Prescription Drug Cost Informative - Varying price of prescription drugs
So I apologize if I'm boring everyone with common knowledge here, but it has just been brought to my attention how significantly the cost of a prescription can vary from pharmacy to pharmacy - even from location to location of the same pharmacy.
I needed a prescription filled yesterday for a drug which would not be covered by my insurance and because I didn't know the cost of the drug, I asked my doctor's nurse if I could call the pharmacy ahead to ask the price. That way I could decide if it was worth it to me (no, this isn't insulin or heart meds, obviously). She said, "Make sure you call more than one place."
"Really?" I asked, "Isn't prescription price pretty standard?"
Oh my goodness, no! Again, if I've just been living in the dark for all these years, please forgive me for wasting your time, but I had no idea that the same drug could cost $20 less at one pharmacy than it does at another. For me, that's a huge jump. And like I said, there can even be a huge variance from one Walgreens to another, because apparently each location marks up depending on their own demand.
So in case there are others out there like me who had no clue, I thought I'd share. :)