Whats the most expensive prescription medicine you have gotten?

[shep]

That is the price prior to it being submitted to your insurance?
How much have you had to pay?

I was just curious after receiving enbril today....

 

[Kath2003]

£6.65 ($13)

All medicines cost the same in the UK.

 

[hpygrll]

Whne my DS was born pre-maturely - he had to have synagis injections once a month. Each teeny tiny bottle was $1500 - covered, luckily, by my insurance.

Jenny

 

[Tiggeroo]

dh had iv antibiotics at $1500. a dose twice a day for a month for MRSA. Thank God for the insurance.
I take aciphex which is above the normal co-pay at $30. and I believe would cost 200. a month.

 

[Mean Queen]

DH's Zocor was $160. The previous month it was $80 with insurance. Our pharmacy said our insurance company wanted to urge people to get the generic so they stopped kicking in. Needless to say, we went to the generic.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

I've never even known, because we always just paid the deductible and never saw what the regular cost was. Now, we switched to a high deductible insurance and while we haven't seen anything too high yet, I just paid $102 for my PRENATAL VITAMINS!

 

[luvwinnie]

Enbrel for me too...it's about $1200 per month w/out insurance. I pay $35.

 

[tink_n_pooh]

A few years ago I had some migraine meds (don't remember the name) that would have been like $150 per pill without insurance, thank God for insurance

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Lupron injection (lasts for 3 months) $600

I was still on my father's insurance, so I don't know how much it ended up being OOP.

 

[LadyShiva]

Malarone. It's an anti-malarial specific to Indian sub-continent. About $250 for a month supply of pills that give you dizzy spells. Thankfully, work picked up the tab.

Zofran. Anti-nausea pill that is used for extreme morning sickness and for chemo patients. 10 pills for $25. 10 pills = 3.5 days. That was my co-pay, but the insurance company was billed about $25 per pill. I refilled that prescription for about 7 months.

Brandie

 

[TKERBELL]

I have 2 kids on Advair - before the ins. they are $92 each - after ins. they are $50 - not much of a difference but Thank God for Ins.

 

[LadyShiva]

I've never even known, because we always just paid the deductible and never saw what the regular cost was. Now, we switched to a high deductible insurance and while we haven't seen anything too high yet, I just paid $102 for my PRENATAL VITAMINS!

Try generic versions of the specific brand of prenatals. I thought I would throw them right back up, but I didn't. My cost was about $13/month with generics.

Brandie

 

[shep]

Enbrel for me too...it's about $1200 per month w/out insurance. I pay $35.

The bill on mine was $1680...I paid $50..
btw--did it work?
I have fluid on my knee and hope it works..

 

[Conservative Hippie]

I have 2 kids on Advair - before the ins. they are $92 each - after ins. they are $50 - not much of a difference but Thank God for Ins.

My Advair (250/50) was $150 before insurance.

 

[Daxx]

If I'm not mistaken, I think that there was some antibiotic that my Dr. wanted me to take (started w/an L, Levi-something). Again, if I'm not mistaken, the pharmacist said it was $100 a pill w/insurance!!!! I said "No way -- see if we can do generic!"

I was so sick at the time that I don't know if I remembered the cost correctly, but I do remember thinking "Is the doctor nuts!?!?"

 

[maelstrom]

I got some antibiotics and nasal spray that were both almost $200 when I didn't have insurance. My zoloft cost around $50 without insurance. Now that I have insurance (yay!), my zoloft and adderall are $3 each, and my xanax is FREE!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I don't remember how much I paid, but I do remember that Cipro was the most expensive prescription that I have ever paid. After a Mexico trip, almost 5 years ago...I would have paid anything to feel better.

 

[Blondie]

For me it was the Synvisc (total of three shots) I had injected in my knee back in March. It cost a total of $800.00 IIRC. My insurance paid all but $156 of it. I had to pay the balance at the pharmacy when I picked it up.

 

[Chicago526]

My husbands insulin is about $300 for a month's supply, we pay about $100. But hey, it beats dying!

 

[lyzziesmom]

Not mine, but when my brother was going through chemo he needed shots of Human Growth Hormone. The shots were around $2500 each, and he needed them either 2 or 3x per day. Insurance did cover them, but my mom dropped and broke one, and insurance wouldn't cover a replacement!