What drugs does GoodRx cover?

Through GoodRx Care, licensed telehealth providers can prescribe medications for routine, non-emergency conditions, standard prescription refills, and specific lifestyle or urgent health needs.

What GoodRx Care Can Prescribe

• Sexual Health: Treatments for urinary tract infections (UTIs), erectile dysfunction (ED), birth control, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis, and herpes simplex virus (HSV).
• Skin and Hair: Treatments for acne, eczema, rosacea, hair loss, and cold sores.
• General & Urgent Health: Treatments for the flu, common cold, sinus infections, and smoking cessation support.
• Routine Refills: Maintenance medications for chronic conditions such as GERD (acid reflux), mild anxiety, asthma, diabetes, migraines, high cholesterol, and hypertension.

What GoodRx Care Cannot Prescribe

• Controlled Substances: Providers cannot prescribe DEA- or state-regulated controlled substances, including narcotics, amphetamines (like Adderall), or benzodiazepines (like Xanax).
• Complex or Severe Conditions: Conditions requiring in-person physical exams, advanced diagnostic testing, or specialized ongoing management cannot be treated virtually.

Note: GoodRx itself is primarily a price-comparison and discount coupon tool, but its telehealth platform (GoodRx Care) handles the actual online medical evaluations and prescriptions.

The main downside of using GoodRx is that payments made with its coupons do not count toward your health insurance or Medicare Part D deductible.

Key Downsides

• Does Not Count Toward Deductibles: Using a GoodRx coupon means you are making a cash purchase outside of your insurance plan. This money will not help you reach your annual insurance deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.
• Cannot Combine with Insurance: You cannot use GoodRx at the same time as your health insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare. You must choose one or the other.
• Data Privacy Risks: GoodRx has faced scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission penalty for sharing user health and search data with third-party advertisers like Facebook and Google without proper consent.
• Price Fluctuations: Prices for specific medications on GoodRx change often and vary unpredictably depending on the pharmacy and location.
• Impact on Independent Pharmacies: Discounts from platforms like GoodRx can reimburse local independent pharmacies below their actual acquisition and processing costs, which sometimes hurts small businesses.
• Limited Help for Brand-Name Drugs: GoodRx offers the deepest savings on generic drugs and typically provides little to no discount on brand-name medications.

GoodRx provides discount coupons for nearly all generic and brand-name prescription medications sold at retail pharmacies across the United States.

Popular Covered Medications

GoodRx offers discounts on thousands of drugs, with the highest savings typically found on common generic medications:

• Atorvastatin (cholesterol)
• Lisinopril (blood pressure)
• Metformin (diabetes)
• Levothyroxine (thyroid)
• Omeprazole (acid reflux)
• Sertraline (antidepressant)

Brand-Name Drugs

While traditionally used for generics, GoodRx also provides savings and coupons for many brand-name products and specialty medications:

• Ozempic and Wegovy (diabetes and weight management)
• Jardiance
• Otezla
• Trintellix

Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs

• GoodRx can cover over-the-counter medications (like allergy pills or pain relievers) only if your doctor writes an official prescription for them.

You can get Zepbound (tirzepatide) through GoodRx for as low as $299.00 per month.

The exact price you pay depends on the formulation, pharmacy location, and the specific program you use:

• GoodRx Coupon Price: A standard GoodRx Zepbound Coupon brings the price of the Zepbound KwikPen down to $299.00, which is a significant discount off the average cash retail price of roughly $587.00 to $608.00.
• GoodRx Care Direct: If you use the GoodRx Care Weight Loss Program, online clinical treatment plans start at $39.00 per month (which covers the medical provider visits but excludes the cost of the actual medication).
• Ongoing Refills: While initial or specific KwikPen promotions start at $299.00, standard ongoing monthly fills via GoodRx coupons for other forms or higher doses typically range between $299.00 and $498.98.

Note: If you have commercial health insurance, you may also want to check the manufacturer's (Eli Lilly) copay savings card, which can sometimes lower costs even further (down to $25) if your plan covers the drug.

The "catch" with GoodRx is that using its discount coupons means you bypass your health insurance, which affects your deductibles and data privacy.

1. It Doesn't Count Toward Your Deductible

• No insurance use: You cannot combine a GoodRx coupon with your health insurance or Medicare.
• Out-of-pocket costs: When you pay the discounted cash price through GoodRx, that money does not count toward meeting your annual insurance deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.

2. Privacy and Data Concerns

• Data sharing: GoodRx makes money partly by collecting and sharing user data.
• Privacy penalties: The company has previously faced federal penalties from the FTC for sharing personal health and prescription data with third-party advertisers without user consent.

3. Prices Change Frequently

• Unstable pricing: The discounted price for a specific drug can fluctuate wildly from week to week or month to month.
• No guaranteed rates: Unlike a locked-in insurance copay for the year, a GoodRx price can change the next time you go to refill your prescription.

4. How GoodRx Actually Profits

• PBM networks: GoodRx is not a charity; it acts as a middleman connecting you to Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs).
• Transaction fees: They take a cut of the transaction fee from the pharmacy or PBM every time you run a coupon, exploiting the difference in inflated cash prices.