Doxycycline - cost

August 1 2023 5:00pm • Est. Read Time: 2 MIN

The cost of prescription medication outside of Curology may depend on your insurance status. Please find more information about your specific situation below:

  1. "I have commercial insurance" (examples: Aetna, BCBS, United Health Care, Cigna, Tricare, etc.)
  2. "I have government state-funded Medicaid insurance"
  3. "I have Kaiser"
  4. "I don't have insurance"

If you have commercial insurance (#1), it is not necessary to contact our nurses. We will assume all patients have commercial insurance and submit "doxycycline best covered/preferred on our patient's insurance plan." if you have selected that your medication be sent to a local pharmacy. Please make sure your local pharmacy has your up-to-date health insurance card to process your prescription. 

If you have commercial insurance (#1), you may select InnovaScript as your preferred pharmacy to purchase the prescription and get it mailed directly to your home.

Doxycycline cash price through InnovaScript:

  1. 100mg, once daily for 60 days: $16.86
  2. 100mg, twice daily for 60 days: $25.73

If you do not have commercial insurance (#2, #3, or #4), you may also opt to purchase your prescription through the mail-order pharmacy, InnovaScript. For other options, please contact our nurses at Rxnurse@curology.com with the required information after reading the information in the corresponding link.


Will your insurance cover it?

The short answer: ask your local pharmacy! Most prescription insurance plans cover generic doxycycline with a minimum or no co-pay when using a local pharmacy. But because every insurance plan is different, we can’t know your specific plan’s prescription coverage benefits. You can ask your local pharmacy to share the cost of your doxycycline once they’ve processed your prescription through your insurance plan. The pharmacy just needs your current prescription insurance card information to provide your out of pocket co-pay cost. Please note that InnovaScript is a cash-only option and does not take insurance.


Does the co-pay seem expensive?

If the co-pay seems expensive (over $30 to $50), ask your pharmacist if cheaper doxycycline forms or brands are an option. Though we specify “the preferred doxycycline on our patient’s prescription insurance plan,” the pharmacy might dispense a more expensive option. Feel free to email our nurse for help (Rxnurse@curology.com) or ask the pharmacy to call our nurse to change your prescription to the least expensive option.


Are there cheaper generic options?

We submit  "generic doxycycline 100 mg capsules or tablets, whichever version is preferred and best covered on our patient's insurance plan" with the hope that your pharmacist checks the best covered for you. If your co-pay seems high, please ask your pharmacist to try all the doxycycline options. This sometimes brings the cost down significantly.