For BPH symptoms my doctor prescribed tadalafil 5mg daily. I've been on finasteride for just under 20 years and it had been working well. Recently, some of the symptoms of BPH have started to come back.

I've known to shop about for prices for a long time but, learned a lot over when filling this new Rx for tadalafil.

Many times a pharmacies' cash price (for those with no prescription drug coverage) is less than what a prescription plan would charge as a minimum fee. It used to be that the pharmacy would just charge the lower price. But, no longer. Now, if the pharmacy charges $2.00 for 30 pills but, the minimum price under a person's insurance is $5.00, the insurance company forbids the pharmacy from just not using your insurance coverage and forces them to charge the higher price. If a pharmacy doesn't comply, the insurance plan will drop them as a vendor - for a mom and pop pharmacy, this could put them out of business.

Even GoodRx is subject to some rather strange rules. For example, the price you get from the card in your wallet might be a big discount from the cash price but, if you go online and print the coupon (which might have different BIN and Member Numbers) the price can drop even further. Also, the GoodRx price might change from day to day or be valid for only one generic manufacturer. So, it's best to check back right before you buy the medication because the price could have dropped.

Blink Health often has a price that can't be beaten. They either do the prescription over a video conference and mail it to you or if you have the Rx from your doctor, they can mail it to you or you can pick it up at a local pharmacy. With Blink Health (unlike good Rx) you pay in advance for the coupon and then owe nothing at the pharmacy.

So, back to my need for 5mg of tadalafil daily. The cash price at my local pharmacies was just under $1,000.00 for 90 pills. My prescription drug coverage didn't work because the it's not on the formulary. Since tadalafil was originally used for the treatment of ED, my prescription coverage only covers 6 pills a month and it's the 20mg pills.

So, being too lazy to use the google machine for hours looking up pill prices, I called my pharmacist and asked how to get the price down. He said the lowest price CVS offers is $249.00 for 90 pills. However, he said he normally calls all tadalafil prescription over to Publix or Winn-Dixie. He even knew the prices with a GoodRx coupon - it was $45.00 at Publix and $14.90 at Winn-Dixie. So, he called it into Win-Dixie for me and it was $14.90 for a three month supply of 90 pills.

From just under $1000.00 to $14.95. That's a big savings. GoodRx doesn't do a doctor consultation via video but, other companies such as Blink Health does. Blink charges a small fee for the consultation but, for someone looking for an androgen or anti-androgen prescription, it might be a way to save some money.

Just my very recent experience and thought I'd share.

Yes I've had a similar experience. A drug that I used to be on was over $100/mo via my insurance, when I complained to the pharmacist, he gave me the stores cash price of around $30. Then I found out with the GoodRx it was a little cheaper. It's a very weird system indeed. People need to shop around and ask lots of questions. The insurance companies have a scam system going on sometimes. No wonder some people in the US are buying from other countries. The same drug from the same US manufacturer is often cheaper in Canada for example.