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    What was your most recent co-pay for insulin?

    Home > LC Polls > What was your most recent co-pay for insulin?
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    31 Comments

    1. Steven Gill

      With BCBS my copay was $75 a month. Last year with no insurgent cost total was $90-ish a month. Through the VA insulin costs me $8 a month.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. John McHenery

      0 payment. The joy of the UK NHS.

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    3. Lawrence S.

      $60 for a 90 day supply.

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    4. Jane Cerullo

      $35 for one month of insulin pens. Medicare should cover all in my opinion.

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    5. Gary Rind

      because I had reached my out of pocket max for an unrelated operation, I didn’t pay for insulin last year. haven’t purchased any yet this year

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Jerome McClellan

      $80 for 3 month supply.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Bruce Schnitzler

      Zero co-pay since I have been using an insulin pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. Justin

      $60 for 90 days of Humalog and $60 for 90 days of Toujeo. $120 for 90 days or $40 a month.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. KCR

      $38 for a 3-month supply of Humalog for my pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. William Ervin

      I don’t have insurance and need to drive to Canada every six months to buy insulin, which I am still paying $25 per vial.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. William Bennett

      Zero. Medicare covers insulin as DME if it’s for a pump. It was kind of a PITA to get it set up b/c no one on the Medicare or Pharmacy side seemed to know what the heck I was talking about, and I had no idea how to do it either. I use Walgreens, and the big breakthrough was the discovery that they have an entity called the Medicare Benefits Manager or something like that who has to get the info from your doc. Has to be renewed every time you fill a script, is the other thing. But it works.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Gary Taylor

      The insurance plan has a “maximum out of pocket” limit for any one prescription of $175. I get 7 bottles of Humalog for 3 months. Average out of pocket for each bottle is $25.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Diane Roberts

      6 vials for $110.00 for 3 months

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Annie Wall

      My last insulin purchase was in December when I had original Medicare and a supplement so I paid $0. However, I’ve changed to a Medicare Advantage plan for 2024 and haven’t purchased yet but I believe I will have a $35 co-pay for my 90 day supply. I have to change to Novolog from Humalog but I’m fine with that.

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    15. Katherine Kettig

      $70 for a box of 5 pens. Doubled from my last refill in November 2023.

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    16. Bob Durstenfeld

      Mine was $54. Much better than the >$350 last year. I was also finally able to find a pharmacy that would supply insulin under Medicare Part B.
      Thank you Walgreens.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Jana Wardian

      This was for 3 months and new yearly deductible.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Thomas Cline

      Shouldn’t you have specified the number of months? I paid $80 but that was for 3 months, not 1. My copy for 3 months has risen $10 each of the last three years. This year seemed to see the biggest increase in medical insurance copays. On the other hand, piggy-backing on my wife’s great health insurance rather than Medicare, I always max out my copays pretty early in the year, so I can’t really complain.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Eva

      I get six vials of Fiasp for $75.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. Stephen Woodward

      I use Medicare Part D, $35, however, because Lyumhev is not on the Medicare formulary I cannot get for $0 because it’s used in a pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    21. Juha Kankaanpaa

      I paid about USD 25. This will last me over a year.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    22. Jen Serrano

      Per month I pay $35 because that’s what the online savings card allows. I get 3 months at a time, which means my copay is $105.

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    23. Brian Vodehnal

      $120 90-Day.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    24. Andrea Panganiban

      Levimir skyrocketed to $150 from $50 for a 90 day supply. Looks like they are charging more for whatever is leftover since it is being discontinued.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    25. dholl62@gmail.com

      Copay of $45 is for a 90 day supply of insulin for my pump

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    26. Mick Martin

      Not Applicable as I live in the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) where my insulin costs are paid for via our NHS (National Health Service), which is financed via direct taxation of all working people that earn more than a given amount.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    27. T1D4LongTime

      I pay the mail-order pharmacy $60 for a 90 day supply (4 vials) per the contract with my insurance company. I only can choose Fasp or Novolog at that price.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    28. Anita Stokar

      I believe my copay was $70, but that was 3 bottles which lasts me a few months

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    29. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      Once apron a time I was getting 8-9 vials of NovoLog, free. Now with the price of a single vial at $35. I pay $65 for 8 vials. I have not been able to get an answer “Why” from my Federal Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance company.????

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    30. KarenM6

      I think it was either $1200 or $1700 or ?. I don’t remember precisely, but it’s always outrageously expensive at the beginning of the year.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    31. PamK

      This was for a 90 day supply!

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