Clark Howard recommends using www.goodrx.com for comparison prices near you on prescription drugs - so I plugged it in -
Costco is the cheapest - 10 TABS $1,873.92
boy, am I glad I don’t have parasites...
Yes, the 12 tablets were actually going to cost like $2300. Blue Cross picked up the lion’s share, and I took the $649.
These are sticker prices.
When I didn’t have medical coverage through my job, I had a caremark discount via my AAA membership. I never had to produce my AAA card or caremark card at the pharmacy afterwards. Even when my annual AAA membership expired each year.
It was a “negotiated” discount pricing with no copay from Caremark or AAA coming into the pharmacy.
I have insurance (mandated that I purchase it) and even it didn’t get a prescription I was given ($110 a month) down much ($100 a month with prescription coverage insurance) but the pharmaceutical company itself offers a discount if you register online and then it is $30 a month.
The prices are all funny money. And yes US customers are being gouged. Same as when you are charged 5 for an aspirin at the hospital.