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Key takeaways
SingleCare is a legitimate, widely accepted prescription savings service, not insurance, and can offer real discounts up to 80% at more than 35,000 pharmacies.
Savings come from negotiated pharmacy partnerships, transparent pricing, and free-to-use coupons—no membership fees or subscriptions required.
You can safely compare coupon prices to insurance copays, use whichever is cheaper, and trust that your personal information is protected under strict privacy and HIPAA guidelines. You don’t even have to sign up.
These are some of the most common concerns with prescription discounts—and we’ll say it again loud and clear. We can save you up to 80% on your prescriptions. It might sound too good to be true, but our mission is to make your prescription drugs more affordable, so you can feel better (without the crazy prices). Here’s how we make it possible.
Prescription prices, decoded
When you go to the drugstore to fill a prescription, you tell the pharmacist or pharmacy technician your name, they locate your medication, and ring you up. Usually, the price you pay is one of two numbers: your insurance copay or the “self-pay” price.
- Your copay is a fixed amount determined by your insurance coverage. Or, a percentage of the “self-pay” price, depending on your plan.
- The “self-pay” price is the cost of the medication if you don’t have insurance, or your insurance doesn’t cover a particular medication, whether you pay with cash, debit, or credit card. This price can be very high.
Because prescriptions are so expensive, there are new ways to save:
- Pharmacy clubs: Registered members access discounts, often after paying an annual membership fee and handing over lots of personal information.
- Manufacturer coupons: Savings offered directly by the company that makes the drug. They’re typically only available on new medications, and have restrictions about how you can use them, often including limits on how much you can save during the year.
- SingleCare coupons: When you use a free SingleCare coupon, you receive a “coupon price” without any membership fees or strings attached.
These are some of the different ways of saving on the self-pay price you pay without using insurance.
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Key facts about SingleCare
SingleCare is legit and widely used as a prescription savings tool. It’s not a scam, but it also isn’t insurance. It’s best used as a way to potentially lower your out-of-pocket cost on medications and a way to compare savings available at your nearby pharmacies. Here’s what you need to know.
Our savings are real.
SingleCare is a legitimate, BBB-accredited business. You can use SingleCare at over 35,000 major partner pharmacies, including Walgreens, Kroger, Walmart, CVS, Target, King Soopers, Smith’s, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Safeway, Albertsons, Meijer, Publix, and Costco. SingleCare handles hundreds of thousands of prescriptions per day and has helped millions of people across America save more than $11 billion on their medications.
We partner with pharmacies directly.
SingleCare negotiates prices directly with pharmacies, allowing us to offer you lower prices. We receive a small administrative fee from our pharmacy partners when you use your SingleCare card to save, which is how we can offer the service to you for free. Pharmacies choose to do business with us because we keep our business practices simple, our prices consistent, and we help bring customers to their pharmacy.
Our prices are transparent.
Our price transparency charts show the average cash price compared to the average SingleCare coupon price for the past year, across several pharmacies near you.
You can use our savings whether or not you have insurance. You just can’t use both at the same time. If our price is lower, you use the coupon price instead of your insurance. If you choose to use the coupon price, your discounted out-of-pocket cost will not count toward your insurance deductible.
No subscription required.
SingleCare doesn’t work like other discount programs that charge a fee or require signing up to save. You can use our coupons without subscribing or providing any personal information.
Unlock additional savings.
Although registration is optional, registered members can save even more, and it’s fast and free to join! Just for signing up, you’ll also get $3 off the first eligible prescription you fill.
Your info is safe.
SingleCare does not rent, sell, or share any personally identifiable information of any individual who uses our savings coupons or cards. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, prohibits any use of a consumer’s personal health information other than to fulfill the specific product or service requested by the consumer. A violation of this law carries significant penalties. We take your privacy seriously and would never violate that trust.
Our info is verified.
We’ve published thousands of resources to pharmacy customers across singlecare.com and our blog, The Checkup. Every piece of content is reviewed by a licensed member of our Medical Review Board, which is made up of pharmacists, doctors, nurse practitioners, and other experts. If you have any questions about our content, please contact editorial@singlecare.com.
How to use SingleCare
Go to singlecare.com or download the free app (available for Android and iOS), and you’ll see how, with just a few clicks, you can compare price discounts, grab a free coupon, and save at local pharmacies. Just:
- Look up your prescription.
- Get a coupon.
- Show it to your pharmacist, and save!
To see if SingleCare offers a better price than your insurance copay, compare our price to your prescription copay. There will be times when your insurance will offer a lower price, while there will be times when SingleCare offers the lowest price on the market. That’s why we encourage you to compare all options for each of your prescriptions and choose the one that saves the most.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, we’re here to help. Feel free to call us toll-free at 1-844-234-3057. Plus, you can read SingleCare reviews on Facebook and Trustpilot.