Stop Leaving Money on the Pharmacy Counter. Try These Tools to See How Much You Can Save (…even compared with insurance).
Prescription drugs can be expensive, and prices can fluctuate from day to day and pharmacy to pharmacy. Sure, prescription drug coverage offers savings for insured patients, but for many medications, especially those that insurance doesn’t cover, you can decrease the amount you pay out of pocket and see significant savings using the tools below.
GoodRx Free Coupons at www.goodrx.com
Offers discounted prices (in the form of coupons) across various pharmacies for a specific medication.
Whether you’re left to pay the full price of a medication, have a high co-pay or want to make sure your co-pay is the lowest price available, check GoodRx for coupons up to 80% off the retail price of numerous medications. You’ll be able to compare coupon prices across various pharmacies and choose a coupon card to print, email, text or present at the pharmacy counter.
For those who have prescription drug coverage with the DGA Health Plan and who fill prescriptions at a CVS Caremark or Navarro pharmacy, CVS’ Cost Saver Program automatically compares your co-pay with the GoodRx rate for covered medications. The pharmacist will charge you the lower price of the two.
NOTE: The pharmacy listed on the coupon card is contractually obligated to honor the discounted price. Call 1-844-818-9042 for assistance with using GoodRx coupons.
Manufacturer Savings Cards and Programs
Savings directly from the medication’s manufacturer
Drug manufacturers commonly offer savings cards and programs to decrease the cost of their medication for patients. Patients can search the drug company’s website directly for savings offers before going to the pharmacy.
For example, Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer of diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic, offers the Ozempic Savings Card for those with commercial or private insurance. With the card, patients can pay as little as $25 for a one to three month supply of Ozempic.
Medicine Assistance Too at https://mat.org/Patient-Resources/Savings-Cards
A list of savings cards for the uninsured
PHRMA’s Medicine Assistance Tool is an online search engine that connects uninsured patients with prescription assistance programs that offer free discount cards on various medications. Eligibiility requirements vary for each program.
CVS’ RxCompare Drug Search at https://cvs.rxcompare.com
Compares discount card prices available at CVS and Navarro pharmacies
CVS’ RxCompare marketplace is an online price comparison tool that allows you to search for a medication and compare available prescription discount cards with the lowest price to be used at your local CVS pharmacy. Discounted prices are sometimes lower than co-pays and cannot be combined with insurance or other savings programs.
The RxSavingsPlus card from CVS Caremark
Offers discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugs not covered by insurance
This free discount card lowers the price of many brand-name and generic prescription drugs, select over-the-counter products with a doctor’s written prescription, diabetes supplies and certain pet medications that are also used to treat human conditions.
The card is only accepted at participating pharmacies and is easy to download. Just visit www.dgaplans.org/rxsavingspluscard and scan the QR code.
Save Money on Prescription Weight Loss Medications
The DGA-Producer Health Plan is the only plan in the entertainment industry to cover weight loss drugs for adult participants enrolled with its weight management benefit provider, Flyte. Discounts on these weight loss medications are available through prescription drug cards and manufacturer programs such as the examples below. For a full list of ways you can save on GLP-1 medications and other weight loss drugs, visit www.dgaplans.org/saveonweightloss.
Savings cards for Wegovy, Zepbound and more!
Wegovy’s savings program offers $0 for a 28-day supply for up to 13 refills by enrolling in their WeGoTogether program. Several restrictions and eligibility criteria apply.
https://www.wegovy.com/coverage-and-savings/save-on-wegovy.html.
For those covered by the DGA-ProducerHealth Plan or other commercial insurance – if your insurance covers the medication– Zepbound’s savings program allows you to pay as low as $25 for a one or three month supply through its savings card. If uninsured or on Medicare, you can pay $399 for a one-month prescription of the Zepbound 2.5-mg vial or $549 for a one-month prescription of the Zepbound 5-mg vial. Additional taxes and fees may apply.
https://zepbound.lilly.com/coverage-savings
Visit www.dgaplans.org/saveonweightloss for more ways to save.
