r/ADHD • u/Space-Useful • 1d ago

Seeking Empathy My medication went from $31 to $130.

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.

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u/Mobile-Hornet-2864 1d ago

Try not using your insurance and ask if they have a cash price. It's cheaper for me to do it this way. $47 cash or $79 with insurance lol. Insurance is kind of scam imo, and only helps with hospital stays and ER visits.

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u/tidyshark12 1d ago

This was the case with goodrx, a universal insurance of sorts for prescriptions. It still exists, however, my generic Adderall went from $50/mo without insurance to 150/mo now

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u/Wicked-elixir 1d ago

What pharmacy? I picked mine up today and it was $26.

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u/tidyshark12 1d ago

Every Walmart i went to while i didn't have insurance at my new job

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u/Wicked-elixir 1d ago

Sounds like you need to change pharmacies.

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u/tidyshark12 1d ago

With my new insurance it's like $15 lol