Medicare Drug Calculator/PROVIDER check InstructiONS & LINK

When you click on this link, it will open in another tab, so you will be able to toggle back and forth between the page that opens up and the step-by-step instructions below. 

Medicare.gov Calculator

After CLICKING ON THE LINK

• either LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT (if you'd like to access your saved medication list) 
• or you can simply ENTER YOUR ZIP CODE and click CONTINUE 

• Please choose MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN (Part C)
• Click FIND PLANS

Answer that question and click CONTINUE

• If you do not take any prescription medications, choose NO and NEXT. (skip down to the Add Providers step of these instructions)
• If you do take prescription medications, choose YES and NEXT. Then enter them on the next screen. 

When you've entered all of your prescription medications, click DONE ADDING DRUGS

Enter your pharmacy and click CONTINUE TO VIEW PLANS

• Enter your doctor(s) first and/or last names. Do a Google search to get the spelling correct, if needed. 
• Note:  you will find out which plans these providers participate in when you get your plan search results
• When you are done entering providers, click CONTINUE TO VIEW PLANS

Take a minute to see all that this page has to offer.  At first glance, it can seem very overwhelming. 

To help make it not so overwhelming, click through the FILTER BY options

• Click on each tab, choose all options you are interested in, click APPLY
• You can filter by as many or as little a number of options as you want. For example, you can filter by one insurance carrier at a time, or choose two at a time to compare.