Saline and Walgreen's Pharmacy

Posted by harrynsc @harrynsc, Apr 17 10:15pm

Recently, someone on the forum mentioned that they got saline
from GoodRx for less than $11. I went to Walgreen's today
to pick up my saline and they said it would be $49.35. I have
Medicare and AARP/United Health insurance. I thought it might
be for three months, which would be about $16/month, but
they said, no, it's for one month. I said, "You have my GoodRx
card on file, check it with GoodRx". So they said it was $10.28.
I said, "Why didn't you check it?" They said the software just
takes the insurance on a previous prescription. This is the
second time I have noticed that their software is bad.
I had CVS for more than ten years and liked them. When
I got this insurance last year, they said I had to have Walgreen's.
Has anyone else had good or bad experiences with CVS or
Walgreen's?
Harry

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happyhealthyme | @happyhealthyme | Apr 18 11:29am

In reply to @lilianna "Please explain to me what it means you have your good Rex card with them. I..." + (show)

Rite Aid accepted Good Rx for Sodium Chloride Solution. The final charge was about $15.

lilianna | @lilianna | Apr 18 11:35am

In reply to @harrynsc "I gave them my GoodRx card several months ago and they entered it in their computer...." + (show)

Harry where do you get the GoodRx card? Are these the cards that you find in the doctors offices? I am sorry I am so ignorant.

liz440 | @liz440 | Apr 18 12:32pm

yes you can use the cards you get at the dr. office or best is to go online and carefully enter the name of your drug and amounts etc. and then check the price at pharmacies in your area. A card will be on that page with a bin number a group number etc and that is what the pharmacy needs - they will take that info over the phone but will need all 4 numbers: https://www.goodrx.com/sodium-chloride?form=vial&dosage=4ml-of-3%25&quantity=60&label_override=sodium-chloride
The web site is goodrx.com

harrynsc | @harrynsc | Apr 18 2:31pm

In reply to @lilianna "Harry where do you get the GoodRx card? Are these the cards that you find in..." + (show)

I think you go to goodrx.com and create an account and they mail you a card with
your special number on it. Maybe doctor offices have them, but in any case, you
have to associate the card number with your name.
Harry

lilianna | @lilianna | Apr 18 3:54pm

Thank you

positivethinking | @positivethinking | Apr 18 4:45pm

I read somewhere (might have been the AARP news magazine that gets mailed to the house) that pharmacies have to process it through insurance first unless the customer tells them up front to use GoodRx or other discount plans. If they do use your insurance you can tell them to reprocess using your discount such as GoodRx

harrynsc | @harrynsc | Apr 18 4:51pm

Thanks. Will do.

Toni D. | @tcd518 | Apr 19 8:46am

Just curious, who pays for GoodRx? If the card is free to the consumer, who then pays a discounted amount for the prescription, who pays GoodRx?

harrynsc | @harrynsc | Apr 19 10:59am

In reply to @tcd518 "Just curious, who pays for GoodRx? If the card is free to the consumer, who then..." + (show)

Toni,
It's a little complicated. Read up on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
When you use the card, the pharmacy pays a fee to the PBM, who splits it
with GoodRx.
Harry

happy2023 | @happy2023 | Apr 22 2:00pm

I have only good things to say about Walgreens. The poor pharmacists are truly overworked, and the pharmacists at my local Walgreens are angels.

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