I just ordered a 3 month supply of test strips (600 Strips) though my mail order pharmacy. The co-pay has more than doubled to $65 for a 90 day supply this year.
I was just wondering how this stacked up to others.
My insurance is not even covering my usual 300 strips a month. Now they will do 200 every 20 days, but I have to pay a new copay each time. The copay is $40. Last year I got 300/month for a copay of $68.00.
My copays are about $65 per scrip. I get 900 strips and 8 bottles of insulin every 90 days. They have yet to put a limit on the numbers.
I get 400 strips for 30 days and the copay is $75.
A 3 month supply for me is $75, or one at a time is $25. I get 200 strips per script, and can refill every 23-26 days. I have a $5 generic copay too. =)
for this year, my co-pay is $21 for 3 months or 900 strips. I’m lucky the One Touch Ultra test strips are the the lowest tier (lowest co-pay) for my insurance company. I had my ENDO write the script for testing 8-10 times/day so they give me 300 for a month’s supply. The actual cost i see on the pharmacy label is out of this world. I pay $50 for a month’s supply, or 3 vials of Apidra. I have an open bottle at the end of the month, but i had to have 3 to cover the loses from priming infusion sets. these are fixed cost for this year but I could get hammered next year. Insurance covers my pump supplies at %50. Now that hurts a bit.
My co pay is 45$ for 300 test strips a month and 45$ for 2 vials of apidra for my pump which usually last me a month an a half. And my insurance covers all of my pump supplies.