Example: Imatinib is listed anywhere between $3k and $19k retail depending on the store you buy it (source: GoodRX). With insurance, you would never pay this amount. Without insurance you can use a coupon provider like GoodRX to reduce the retail price to as low as $120. I am told, but have no proof, that if you have no insurance and no coupon, the store will provide a “cash purchase value” that matches or is very close to the coupon price.
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USA healthcare is inhuman. In civilized countries patients don’t take wallets to doctors/hospitals because there is no use. Paracetamol (Tylenol equivalent) if prescribed has the competitive price of £0.00 and if given in the hospital too. For kidney transplant one pays £0.00 too.
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