Lialda cost

Went to Walgreens to pick up my prescription for Lialda and Rowasa. I have Medicare Part D. The pharmacist came back with a price of $1494 per month for both. I freaked out for a second. He then noticed a mistake he made with some insurance number and came back again with a price of $7.

What are you folks paying, with or without insurance?

USA health insurance varies so much, that there is no uniform answer. Years ago it used to be quite simple, generics were $10 copays, brand names $20. However, lately there are deductibles: insurance doesn't pay for prescriptions until you've paid a fixed amount ($1,000.00, $3,000.00 or more) out-of-pocket for medicines. Or in the name of cost-sharing, patients must pay a percentage of the list cost for the medication when it's non-preferred and/or brandnamed. When you're talking a medication that's $1,200.00-1,400.00 for a 30-day supply, a percentage of that cost on a reoccurring basis can be a budget-killer (a 50% copay would be $600.00 a month or $7,200.00 a year).

I have to pay a percentage until I reach the deductible (which happens pretty darn fast), and then the prescription is free for the remainder of the year. Can't remember the percentage or deductible off of the top of my head. It was sizable, like $400-something dollars a 30-day prescription fill for Lialda.

Sounds like you have a medi-gap plan that supplements medicare. Without knowing about this insurance, or where you might be in an medicare donuts-hole, or just what insurance number he adjusted it is hard to comment.

I hope it stays at $7 for you, but you may be pre-donut and may at some point have a period of higher prices before it return to $7.

good luck

darn. Mine shot up to $300 for three months with my insurance and now that the pharmacy savings card is no longer a thing. Generic wasn't too much cheaper and I'd like to stay with what's working for me at the moment.

800 for generic Lialda which doesn't work! Rip off.