DESONIDE .5 mg/g Ointment

Coverage in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont (CMS PDP Region 02).

8 of 11 stand-alone Part D plans in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont cover this drug on tier 4.

8 of 8 plans apply a prior authorization, step therapy or quantity limit.

123 Medicare Advantage plans in CT, MA, RI, VT do cover it

Medicare Advantage plans carry their own formularies, separate from stand-alone Part D. A patient on an MA-PD plan may have coverage even where no PDP lists the drug. CT: 35 plans · MA: 68 plans · RI: 18 plans · VT: 2 plans.

Every plan that covers it

Plan	Tier	30-day preferred	90-day mail	Unit cost	Est. 30-day fill	Restrictions
Humana Basic Rx Plan (PDP)$8.40/mo premium · $615.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	32%	—	$0.5657	$13.5824 units	Quantity limit 24 per 30 days
Wellcare Value Script (PDP)$16.40/mo premium · $615.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	40%	40%	$1.5943	$19.1312 units	Quantity limit 12 per 30 days
Wellcare Classic (PDP)$21.70/mo premium · $615.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	29%	29%	$1.5946	$19.1412 units	Quantity limit 12 per 30 days
SilverScript Choice (PDP)$32.70/mo premium · $615.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	35%	35%	$0.6495	$3.906 units	Quantity limit 6 per 30 days
AARP Medicare Rx Saver from UHC (PDP)$38.70/mo premium · $615.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	35%	—	$0.5349	$6.4212 units	Quantity limit 12 per 30 days
Humana Value Rx Plan (PDP)$73.60/mo premium · $601.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	31%	—	$0.5675	$13.6224 units	Quantity limit 24 per 30 days
Humana Premier Rx Plan (PDP)$138.60/mo premium · $0.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	50%	50%	$0.5646	$13.5524 units	Quantity limit 24 per 30 days
AARP Medicare Rx Preferred from UHC (PDP)$155.10/mo premium · $130.00 deductible	4Non-Preferred Drug	30%	—	$0.5390	$6.4712 units	Quantity limit 12 per 30 days

Cost-sharing is the initial coverage phase at a preferred pharmacy; a percentage is coinsurance of the plan’s negotiated price, and the deductible may apply first. CMS publishes a negotiated price per unit, so the 30-day fill is shown only where the plan’s own quantity limit supplies the quantity.

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