More Games With U.S. Insulin Prices and Coupons (or why GoodRx works)

This week, I did something unplanned: I bought a vial of Lilly ' s " authorized generic " of its brand-name U-100 insulin analog usually branded as Humalog (insulin lispro rDNA origin) at my neighborhood Walgreens for just $68.38! The reason it was unplanned is because I already met the deductible for my insurance plan, so I hadn ' t expected to deal with this until it resets in January (maybe, I think my new plan covers it without having met the deductible but we ' ll see). But I had a script I last filled before I met the deductible, and the pharmacy sent a text telling me it was time to refill. In reality, I have insulin but its a different brand and a different pharmacy. But Walgreens wants a sale so it was telling me it is time to refill. I had a coupon to get it for a price comparable to what it sells for in Europe, Canada and elsewhere and I wanted to see if it really worked. It did!According to insulin manufacturer Eli Lilly& Company, Inc. the price of its " authorized generic " of U-100 insulin lispro product is supposedly half-price of the " list price " for the branded version known as Humalog (U-100 insulin lispro rDNA origin). Both are made by Lilly. I bought it since I was able to get it for>$30 less than I had paid out-of-pocket last time (and that was a big discount without insurance), and I wanted to ensure I really could pay that price for insulin, and I discovered it worked!According to the Lillypress release, the list price for a vial of the " ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Admelog Drug Channels drug prices GoodRx Humalog insulin Lilly lispro prescriptions rebates Sanofi Walgreens Source Type: blogs