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Prescription Drug Price Comparison: By Pharmacies Surveyed on Long Island

Collected pricelists in .pdf format:
Nassau
Suffolk
(Note: NYPIRG surveyors obtained the price lists used for this report from local pharmacies, which are required to provide information for the prices of the most prescribed drugs under state law.  The price lists were collected in September 2004.  Prices may have changed since the date of collection)

Prescription Drug Prices

Store

Address

Lipitor (10mg/ 30tabs)

Ortho Tri-cyclean (1 pack/ 28 tabs)

Singulair (10mg/ 30 tabs)

Zithromax (250mg/ 6 caps)

Zyrtec (10mg/ 30tabs)

Country Chemists

120 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY

$79.13

$45.49

$98.90

$52.07

$68.30

CVS

335 Main Street, Farmingdale, NY

$88.59

$43.59

$112.99

$66.59

$81.59

Duane Reade

380 West Sunrise Hwy., Patchoque, NY

$89.19

$41.99

$112.49

$60.89

$81.49

Eckerd

1102 Broadhollow Rd., East Farmingdale, NY

$87.79

$44.59

$113.79

$60.79

$79.29

Franklin Square Pharmacy

925 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square, NY

$77.50

$43.50

$98.40

$55.85

$71.60

King Kullen #11

3284 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown, NY

$85.79

$41.89

$111.29

$63.09

$73.39

K-Mart

839 New York Ave., Huntington, NY

$73.99

$40.79

$96.69

$57.97

$73.97

Lakeview Pharmacy

133 Lakeview Ave. Lynbrook, NY 11563

$88.39

$48.79

$110.39

$59.39

$75.69

Midway Drugs

822 Carmen Ave., Westbury, NY

$77.00

$40.00

$95.00

$50.00

$69.00

Nishu Pharmacy

54 Main Street, Hempstead, NY

$82.55

$48.75

$103.45

$54.45

$71.00(1)

Nordon Super Drugs

247 Hempstead Ave., Malverne, NY

$78.84

$38.34

$114.59

$58.89

$79.19

Ormondy Pharmacy

781 West Merrick Road Valley Stream, NY

$87.15

$53.50

$104.60

$60.05

$76.30

Pathmark Pharmacy

399 Route 112, Patchogue, NY

$85.89

$45.69

$105.29

$65.29

$74.69

Perfect Pharmacy

524 South Broadway, Hicksville, NY

$92.67(2)

$54.99

$107.95(3)

$58.99

$82.49

Picker Pharmacy

18 Atlantic Ave., Lynbrook, NY

$84.14

$44.70

$106.54

$54.43

$70.12

Plainview Family Pharmacy, Inc.

142-A Manetto Hill Rd. Plainview, NY

$87.99

$46.99

$102.99

$57.99

$75.00(4)

Raindew Pharmacy

73 Covert Ave., Floral Park, NY

$75.95

$39.95

$92.95

$49.95

$64.95

Rite Aid Pharmacy

3131 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown, NY

$84.99

$46.99

$115.99

$60.99

$80.99

Shoreham Drugs

99-7 Route 25A, Shoreham, NY

$87.39

$38.49

$107.15

$55.25

$68.58

Stop and Shop

191 Montauk Hwy, Sayville, NY

$87.69

$44.99

$111.69

$57.99

$73.99

Waldbaums Pharmacy

1510 Old Country Rd., Riverhead, NY

$83.69

$42.03(5)

$102.69

$55.69

$72.99

Walgreens

4120 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage, NY

$88.09

$41.99

$105.39

$62.99

$82.09

Wilmark Pharmacy

2120 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park, NY

$84.55

$39.90

$106.45

$55.45

$74.05

Long Island Average

$84.30

$44.26

$105.99

$58.05

$74.82

(1) Pharmacy’s Retail Price List included this drug but the price for it was listed as $316.75. Surveyor called pharmacy to request the price listed on our grid.

(2) Pharmacy’s Retail Price List included this drug but the price for it was listed as $278 for 90 tabs and our grid shows 30 tabs. The figure of $92.67 that appears on our grid was arrived at by dividing $278 by 3.

(3) Pharmacy’s Retail Price List did not include this drug. Surveyor called pharmacy to request the price listed on our grid.

(4) Pharmacy’s Retail Price List included this drug but the price for it was listed as $320.99. Surveyor called pharmacy to request the price listed on our grid.

(5) Pharmacy’s Retail Price List did not include this drug. Surveyor called pharmacy to request the price listed on our grid.