The price of birth control pills may be regulated between the manufacturer and the consumer, but it's not definite. This means if the wholesaler marks the drug up ten per cent to the pharmacy, the pharmacist can't increase the price at all. But in Nova Scotia and British Columbia, there is no limit in what a markup price can be on prescriptions. Dispensing fees There is also no Canadian regulation limit on the dispensing fees that pharmacists charge us for filling our prescriptions. There are no regulations on dispensing fees in Ontario, British Columbia or Nova Scotia.
Some provinces make pharmacies post their dispenser fee in the store.
The fee may vary, depending on what type of drug we're talking about. That's why, even if the fee is posted, we should always ask the pharmacist what fee he or she charges. It pays to shop around Since there are so many factors that determine the price of your prescription drug, the price of birth control pills could be very different from place to place. Street Cents found out that supermarkets usually have low dispenser fees. Ask the stores how much a total prescription will cost.