Prescription Drug Prices in New York State (prices vary by pharmacy!)

For those of you with little coverage for RXs, please keep in mind that prices vary by pharmacy & you can get better prices if you priceshop.

New York State Board of Pharmacy publishes an annual list of the 150 most frequently prescribed drugs, in the most common quantities. New York State Department of Health collects retail price information on these drugs from pharmacies that participate in the Medicaid program. This site allows you to search for a specific drug from the most frequently prescribed drug list

Prescription Drug Prices in NY State

Drug prices are updated weekly & vary by pharmacy so be sure to call around.

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Bumping for anyone interested.

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bumping since it's come up again.

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OMG - I just randomly picked 3 drugs - and the price varried $102.46 from cheapest to most expensive.

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Geez how can they vary so much, from 85.00 to 242.00 for the same thing. Outrageous how they can do this.

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Sometimes my pharmacist is kind enough to tell us if he knows that another local pharmacist is able to get a better deal on something that I don't have good coverage on. Our coverage is considered good by most standards yet we still lay out so much out of pocket.