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Complaint Review: K-Mart Pharmacy - Pocatello Idaho
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K-Mart Pharmacy
3945 Poleline Pocatello, 83201 Idaho, U.S.A.
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K-Mart Pharmacy Overcharge on medication Pocatello Idaho
Having used our local K-Mart pharmacy for years we "thought" we were paying a fair price for medication.
My doctor prescribed 20 mg of Lipitor for me. As always I had it called into the K-Mart pharmacy. When I called about the price I was told it was around $230.00. Our insurance company would pay for most of it and leave me to only pay $93.00 for a thirty day supply.
I then called Walgreens pharmacy only to find that the exact same drug through them was $104.00 before our insurance company paid (a difference of $126.00 from what K-Mart was telling me this would cost). After our insurance company paid their part I would be left owing our deductible of $25.00 for this 30 day supply.
So where does K-Mart put the overcharged amount for their medications? Our business is no longer with K-Mart.
Michael
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Pocatello, Idaho
U.S.A.
My doctor prescribed 20 mg of Lipitor for me. As always I had it called into the K-Mart pharmacy. When I called about the price I was told it was around $230.00. Our insurance company would pay for most of it and leave me to only pay $93.00 for a thirty day supply.
I then called Walgreens pharmacy only to find that the exact same drug through them was $104.00 before our insurance company paid (a difference of $126.00 from what K-Mart was telling me this would cost). After our insurance company paid their part I would be left owing our deductible of $25.00 for this 30 day supply.
So where does K-Mart put the overcharged amount for their medications? Our business is no longer with K-Mart.
Michael
sorry, allowing you to give a competitors name would instigate others to just file against their competition, to only come back later to suggest their company your comments on this policy are welcome! CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.
Pocatello, Idaho
U.S.A.
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K
Daytona Beach,Florida,
U.S.A.
Hi
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, January 13, 2007
You're not understanding how insurance works. The reimbursement amount from an insurance company works off the AWP (or Average Wholesale Price) less a percentage. That is basically the cost of the medication to the pharmacy. They do not care what the retail prices are. Since AWP is the same for any pharmacy in America, your co-pay is going to be approximately the same no matter where you go.The contracts are standard for each insurance from pharmacy to pharmacy. Hope it helps.
