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Prescription prices in Hillsborough County

Check LowerScript prices at participating pharmacies near you and compare them with what you pay today. One medication or your whole list, in English or Spanish.

Check LowerScript prices at participating pharmacies near you and compare them with what you pay today. One medication or your whole list, in English or Spanish.

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What we found this month

In September 2026, the same medication cost up to 10.5 times as much at one participating pharmacy in Hillsborough as at another — Montelukast ranged from $7.31 to $76.88 for 10 mg × 30 — and that range was the same in every part of the county. Which pharmacy you fill at is the decision; where you live isn't. Check your list for your ZIP.

Explore the September results below

Explore prices by medication ↓   Research refreshed monthly · prices collected 2026-09-18

Prices for selected medications in Hillsborough [1]

Snapshot: prices collected 2026-09-18 across 1 areas · Range = lowest to highest LowerScript card price returned by participating pharmacies, exact strength and quantity · "Check near me" gets today's price for your ZIP

MedicationRangeLowMedianHighSpreadNear you
Metformin500 mg · 60 $9.00$18.75$25.882.88× Check near me
Lisinopril10 mg · 30 $9.00$13.98$20.812.31× Check near me
Amlodipine5 mg · 30 $9.00$23.26$35.633.96× Check near me
Atorvastatin20 mg · 30 $13.19$19.99$78.285.93× Check near me
Losartan50 mg · 30 $9.00$25.15$51.075.67× Check near me
Hydrochlorothiazide25 mg · 30 $4.00$11.03$16.754.19× Check near me

A snapshot is a monthly observation; "Check near me" is a fresh price for your ZIP and may differ. A returned price is not stock. No pharmacy is named or ranked. Medication names link to the LowerScript drug guides where one exists. · Not listed? Check your medication's current price

What the county basket shows

[3]
The basket is a research benchmark, not a bill. 15 common generics at one standard strength and quantity each, chosen to be measured the same way in every area, every month. Nobody fills exactly this list.

For the whole 15-item basket, participating pharmacies in Hillsborough ranged from $146.25 to $586.26 — 4.01× — and the range was the same in every area.

bar = observed price range across participating pharmacies · marker = median · ratio = highest price divided by lowest

If you pay without insurance

What to do
  1. Check the card price for your list above — it needs no sign-up and there is nothing to join.
  2. If your income is limited, ask whether a community health centre near you offers pharmacy assistance may be available if you qualify; eligibility rules apply and prices there can be lower for some medications. [4]
  3. At the counter, ask for the generic and ask if paying cash is cheaper — Florida law gives you both. [5]

About one in six Hillsborough County residents under 65 has no health insurance (16.7%; Florida 13.9%). [2]

If you have Medicare or a plan

The agent compares the card price with what you tell it you pay. For Medicare Part D and Marketplace plans it can also estimate from plan data we hold for Florida; for employer plans it relies on your figure. You can use whichever is lower for a given fill, but not both on one purchase.

En español

The pricing agent, this page and the card are available in Spanish. Spanish-speaking service at the pharmacy counter varies by location; where we have verified it, the area page says so. Ver esta página en español →

What this page can't tell you
  • Whether a pharmacy has your medication in stock today — a price is not stock.
  • Prices at independent pharmacies not in the LowerScript network — a network gap is not an absence of pharmacies.
  • Whether a nearby ZIP has no participating pharmacy within 5 miles (a "card desert") — the agent will say so for yours if it is one.
  • Your exact out-of-pocket under a plan — only your plan can.
  • Anything clinical — dose, interactions, whether to take something: your pharmacist or doctor.
  • Which pharmacy company is cheapest — we don't publish that; the agent shows you your own nearest prices.

Who did this, and how

Prices collected byLowerScript research run, 18 September 2026
Method checked byLowerScript technical staff, 18 September 2026
Basket
15 generics, one strength and quantity each (full specification in the table above and the source file).
Areas and radius
55 ZIP codes searched, grouped into 1 areas; each ZIP searched with a 5-mile radius from 5 miles from the ZIP (Census ZCTA) centroid; locations returned by more than one ZIP counted once.
Locations
855 price requests; 141 unique participating pharmacy locations returned at least one usable price; 138 priced every item at least once.
Complete basket
All 15 items priced at the same location on the same day. Cheapest-item-per-pharmacy sums are never used.
Missing and failed
An item with no price at a location counts as missing for that location; 3 requests failed and were excluded and counted.
Card deserts
card deserts: 2
Uniformity
Prices were identical for the same pharmacy company in every area; area totals are therefore not shown.
Not published
Per-pharmacy and per-chain prices are held internally and never rendered here.

Sources

  1. [1] LowerScript research run, Hillsborough County, 2026-09-18 — source table (CSV); card prices via the SingleCare/RxSense network.
  2. [2] U.S. Census Bureau, QuickFacts: Hillsborough County — census.gov; uninsured under 65, ACS.
  3. [3] CDC PLACES, county estimates — prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, COPD.
  4. [4] HRSA, 340B Drug Pricing Program requirements — hrsa.gov.
  5. [5] Florida law (verify citation before publish: §465.0244(2) vs §465.025) — flsenate.gov.

Download the area-level source data (CSV)

LowerScript is a prescription discount program, not insurance. Savings up to 80%; savings vary by medication, dosage and pharmacy. General information, not medical advice.