How Much Does Jardiance Cost With Medicare?
Jardiance costs $41 per month with Medicare on average.
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People who earn a low income and qualify for government help will pay less than $2 per month for Jardiance on average.
You need a Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug coverage to get coverage for Jardiance. Regular Medicare (Parts A and B) won't pay for Jardiance.
Jardiance price with Medicare
Jardiance costs $41 per month, on average, if you have Medicare Part D or a Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug coverage. The drug costs less than $2 per month if you qualify for government assistance, called Medicare Extra Help.
How to qualify for Medicare Extra Help
To qualify for Medicare Extra Help, you need to make under $22,590 per year as a single person ($30,660 if married) and have less than $17,220 ($34,360 if married) in assets.
If you earn a low income, you may also be eligible for financial help from the company that makes Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim. To qualify, you'll need to make below $36,450 per year ($49,300 if married), and you can't have another kind of prescription drug coverage like through regular health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or Tricare.
You may have coverage for Jardiance if you have Medicaid, free government health insurance for people who earn low incomes.
Coverage can get tricky if you have both Medicare and Medicaid. If you're dual-enrolled, it's a good idea to call your local pharmacy and see how much Jardiance will cost with your current Medicaid plan.
Recent changes to Jardiance cost with Medicare
The Inflation Reduction Act lets the federal government negotiate with drug companies on prices for Medicare. That means the average cost of Jardiance for a 30-day prescription has fallen to $197 from $573.
This price decrease won't start until 2026.
Keep in mind that with Medicare you're only responsible for a fraction of the total cost of Jardiance. However, you'll likely save money when the lower prices go into effect.
Jardiance coupons
You may pay as little as $10 per month for Jardiance with a manufacturer coupon.
To qualify for a Jardiance $10 coupon, you need some type of health insurance. However, you can't have prescription drug coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, the Retiree Drug Subsidy Program, Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense.
The Jardiance coupon is only valid for 30-to-90-day prescriptions, but once you qualify you get the coupons for a year at a time. It renews automatically after 12 months if you continue to meet the eligibility guidelines.
You may pay more than $10 per month depending on the cost of Jardiance in your area.
What is Jardiance?
Jardiance is a drug that helps people with Type 2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.
Doctors mostly prescribe Jardiance to help people with Type 2 diabetes manage their condition. Jardiance works by preventing your body from absorbing some of the sugar in your bloodstream.
Jardiance vs. empagliflozin
Jardiance is a brand name for the drug empagliflozin. That means empagliflozin and Jardiance are the same thing.
Jardiance can also lower blood pressure and help your heart work more efficiently.
You take Jardiance as a pill once a day. Your doctor will typically start by prescribing a 10 mg pill. That may go up to 25 mg depending on how your body reacts to the drug.
Jardiance can cause several harmful side effects. The most common side effects are urinary tract and vaginal yeast infections. Other rare but severe Jardiance side effects include gangrene, hypotension, kidney damage and increased cholesterol.
Can Jardiance cause weight loss?
Jardiance can cause a small amount of weight loss in some people. Doctors will typically prescribe drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy for serious weight loss.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Jardiance cost with Medicare?
Jardiance costs $41 per month on average with a Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug coverage. The drug costs less than $2 per month if you have a low income and qualify for government subsidies, called Extra Help.
Can I lower the cost of Jardiance with coupons?
You can lower the cost of Jardiance by using coupons from the drug's manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim. With a Jardiance coupon, the drug only costs $10 per month.
However, you can't use a Jardiance $10 coupon if you have drug coverage through Medicare or Medicaid.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Jardiance?
Currently, Jardiance is protected by a patent until 2025 at the earliest. Until then, you can't buy a generic version of Jardiance.
Sources
Jardiance cost data was taken from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Information about financial help for people who earn a low income is from the Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Patient Assistance Program (PAP) and Medicare.gov. Jardiance functions and side effects are from the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom.
The patent expiration date for Jardiance came from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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