Methods and system for providing drug pricing information from multiple pharmacy benefit managers (pbms)

Abstract

A system according to certain aspects of the disclosure provides drug pricing information from multiple PBMs to users. For example, the system may obtain, calculate, and/or estimate drug prices that are available under contracts or agreements between PBMs and various pharmacies. These prices may be prices of drugs for purchase at the various pharmacies. In response to requests for prices of particular drugs, the system can display relevant prices. For example, the system displays a price for each pharmacy chain and/or displays prices for a particular geographical area. The users can compare the prices for a particular drug and determine which pharmacy they would like to purchase the drug from. The system can provide a discount coupon that allows the users to purchase the drug at the price listed by the system at the selected pharmacy.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of displaying prices for drugs from a plurality of pharmacy benefit managers, the method comprising:
 providing a user interface using a computer processor;   receiving information identifying a first drug from the user interface;   obtaining a first set of prices for the first drug that is associated with a first pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), wherein a pharmacy benefit manager processes a claim relating to a drug and has an agreement with one or more pharmacies relating to a price of one or more drugs, the first set of prices comprising at least one price for the first drug and each price in the first set of prices being determined by an agreement between the first PBM and a pharmacy;   obtaining a second set of prices for the first drug that is associated with a second pharmacy benefit manager, the second set of prices comprising at least one price for the first drug and each price in the second set of prices being determined by an agreement between the second PBM and a pharmacy;   ranking the at least one price for the first drug in the first set of prices for the first drug and the at least one price for the first drug in the second set of prices for the first drug in an order that is different from lowest to highest; and   displaying a price from said ranking in the user interface.