My new insurance no longer covers sodium chloride solution 7%

I called the local Walgreens. They said they don't carry it and can't order it. How do you go about price checking with the different places if you don't go in to ask with your RX card?

I was told that it should be covered under Medicare Plan B

@lindalacny My Costco pharmacy near Philly didn’t have it last year, but I got it at Walgreen’s using good Rx. The first time it was 12-15, but was 22 for 60 last time. That’s still the best price I had found.

Note: go to Good RX website. Put in zip code.
Search for sodium Chloride.
Hit the button and it will give you different strengths. Select what you need and it will show you different pharmacies near you with the prices. I just did it and Walgreen’s says 15, Walmart says 18 and CVS says 40. There are more, but do call ahead to make sure they have because a couple are on there, including Costco and Target, who have told me they don’t order it.

I live in Canada so the choices of where to purchase are different. Thanks for information.

@ronneee Hi, where did you read our saline is supposed to be pyrogenic? And what is the reason? My saline says NON-pyrogenic so I got curious about what that means and looked it up. Pyrogenic means it can cause fever, that is it has substances that trigger a fever and are considered contaminants in a medical context. It looks like anything going into the body is supposed to be NON-pyrogenic.

@lvnl Yes. Saline needs to be non-pyrogenic. My mistake. I never knew that about saline. Was interesting and important to find it out.

I didn't know either! Always more with this stuff.