Prescription Drug Savings

     Prescription drugs can be very expensive and it pays to shop around for savings.  This web page is intended to help you with ideas of saving on prescription drug costs if your drug is expensive.

Your insurance plan

    Begin by seeing what your insurance plan would charge you for the prescription.  If the cost quoted seems high, check the options below before you pay.  Keep in mind any drug you pay for cash will not count towards your plans out of pocket maximum.

Check out www.goodrx.com  

  This website provides cash-price discounts for most prescription drugs and is available to anyone without membership or cost.   You can look up your drug and dosage to find a cash price that may be lower that what your insurance plan offers you.   

EXAMPLE:   Let's say you get a rash and the your doctor prescribes you a tube of ointment that costs $90 insurance cost.    It may cost you only $30 of you buy it at goodrx.com .

GoodRX.com can also help you find the drug manufacturers discount programs for the expensive drugs.   Take a $1000 drug like Ozempic and there may be a program to help make it more affordable if you are lower income.    Again, keep in mind that drugs you pay cash for will not accumulated towards your out pocket maximum on your health plan.

2. Check out www.prescriptionhope.com  

    Prescription hope is a service that manages patient-assistance programs for individuals with expensive drugs.  They set a service fee of $60 for each medication no matter the retail cost of the medication.  They can be contacted at 877-296-4673 for more details on their program.

 3.  Check at www.TrumpRx.gov    

     This government website claims to offer discounts on some expensive drugs.   Check out your expensive drugs to see how the costs compare.

page updated 8/22/26