Price transparency & out-of-pocket payments for medications: Implications of associated delivery fees in the United States

These analyses suggest that when accounting for additional services required on the day of drug receipt, the amount a patient pays to receive a medication for mCRPC can be very different from the OOP payment for the drug alone; these payments also vary by drug and health plan type. Therefore, price transparency for drug alone may not lead to reduced OOP payments for patients.

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Health Policy OPEN
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2026-01-26
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2026.100163
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Medication Adherence and Compliance
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Abstract

These analyses suggest that when accounting for additional services required on the day of drug receipt, the amount a patient pays to receive a medication for mCRPC can be very different from the OOP payment for the drug alone; these payments also vary by drug and health plan type. Therefore, price transparency for drug alone may not lead to reduced OOP payments for patients.

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Duke University (US), Clinical Research Institute (US), Duke Cancer Institute
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