Does the Plan pay for the pharmacys dispensing fee?
The Plan covers 80% of the pharmacy s dispensing fee, to a maximum of $5.00 per prescription. Dispensing fees can range from anywhere from about $4 to about $11, so you may want to consider the dispensing fee cost when choosing a pharmacy. A list of some local pharmacies and their dispensing fees can be found here. Tip: If you are prescribed a “maintenance medication,” you can save money by requesting a longer prescription. For example, if you request a three-month supply instead of three one-month supplies, what you pay towards the cost of the drug itself won’t change, but you would pay only one dispensing fee instead of three, and so your cost over the $5.00 maximum would be paid only once.
