My medication went from $31 to $130.

[u/Space-Useful]

I'm really frustrated right now and I would like to know if anybody has experienced sonthing similar. So I'm on Methylphenidate and I would pick it up from my local walmart for $31 dollars. Starting this month, it randomly shot up to $130. I called my insurance, they said it was somthing up with walmart. Talked to my walmart pharmacist and she said that nothing has changed with walmart in terms of a manufacturing change and no changes to my prescription has been made.

I had to bite the bullet and pay to get the medication (I'm afraid of abruptly stopping it). I plan in calling my insurance again but this is just very upsetting.

[u/Appropriate-Luck1181]

My insurance changed to only cover the osmotic release methylphenidate—maybe yours implemented something like that?

[u/Space-Useful → u/Appropriate-Luck1181]

That's the kind I'm on and it covered it for a while. Legit have no idea nor any warning as to the price hike and why.

[u/RuthlessNutellaa → u/Space-Useful]

did the insurance go through? It’s either it will or it will not. If it did, that was on your insurance since that is the price that they gave your pharmacy.

Did you get the same stimulants from the same manufacturers you were getting before?