First, refer to your summary of benefits for specific copayment information. Then, review the PML or check with your pharmacy to determine if your medication is a generic product.
Generic products are available at the lowest copayment .
If your medication is not a generic product, review the list of Preferred Brand Name Medications, which are available at the preferred brand copayment. Otherwise, you will pay the higher, non-preferred medication copayment. To help offset the high cost of non-preferred brand name products, copayments for these medications are higher. Depending on your personal health care needs, there may be times when non-preferred brand name medications are right for you. In those situations, you will need to pay the non-preferred copayment.