TABLE 6.

Average out-of-pocket payment (OPP) and total payment for one tablet of selected drugs

Drug name and strength	Brand/Generic	OPP	Total payment	OPP, private insurance	OPP, Medicaid	OPP, Medicare	OPP, no insurance
Anti-Depressants
Prozac 20 mg	Brand	0.82	2.98	0.27	0.06	0.84	1.94
Fluoxetine 20 mg	Generic	0.36	0.90	0.25	0.02	0.09	0.76
Paxil 20 mg	Brand	0.80	1.69	0.52	0.09	0.10	1.43
Paroxetine 20 mg	Generic	0.26	0.83	0.30	0.03	0.09	0.50
Zoloft 100 mg	Brand	1.11	2.30	0.67	0.10	0.32	2.51
Sertraline 100 mg	Generic	0.24	0.78	0.24	0.05	0.12	0.52
Celexa 20 mg	Brand	0.64	1.66	0.61	0.08	0.20	1.73
Citalopram 20 mg	Generic	0.23	0.59	0.25	0.04	0.11	0.36
Lexapro 20 mg	Brand	1.30	4.32	1.44	0.04	0.45	3.90
Escitalopram 20 mg	Generic	0.40	3.19	0.46	0.08	0.36	0.65
PPIs
Prevacid 30 mg	Brand	1.09	5.50	0.84	0.03	0.48	5.74
Lansoprazole 30 mg	Generic	0.35	2.27	0.27	0.02	0.21	1.72
Prilosec 20 mg	Brand	0.42	1.24	0.32	0.03	0.14	1.63
Omeprazole 20 mg	Generic	0.31	1.13	0.23	0.06	0.12	1.11
Statins
Pravachol 40 mg	Brand	1.24	3.58	0.51	0.02	0.50	3.43
Pravastatin 40 mg	Generic	0.23	0.74	0.19	0.04	0.11	0.44
Zocor 20 mg	Brand	1.18	3.59	0.44	0.05	0.29	4.55
Simvastatin 20 mg	Generic	0.27	0.91	0.22	0.04	0.14	0.62
All
All brand name drugs		0.95	2.99	0.62	0.06	0.37	2.98
All generic drugs		0.29	1.26	0.27	0.04	0.15	0.74
Average difference between brand and generic		0.66	1.73	0.36	0.01	0.22	2.24

The out-of-pocket payment (OPP) and total payment are calculated for a purchase of one tablet of each drug’s most common strength using MEPS data in the years 2006-2012.