2026) (up to $1,500/quarter, then 1%). Activation required each quarter.
    Activation required each quarter
    5%
  3. #3
    Discover
    5% on drugstores this quarter (Q3 2026) (up to $1,500/quarter, then 1%). Activation required each quarter.
    Activation required each quarter
    5%
  4. #4
    NHL Discover itthis quarter
    Discover
    5% on drugstores this quarter (Q3 2026) (up to $1,500/quarter, then 1%). Activation required each quarter.
    Activation required each quarter
    5%
  5. #5
    Comenity Capital Bank
    3% on drugstores
    Pharmacy purchases
    3%
  6. #6
    Bank of America
    3% on drugstores if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  7. #7
    Bank of America
    3% on drugstores if you select it as a bonus category (up to $2,500/quarter, then 1%)
    3% in choice category (gas, online shopping, dining, travel, drugstores, home improvement); cap is combined with groceries/wholesale-club row
    3%
  8. #8
    Chase
    3% on drugstores
    3%
  9. #9
    Chase
    3% on drugstores
    3%
  10. #10
    Venmo Credit Cardif it’s your top category
    Synchrony
    3% on drugstores if it's your top eligible spend category that cycle
    Automatically on your highest-spend eligible category each statement period (8 eligible: transportation, travel, groceries, entertainment, dining & nightlife, bills & utilities, health & beauty, gas). Drugstores here represents health & beauty; bills & utilities maps to utilities.
    3%
  11. #11
    Robinhood
    3% flat-rate cashback
    3%
  12. #12
    American Express
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  13. #13
    Citi
    2% flat-rate cashback
    1% when you buy, 1% when you pay
    2%
  14. #14
    First Electronic Bank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Tiers of 2%, 2.5%, 3%, or 4% based on assets held on Coinbase; tiers above 2% are capped at $10,000 in eligible purchases per month, then 2%. Requires Coinbase One membership.
    2%
  15. #15
    Elan Financial Services
    2% flat-rate cashback
    When deposited into an eligible Fidelity account
    2%
  16. #16
    American Express
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Unlimited 2% cash back on eligible purchases
    2%
  17. #17
    Chase
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2.5% on purchases of $5,000 or more per transaction
    2%
  18. #18
    WebBank
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%
  19. #19
    Navy Federal
    2% flat-rate cashback
    Issued on the cashRewards application when approved for a credit limit of $5,000 or more; lower limits receive cashRewards at 1.5%
    2%
  20. #20
    PNC
    2% flat-rate cashback
    2%

Last updated July 28, 2026