What Does “come at a price” mean?
Definition:
If something that you get comes at a price, something negative or unpleasant occurs as a consequence.
Another variation of the idiom is the following:
come at a cost.
Example(s)
You say that you want to be famous, but you have to know that fame comes at a price.
He made it, but his success came at a price.
She got what she wanted, but this came at a cost.
This idiom is in the money category.