Reader Tip: Save up to $100 on EpiPen 2-Pak
If you or a family member has life threatening allergies, you likely have one or more EpiPens in your home, car, purse etc. Even with insurance, EpiPens can be quite expensive as Co-Pays can often be as much as $100+. Yikes!
So, I thought it would be helpful to share this email that I received from Hip2Save reader, Heather…
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My niece has an EpiPen because of potentially life threatening food allergies. My sister recently went to the pharmacy and filled her prescription. She was shocked when her out of pocket cost after her insurance totaled $257.93. After I heard about it, I did some digging and ended up on www.epipen.com. I was thrilled to find the EpiPen Co-Pay Card. The website states, “Present your card along with a valid prescription for EpiPen® (epinephrine) 2-Pak® or EpiPen Jr® (epinephrine) 2-Pak®. Maximum benefit of $100 per EpiPen 2-Pak® where applicable. This offer may be used on up to three EpiPen 2-Paks per prescription. This offer can be used an unlimited number of times until the offer expires on 12/31/2013.” My sister went back to the pharmacy and they refunded her $200. My sister had no idea that this great offer was available and I am sure that there are many other parents who are also unaware. I was hoping that you could please share this information with your readers and hopefully it will save them money as well. Thank you so much for everything you do![/h2s_box]
If you or a loved one would be benefit from this offer, just head over here and complete the form to receive your Co-Pay Card. Then just bring along the card along with a valid prescription for EpiPen® (epinephrine) 2-Pak® or EpiPen Jr® (epinephrine) 2-Pak® when you head to the pharmacy. Note that there is a maximum benefit of $100 per EpiPen 2-Pak®; this offer may be used on up to three EpiPen 2-Paks per prescription. This offer can be used an unlimited number of times until the offer expires on 12/31/2013. Patients with questions should call 1-855-859-2971.
needymeds.org is one option to get any/all of the prescription assistance programs available for nearly every prescription medication. Many meds (brand name or generic) have more than one option for a prescription assistance depending on income, etc. There are also coupons for many medications as well. Also, there is a section for ‘Free/Low Cost clinics’ to find a clinic in your area that might be able to assist with medical/dental care if you don’t have insurance. The website has very accurate, valuable information for those with limited resources for medications/clinics/disease specific issues. Hope this is helpful.
used this yesterday!! awesome savings. also, for older kids/adults who prefer the new auvi q, there is a program for $25 copay at https://www.auvi-q.com/support-and-savings
We love the Auvi-q! It prompts you through the injection. It only take 5 seconds to inject! It’s not more expensive than EPI’s. It fits in my pocket or wallet. I could be a drug rep for this 🙂
Be sure to check the website of any brand name drugs that you are on for similar offers. Lipitor has a $4 co-pay card, as do many other drugs.
Thank you so much! This will be a great help. Another tip is to tell pharmacist to check the expiration date as some pens may have been on the shelf longer and expire sooner. I ask the pharmacist to order new ones so I can get the longest life possible out of the pens. Thanks again for all you do.
Great idea, thanks! I got one for my son last year and it expired 6 months later. I was so annoyed! I will definitely check from now on.
awesome!! thanks so much!!!!
This is awesome. I know it is a lifesaver but it is always frustrating to pay the $$$ copay for a RX that is (thankfully) never used and expires within a year! Love the deals
Awesome! We go through 8 epipens a year at $50 a pop co-pay so this will save us $$
My husband has to take 4 name brand prescriptions simply because there is not a generic yet available. I have found discount cards for all but one on the manufacturer’s website. We went from paying $120 or $80 co-pays to $10 co-pays.
This is great! My husband has been needing to get his refilled and the copay is crazy.
Thanks for the info. Both of my daughters have a severe allergy that causes me to carry epipens! It will be nice to be able to get a price break!
Wow! Thank you!
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Thank you Collin and Heather! I have 2 boys with peanut allergies and it costs a fortune in co-pay for these epi-pens.
Thank you so much for posting this! I called my hubby and told him about this and we are both excited and happy to get a price break as well.
Awesome! My son has anaphylaxis with peanuts and wears an allergy bracelet, but being 17 months he can’t exactly tell people “no peanuts”. We have Epi-Pens for him so this will be awesome when we have to refill them (hopefully because they expired, lol!)
Thank you so much we have insurance but like most everyone else out of pocket is huge. Our cost for the pens is normally $279 I am going to the pharmacy this afternoon to redeem.
Lo Loestrin FE is a newer birth control pill. Everytime I go to my obgyn she is able to give me several months worth of samples, as each month costs 25$ after my expensive insurance, that saves alot of money! Lo Loestrin FE is a really low hormone, if you can do low hormone ask your obgyn about it, they might have some samples. My obgyn also gives me coupons for 15$ each perscription refill for it too.
I took Loestrin FE for over 10 years, I don’t think it’s new. But it is crazy expensive! If it works well for you don’t get the generic, I was given it once and it is NOT the same. I had to go back to the name brand and pay extra. Yay for samples!!
Wow! This post shows how naive I am about the real cost of things and insurance differences. I pay a $20 co-pay for my son’s epi-pen each year. I do agree with another poster – check the exp. date. I got mine at Rite Aid once and ended up with a 6 month expiration date. Since then I only pick them up at Meijer, which has a better, bigger pharmacy in my area – and epi-pens with a 12 month exp. date.
Thank you so much for posting this! Greatly appreciated!! 🙂
Being in the medical field for 20 years I could shout from rooftop about how many millions of people have no idea about their insurance. Many people assume that their local Walgreens,CVS etc are not that expensive for meds even with insurance. Please do yourself a favor and use Walmart or Costco,SAMs club. My oop is $2500 before I hit my20%. I shopped around and have saved thousands at Sams. Yes I have to walk in and wait a short time,but it is all worth it.
you don’t need membership to use Sam’s pharmacy. If you don’t have insurance and take a few medication monthly then you may want to get Sam’s plus membership ($100/year) and get up to 8% off on brand and up to 40% on generic.
Our allergist gave us this same coupon. I had just refilled it two months ago, so I will be holding on to it until December and will refill then.
bring your rx to publix b/c they have a free antibiotic program for drugs like amoxicillin, bactrim, penicillin, cipro, ampicillin, and cephalexin. they also have free metformin and lisinopril. all you need is a rx and these drugs will be free and there isn’t an expiration for these programs.
Thank you for this tip from the mom of a peanut allergic little guy! I will be passing this tip onto my friends who carry epipens for their kids.
Thanks Collin! My daughter is allergic to ants. Not so good for summer time!
Thanks so much Heather and Collin! This will save me and my sister so much money! I emailed it to the nurse at school too. Amazing!
Scool Nurses can get free EPI’s:
https://www.epipen4schools.com/
So funny. I had just used this coupon two weeks ago! The epipen would have been $80 after my insurance and this made it free. Love medical coupons!
Thanks for this tip…I will be using this coupon in a couple of months…$100 bucks – what a great savings.
I use a discount card for my Replax migraine meds… I can use it each month and it is only $10. I try to refill each month so I have a good supply. https://www.relpax.com/Default.aspx
https://www.humira.com/myhumira/financial-assistance.aspx
That’s for Humira.
This website has a HUGE collection of links to manufacturer coupons for prescription AND OTC medications. Hope this helps someone! https://internetdrugcoupons.com/
I work at a pharmacy and my advice is to shop around if you don’t have insurance. most pharmacies have some kind of savings plan for maintanence meds and there are always discount cards for many medications. ask your dr for coupons for brands drugs that may be available. with insurance check to see if your plan covers 90 day supply which may be cheaper than a 30 day and mail order may also be less expensive than purchasing at retail.
Thank you so much! I have to buy these every year for my son and never use them so it’s nice to get them free this time.
Thank you so much! This is an amazing help.. Crazy having deathly allergies can be so expensive.
THANK YOU – THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ! WE have been purchasing epi-pens (2 sets each year (one for school and one for home). So grateful to get this help with paying the co-pay!!!
I transfer RX’s when pharmacies offer gift cards with transfer. Right now you can transfer up to 4 at K-Mart for (4) $25 gift cards. My CVS honors all competitors coupons so they can also be used at CVS for CVS gift cards. Also if you are on an otc medication, you may be able to get it cheaper with an RX. It’s the case fro me with generic Zyrtec. I can get a 90-days supply with an RX for less than a 30-day supply buying it otc.
As a pharmacist, I recommend against this — one should find the pharmacy that works best for you, and stay with it. Skipping around just for the free gift cards is a dangerous idea. I understand trying to save money — obviously I am on hip2save!! — but nothing matters more than your health. Know your pharmacist, and they will know you. They can’t if you change pharmacies every month just trying to get a gift card. The pharmacy systems that protects you only works if you get your medications filled at the same one each month. A lot of pharmacists can do MTM counseling services with you and your doctor and will help to find medications to replace the ones with high copays, so ask.
Thanks Colin for all you do.
My husband takes a generic which costs us only $4 a month at Kroger. However, we also get 50 fuel points with that. Each one hundred points saves us ten cents per gallon of gas at the Kroger pumps.
This is so great! I never ever thought of looking on their website…you’ve just saved me so much money!
If you use coupons for meds please give the techs your coupon when you are getting the prescription filled. Don’t give them coupon when you are picking up the prescription. Pharmacies have to process the coupon like insurance so it takes longer if you give them the coupon when you are picking up the prescription. I work in a pharmacy and it is very frustrating because everyone thinks that you just put it in the register. This will help you save time and help the pharmacy save time!
There is a company called Patient Services Incorporated (PSI) that has a offers assistance based on a patients medical, financial and insurance situation to determine if they meet the criteria for assistance for co-pay, insurance and incidental expenses for a list of specific diseases, most of which are considered rare.
I have Hereditary Angioedema and they are currently paying my entire insurance premium – and that’s over $500 a month!
Here’s the link for those who are interested in checking to see what diseases are on their list:
https://www.patientservicesinc.org/illnesses-and-conditions/default.aspx
PPARX.com is another good site to look for patient assistance programs you may be eligible for. A lot of them are based on income but it never hurts to look.
Also, a lot of manufactuer websites will have similar programs with discount cards or coupons that can be used. My 9 y/o is a type 1 diabetic so the first thing I did when she was diagnosed 2 months ago was look up all her new prescriptions and got as many free things as we could. I was able to save 50% off our copay for her test strips (freestyle) (which she goes through a TON of – 300+ strips a month) and it is for unlimited refills. One of her insulins (Lantus) has a similar coupon for the pens, but not the vials (which is what we use), but I learned that I can draw insulin in a syringe from the pen just as easily as from a vial. Also, there is less wasted insulin because the pens are in smaller containers but come 5 to a box, instead of just one big vial, so if she doesn’t use it all it will last longer than one month. Plus I got the coupon from the manufacturer that takes $10 off our copay.
Thank you!! I have a tree nut allergy and this will help when mine expire!!
I went into Walgreens today. I had gotten my epipens in April, and they refunded $50 to my credit card. Thank you so much!
Thank you!!
you are a life saver. target tried to charge me $75 ea. I can’t afford that.
I just used coupon at Target today and thank you so much!
Does anyone know if this works in Canada? Has anyone true any Canadians out there?
Thanks! We just found out both our daughters are allegeric to tree nuts, each pack is costing us $225, keeping one at home and one at school, this will run us at $1k. So this definitely will help!
Can anyone tell me how this card works if you DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE? I went to Walmart and the pharmtech told me the card isn’t qualified for cash patients and I still had to pay $192!!
The EpiPen coupon will cover $100 for cash and up to $100 for insurance copay. Print one on Epipen.com and read the print (cash or copay). The tech must not have processed one and is incorrect.
Thank you for the response. I called the company shortly after and they said the same. I took my business elsewhere. Thank you for helping!
The No copay coupon from Epipen and the Auvi-Q coupon are not honored, if you are covered by Medicare or any other federal program. Meijers wanted $300 marked down to $179 for the two pack kit, after they collected $121 from my Medicare part D principal insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield. They only had one with an expiration date of Sept, 1, 2014.
Here is a link to the 2014 copay card: https://activatemysavings.com/epipen/
No good if you are on Medicare, like many of us are. I have not found a program where lower copays were available to anyone who has insurance or on any government program.
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