This tip comes from my reader Tricia….
One unusual way I saved money recently was to sign up for mail order prescriptions. I also found out one my “non -covered” scripts would be covered if my Dr. wrote a note about why I needed this medication and for what purpose. What I was paying for a monthly dose went from 33.00 to 7.00. This adds up over the year!
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Bridget says
I work for UPS and our prescriptions have $0 copays! But, I like to take advantage of the $25 coupons at King Soopers when we transfer or get new prescriptions. I will transfer them to Target when they have the $10 transfer coupon and then back to Kings a few months later…I haven’t done that in a while, maybe I should transfer it again.
db says
My dog takes two medicines a day, and I found out that they were MUCH cheaper at COSTCO than anywhere else!! One was over $50 per month at CVS and other places, I thought I would have to put her to sleep, but then a friend told me to go to costco – and the same meds are $11!!! You don’t need to be a member to use their pharmacy, you just tell them when you come in that you are going to the pharmacy. The other scrip is more money, but I still save $40 on it at Costco for a savings of around $90 per month.
Michele says
I usually do the gift card deals at Target, CVS, Rite Aid etc. My prescription plan requires me to use mail order for any prescriptions that I get on a regular basis but I use local for the unexpected Rx. I have broke even doing the gift card deals and usually hold onto the gift cards for christmas. I also work in an internal medicine practice and the drup reps will often leave vouchers even if they do not have samples. Also we allow our patients to call and request samples.
Liz says
I just got my prescription for my prenate vitamins along with some samples of the ones my DR prescribed. Inside was a link to a form to bring to the pharmacist. The form is from the manufacturer of the vitamin and they pay your copay for the first three months. I used that to get the vitamins free along with a get $20 at CVS.
Melissa D. says
I transferred my prescription over to Kroger because they were offering $25 off of groceries. A few months later, I transferred my husband’s prescription over and got $50 off of groceries. Plus, for every prescription I fill or refill, I get 50 points – for every 100 points you get (usually $1 spent = 1 point) you earn $0.10 off per gallon at their gas station or at any Shell station.
Jan Johnson says
I use to have our prescriptions filled at Rite Aid. Since we itemize our taxes what we pay out for prescriptions are tax deductible.
I did find out that mail order for a script you use regularly is much much cheaper purchasing it for three months rather than buying it monthly. However there are those scripts you need such as an occasional antibiotic I found to be half the price at Sam’s club compared to Rite Aide.
I have asthma so I use Singular and a daily inhaler. The singular at Rite Aide costs around $45 for 30 day supply, same with my daily inhaler, same price. Sam’s is half the price if I purchase for 30 days only. However, with my mail in prescription plan, I can purchase 3 months supply for a total of $60 each. That is a tremendous savings, not only in prescription prices but also the less travel and use of gasoline!!
It pays to check on what your options are.
RK says
Good tips.
The one thing that has saved me more on prescriptions than anything else has been … coupons! Of course, sometimes, you have no choice but to take something for which there are no coupons, but you would be surprised at how many pharmaceutical companies offer coupons for their products. When I was pregnant, rather than taking OTC prenatal vitamins, I took prescription vitamins that I chose based on coupon availability. I am still taking prenatals as a nursing mother, and they have actually been FREE for the last two months! (The one I take right now is called Prenexa, and they have a $30 coupon that you can use several times. My insurance brings the co-pay down to less than $30, so … FREE!)
christine says
where do you find coupons?
RK says
I have found them online and also with samples at the doctor’s office. The Prenexa coupon, for example, is on their website. It’s just a web page you print out and take to the pharmacist. It has codes on it for the pharmacist to use None of the pharmacists I’ve handed them to have had any trouble getting them to work, though they do sometimes forget to apply them. (It’s different from the typical grocery product manufacturer’s coupon, which they mail in to get reimbursement.)
angie says
If your a member of Costco there prescriptions are discounted. But my CVS pharmacy price matched the member price for me a savings of over 40 dollars.