Costs in Alberta, Canada
Crestor has now come off patent (March 15, 2012), the last of the statins to do so. In Alberta, cost/10mg pill in 2011:

Crestor- $1.462/pill
Rosuvastatin (generic substitute)- $0.6579/pill as of June 12, 2012.
(There are other generic options)

Lipitor- $1.82/pill
Atorvastatin (generic substitute)- $0.80 per pill, introduced 1911. Pfizer is marketing Genmed as their generic for Lipitor.
Eleven other drug manufacturers are listed as producing generic substitutes for Lipitor.

New generics are priced at 45% of the brand name price.
Figures from Alberta School Employees Benefit Plan.

Full ASEBP online reports found most easily by googling Alberta, Lipitor Cost, or ASEBP


Please note: there are differences between these statins and your physician may require a particular one for your condition, other drug need, etc.

Blue Cross Alberta has an article on Lipitor and optional substitutes at:
https://www.ab.bluecross.ca/pdfs/connection0610.pdf