Vaccines

Where can you get your flu vaccine and other vaccines?

Effective immediately, you can get your seasonal flu vaccine covered at $0 copay through your pharmacy benefit by visiting any network pharmacy. Find a participating pharmacy with our Pharmacy Locator, or you can visit your primary care physician. Need to find one?

You can also visit a participating pharmacy within South Carolina or the entire U.S. to get some non-seasonal preventive care vaccines at a $0 copay. A chart of these vaccines is as follows:

Vaccine Min. Age Max. Age
HAEMOPHILUS B --- 6 years
HAEMOPHILUS B POLYSAC CONJ-HEPATITIS B (RECOMB) VACCINES --- ---
HEPATITIS A (INACTIVATED)-HEPATITIS B (RECOMBINANT) VACCINE --- ---
HEPATITIS A VACCINE --- ---
HEPATITIS B VACCINE --- ---
HEPATITIS B VACCINE RECOMB ADJUVANTED PREF SYR 20 MCG/0.5ML --- 18 years 
HEPATITIS B VACCINE RECOMBINANT ADJUVANTED 20 MCG/0.5ML --- 18 years 
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)  9 years 26 years
MENINGOCOCCAL --- ---
MENINGOCOCCAL (C & Y)-HAEMOPHILUS B TETANUS TOX CONJ VACCIN 2 months 8 months
PNEUMOCOCCAL --- ---
POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED POLIO VACCINE (IPV)  --- 17 years 
ROTAVIRUS VACCINE, LIVE ORAL --- 8 months
TOXOID COMBINATIONS --- ---
VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE --- ---
VIRAL VACCINE COMBINATIONS --- ---
ZOSTER VAC RECOMBINANT ADJUVANTED FOR IM INJ 50 MCG/0.5ML 50 years ---

Any questions about your pharmacy benefit can be answered by calling Member Services. Just call the number on the back of your member ID card.

Drug Tiers

Your Cost Drug Tier Usually Includes
$ Tier 1 Lowest-cost prescription generic and some over-the-counter drugs.
$$ Tier 2 Prescription generic and some over-the-counter drugs.
$$$ Tier 3 Brand-name drugs that don't have a generic available. Also may include higher priced generics that have more cost-effective options at lower tiers.
$$$$ Tier 4 Brand-name drugs that have brand or generic options at lower tiers. Also may include higher-priced generics that have more cost-effective options at lower tiers.
$$$$$ Tier 5 Specialty drugs* that are more cost-effective than other specialty drugs that treat the same conditions. Also may include some non-specialty brand or generic drugs that have more cost-effective options at lower tiers.
$$$$$$ Tier 6 Specialty drugs that have more cost-effective alternatives at Tier 5. Also, may include some non-specialty brand or generic drugs that have more cost-effective options at lower tiers.

*Specialty drugs are prescription medications that are used to treat complex or chronic medical conditions, such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis C.

Please note that if a plan has a brand deductible, any tier 3 or tier 4 medication will process to that deductible before applying benefits.