What is GoodRX? (monthly, wife, transfer, Medicare)
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Good RX can be a helpful tool. I am on Medicare (full disclosure: I also market Supplement and Advantage products); my pharmacist routinely checks to see which is a better price for me, my Medicare Drug Plan, or GoodRX. GoodRX is sometimes better.
If you don't have coverage, or even if you do, when a copay seems high, ask the Pharmacist to check GoodRX.
My understanding is that you have to create an account with GoodRx (it's simple), but of course that is a good idea to check with the pharmacist. The prices are also listed on their website. There are several different choices, all of the major ones and as I recall a couple of minor ones as well.
I've never created an account at all. I've just used the GoodRx card which I got in the mail via mass mailing. The only information the pharmacy has is what every other pharmacy would have - the prescription from my doctor. '
No personal information is required at all when checking pricing on the GoodRx website. Of course they need your zipcode in order to align you with the correct pharmacies, but that's all they require for any sort of identification. Just enter your medication name and the pricing, along with multiple pharmacy choices, pops right up. Choose which pharmacy you want to use, contact your doctor's office and tell them where to send the prescription and you're good to go.
All you have to do is download the GoodRx app or go to GoodRx.com . You do not have to join anything unless the medication you want to fill is cheaper using the GoodRX gold plan at $9.99 a month.
Enter the name of the medication you want to fill, it will show you the various prices at different pharmacies.
I'm not sure how it works, it just works to offer the best price.
If you have prescription insurance, it's possible that your prescriptions are cheaper using Good RX then it is to use insurance.
This last year, all of my prescriptions were $10 to $30 cheaper using GoodRX then my medicare part D prescription plan.
One med I'm on that filled yesterday at CVS is a 90 day script that they used my Aetna SilverScript Choice plan, it comes to $68.99. Using regular GoodRx to fill it at CVS will cost me $22.63 to $25.13, so $70 or $25? I'm going to pay the GoodRx price, saving $45. I'll have to call CVS when they open to tell them to use GoodRx for it.
Looking at the price per each pharmacy, it's ranging from $12 to $40 depending on where it is filled. There are a few different generics for this med, I normally fill it at CVS because the generic they have works the best. I don't doubt that the ones costing closer to $10 are selling one of the cheaper generics that do not work for me.
I've never created an account at all. I've just used the GoodRx card which I got in the mail via mass mailing. The only information the pharmacy has is what every other pharmacy would have - the prescription from my doctor. '
No personal information is required at all when checking pricing on the GoodRx website. Of course they need your zipcode in order to align you with the correct pharmacies, but that's all they require for any sort of identification. Just enter your medication name and the pricing, along with multiple pharmacy choices, pops right up. Choose which pharmacy you want to use, contact your doctor's office and tell them where to send the prescription and you're good to go.
Interesting, thanks. When I went to the website, it wanted an account. Everyone and everything wants an account nowadays! but if it works without one great.
One med I'm on that filled yesterday at CVS is a 90 day script that they used my Aetna SilverScript Choice plan, it comes to $68.99. Using regular GoodRx to fill it at CVS will cost me $22.63 to $25.13, so $70 or $25? I'm going to pay the GoodRx price, saving $45. I'll have to call CVS when they open to tell them to use GoodRx for it.
Looking at the price per each pharmacy, it's ranging from $12 to $40 depending on where it is filled. There are a few different generics for this med, I normally fill it at CVS because the generic they have works the best. I don't doubt that the ones costing closer to $10 are selling one of the cheaper generics that do not work for me.
I noticed that CVS had the best price. Was surprised that Walmart was as high as it was.
Interesting, thanks. When I went to the website, it wanted an account. Everyone and everything wants an account nowadays! but if it works without one great.
I've never made an account for GoodRx until I used it to get GoodRx gold to cover my one prescription that my part D plan doesn't cover. About 6 years ago it used to be covered but now it's one of many meds a medicare plan won't cover. I noticed they stopped covering oxycontin for 2024. I help a friend find part D plan, her husband is on it.
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