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Save money with our pill splitting program
 Now you can cut your prescription bill in half with select medications when you use HealthPartners' new pill splitting program.
How it works
With this program, you save money when you split higher strength pills into your prescribed dose. Instead of 30 lower strength tablets, you receive 30 tablets with twice the strength to last for 60 doses -- all for one copay. We are able to reduce your drug costs because the cost per pill for higher strength is about the same as they are for lower strength pills.
How to get started
- When you're ready for a refill, fill your prescription as you normally do. Just tell the pharmacist that you'd like to use the Half-Tablet Advantage Program.
- Pharmacies can adjust the medication strength and directions, dispensing a higher-strength medication for splitting in half for your prescribed dose.
- You receive 30 tablets (to last for two months) and pay a single copay.
- Your pharmacy can give you a tablet splitter for a small cost .
Which medications are covered with the program?
Medications on the Half-Tablet Advantage Program Drug List have been carefully chosen based on their wide therapeutic margin (slight differences in the daily doses of these medications make very little therapeutic difference), tablet characteristics and ingredient costs. Some of these medications come as scored tablets, and others are not scored (and will need a pill-splitter).
Splitting other medications may also be clinically appropriate, but this program applies only to select medications.
HealthPartners Half-Tablet Advantage Program Drug List:
- Cholesterol medications: atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor).
- Antidepressants: sertraline (Zoloft), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil, generic).
Pill splitting is not recommended for all patients
Splitting tablets may be more difficult and may not be appropriate for patients with poor eyesight, tremors, debilitating arthritis, poor memory or behavioral health issues. Providers, pharmacists and patients can at any time decide that pill splitting isn't appropriate in a particular case. The Half-Tablet Advantage Program is totally voluntary.
Have Questions?
If you have questions about your specific prescriptions, please contact your prescribing physician. For questions about your pharmacy benefit and the Half-Tablet Advantage Program, please call HealthPartners Member Services at 952-883-5000.
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