Medication Costs
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Special Instructions:
If your medication is a liquid or cream with no pill count:
   - Enter the approximate number of doses you get from each refill in 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
   - Enter 1 in 'Pills per Dose'
If you do not take the same number of pills with each dose:
   - Enter the total pills you take daily in 'Pills per Dose'
   - Enter 1 in 'Doses per Day'
Cost per Fill
Sales Tax %
Pills/Doses per Fill
Pills per Dose
Doses per Day
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Taxed Cost per Fill $21.00
Cost per Dose $0.35
Cost per Pill $0.35
Each Fill Lasts 30 Days
      Time           Cost    Doses    Pills Refills
Day $0.70 2 2
6 Months $126.00 360 360 6
Week $4.90 14 14 1
Month $21.00 60 60 1
Year $255.50 730 730 13
5 Years $1,277.50 3,650 3,650 61
10 Years $2,555.00 7,300 7,300 122
20 Years $5,110.00 14,600 14,600 244
30 Years $7,665.00 21,900 21,900 365
40 Years $10,220.00 29,200 29,200 487
50 Years $12,775.00 36,500 36,500 609
60 Years $15,330.00 43,800 43,800 730
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The amount you pay each time you refill your prescription or purchase your medication.
The sales tax percentage you will pay on this purchase.
The number of pills or count per prescription or package. If the medication is a liquid or cream that does not have a count, enter the approximate number of doses you get from each refill or purchase, then enter 1 in 'Pills per Dose'.
The number of pills you take with each dose. You can enter a fraction if you are cutting pills (for example, enter .5 if your dose is half a pill). Enter 1 if the medication is a liquid or cream that does not have a count. If you don't take the same number of pills each dose, enter your total daily pill count here then enter 1 in the 'Doses per Day' field.
The number of doses you take or use each day. Remember to enter 1 here if you entered your total daily pill count in 'Pills per Dose'.
The specific number of years, months, weeks, or days you would like to calculate medication costs for.
The actual cost for each medication refill or purchase after tax has been added.
The cost for each dose of your medication.
The cost for each pill of your medication. If the medication is a liquid or cream that has no count, 'Cost per Pill' will be the same as 'Cost per Dose'.
Each medication refill or purchase should last this long.
Medication costs have been calculated for each of the time periods shown in this column.
The total cost for your medication over the time period shown.
You will take or use this many doses of medication over the time period.
You will take this many total pills over the time period. If the medication is a liquid or cream that has no count, 'Pills' will equal 'Doses'.
Your medication will be refilled or purchased this many times over the time period.
'Cost per Fill' + 'Sales Tax'
$21.00 = $20.00 * (1 + 5.0000%)
'Pills per Dose' * 'Cost per Pill'
$0.35 = 1 * $0.35
'Taxed Cost per Fill' / 'Pill/Doses per Fill'
$0.35 = $21.00 / 60
'Pills/Doses per Fill' / ('Pills per Dose' * 'Doses per Day')
30 Days = 60 / (1 * 2)
'Cost per Dose' * 'Doses per Day'
$0.70 = $0.35 * 2
Doses per Day
2
'Doses per Day' * 'Pills per Dose'
2 = 2 * 1
Cost per Day * Number of Days
$126.00 = $0.70 * 180
Doses per Day * Number of Days
360 = 2 * 180
Pills per Day * Number of Days
360 = 2 * 180
Number Pills over Time / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
6 = 360 / 60
Cost per Day * 7 Days
$4.90 = $0.70 * 7
Doses per Day * 7 Days
14 = 2 * 7
Pills per Day * 7 Days
14 = 2 * 7
Number Pills per Week / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
1 = 14 / 60
Cost per Day * 30 Days
$21.00 = $0.70 * 30
Doses per Day * 30 Days
60 = 2 * 30
Pills per Day * 30 Days
60 = 2 * 30
Number Pills per Month / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
1 = 60 / 60
Cost per Day * 365 Days
$255.50 = $0.70 * 365
Doses per Day * 365 Days
730 = 2 * 365
Pills per Day * 365 Days
730 = 2 * 365
Number Pills per Year / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
13 = 730 / 60
Cost per Day * 5 * 365 Days
$1,277.50 = $0.70 * 5 * 365
Doses per Day * 5 * 365 Days
3,650 = 2 * 5 * 365
Pills per Day * 5 * 365 Days
3,650 = 2 * 5 * 365
Number Pills per 5 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
61 = 3,650 / 60
Cost per Day * 10 * 365 Days
$2,555.00 = $0.70 * 10 * 365
Doses per Day * 10 * 365 Days
7,300 = 2 * 10 * 365
Pills per Day * 10 * 365 Days
7,300 = 2 * 10 * 365
Number Pills per 10 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
122 = 7,300 / 60
Cost per Day * 20 * 365 Days
$5,110.00 = $0.70 * 20 * 365
Doses per Day * 20 * 365 Days
14,600 = 2 * 20 * 365
Pills per Day * 20 * 365 Days
14,600 = 2 * 20 * 365
Number Pills per 20 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
244 = 14,600 / 60
Cost per Day * 30 * 365 Days
$7,665.00 = $0.70 * 30 * 365
Doses per Day * 30 * 365 Days
21,900 = 2 * 30 * 365
Pills per Day * 30 * 365 Days
21,900 = 2 * 30 * 365
Number Pills per 30 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
365 = 21,900 / 60
Cost per Day * 40 * 365 Days
$10,220.00 = $0.70 * 40 * 365
Doses per Day * 40 * 365 Days
29,200 = 2 * 40 * 365
Pills per Day * 40 * 365 Days
29,200 = 2 * 40 * 365
Number Pills per 40 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
487 = 29,200 / 60
Cost per Day * 50 * 365 Days
$12,775.00 = $0.70 * 50 * 365
Doses per Day * 50 * 365 Days
36,500 = 2 * 50 * 365
Pills per Day * 50 * 365 Days
36,500 = 2 * 50 * 365
Number Pills per 50 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
609 = 36,500 / 60
Cost per Day * 60 * 365 Days
$15,330.00 = $0.70 * 60 * 365
Doses per Day * 60 * 365 Days
43,800 = 2 * 60 * 365
Pills per Day * 60 * 365 Days
43,800 = 2 * 60 * 365
Number Pills per 60 Years / 'Pills/Doses per Fill'
730 = 43,800 / 60