My sister works at a pharmacy in Ohio and she told me this is called a clawback, where the middleman company takes back part of what you pay. I always assumed insurance would never cost more than cash and I never even asked about the cash price. I was wrong about that and it bugs me now. Ask the tech next time what the cash price is before they run your card, because you can just pay cash if it's cheaper. It's messed up that you have to know to ask.

Wasn't the young guy out of line though? Honestly I used to figure a cook who came back down to the line was just killing time, but hearing how you smoked the ticket times flipped that for me. Speed is speed, and it doesn't care how old your back is.

Man, I always yanked those bare handed but not anymore after reading this.