Paying for medication
Pay less for your prescriptions.
We do not sell medication, and no pharmacy pays us anything. Without insurance, the same prescription can cost very different amounts depending on where you fill it — so here is where to look before you do.
Before you fill
What saves the most
- Compare two places. Check one online pharmacy and one coupon site below. Prices for the same drug can differ widely.
- Ask for a 90-day supply. For a medication you take long-term, it usually costs less per month.
- Ask for the cash price, too. At the counter, ask what it costs without the coupon. Sometimes that is lower.
- Ask your clinician about alternatives. A generic or a different medication in the same class may suit you as well. Only your clinician can decide that.
- Tell us if you find it cheaper. We will send the prescription to the new pharmacy and cancel the old one, so you are not filled twice.
No one on this page pays us
We have no payment, rebate, commission or referral arrangement with any company listed here, and the links carry no tracking codes. They are listed because patients ask, not because anyone asked to be listed. Listing is not an endorsement.
A discount price replaces insurance — it does not add to it
If you have insurance, a coupon price is paid instead of your plan, and usually does not count toward your deductible. Compare it with your copay first.
Brand-name medications, including GLP-1s
Discount cards and generic price lists rarely lower the cost of a brand-name medication by much. The assistance directories below list manufacturer programs, and your clinician can tell you whether an alternative is right for you.
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These are separate companies. What you search or enter on their sites is governed by their privacy policies, not by ours or by our HIPAA obligations to you. Read theirs before creating an account.
Low-cost online pharmacies
Pharmacies that show you the cash price before you fill and mail the medication to you.
How to use them: These are pharmacies, so the prescription has to be sent to them. Choose one as your pharmacy in your portal, or tell us, and we send it there.
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs
An online pharmacy that publishes how each price is built: what it paid for the drug, a fixed markup, a pharmacy fee and shipping.
Worth checking first for generics you take every day, and for some specialty generics.
costplusdrugs.com (opens in a new tab)Amazon Pharmacy
A mail-order pharmacy that shows a cash price before you fill. Prime members get additional discounts on many generics.
RxPass is a flat monthly subscription covering a set list of common generics — check that your medication and your state are included.
pharmacy.amazon.com (opens in a new tab)
Discount cards and coupon search
Free price-comparison sites. Search a medication, see prices at nearby pharmacies, and show the coupon at the counter — no membership fee.
How to use them: Nothing changes on our side. Keep your usual pharmacy, or pick the cheapest one the site shows and choose it in your portal, then give the pharmacist the coupon when you fill.
SingleCare
Coupon prices at most major chains and many independent pharmacies.
Prices for the same drug differ between these sites. Compare two before you fill.
singlecare.com (opens in a new tab)Optum Perks
Coupon prices at a wide pharmacy network, from Optum.
You can see prices without creating an account.
perks.optum.com (opens in a new tab)ScriptSave WellRx
Coupon prices and a free discount card, from ScriptSave.
Search by address or ZIP code to see nearby pharmacies.
wellrx.com (opens in a new tab)RxSaver
Coupon prices, from RetailMeNot.
You can see prices without creating an account.
rxsaver.com (opens in a new tab)America's Pharmacy
A free discount card and coupon price search.
No enrollment fee and no health questions.
americaspharmacy.com (opens in a new tab)
Patient assistance programs
If you cannot afford a medication at any price you have found, drug manufacturers and charitable foundations run programs that supply it free or at low cost to people who qualify.
How to use them: Most applications ask your prescribing clinician to complete part of the form. Contact us when you have one and we will.
NeedyMeds
A nonprofit directory of manufacturer assistance programs, copay foundations, and free or low-cost clinics.
The broadest place to start. Search by medication name.
needymeds.org (opens in a new tab)RxAssist
A directory of manufacturer patient-assistance programs for people who are uninsured or underinsured.
Most useful for brand-name medications, where discount cards rarely help much.
rxassist.org (opens in a new tab)
Store generic price lists
Some retail pharmacies sell a list of common generics at a fixed low cash price, with no coupon or card needed.
How to use them: Check the list for your medication and strength, then choose that store as your pharmacy in your portal.
Walmart $4 prescriptions
Walmart's fixed-price list of common generics, for 30-day and 90-day supplies.
Prices can differ by state. Check the list for yours.
walmart.com (opens in a new tab)
Grocery-store pharmacies, including Kroger and its Mariano's stores, have run their own low-cost generic lists. Programs change, so ask the pharmacist for the cash price and whether a list applies to your medication.
Links and descriptions checked September 28, 2026. Prices, programs and eligibility are set by each company and change often — the price on their site when you fill is the one that counts.
Patients choose their pharmacy on the pharmacy page of the portal or in the app, and can change it at any time.