Today is payday, so it was time to refill prescriptions. Here is one month’s supply of prescriptions, insulin, test strips, pump cartridges and pump insertion sets. Thank God I have good health insurance. The original cost of the pills and insulin were $960. Each infusion set costs $13 (I use 10 per month – $130) and each pump cartridge is $3.65 (I use 15 per month – $55). A package of test strips (100 count) is right around $100.
My cost for the prescriptions, test strips and insulin was $154.24 and my pump supplies are covered by insurance (I think I pay 10% – I haven’t had to reorder since getting my pump in June)
Total cost before insurance – $1,170
Cost after insurance – about $175.00
My insurance saved me a little under $1,000 and I pay less than $20 per month for my individual insurance benefit (my employer – the State of Kansas pays for the rest of it).
We don’t work for the joy of our jobs, we work for insurance and other health benefits.
