Sources
Every claim, with its source
Like a footnote register. Where something isn't confirmed, we say so and don't use it.
| ID | Claim | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-1 | RxGo is free: no membership fee, no account and no personal information needed to get a price. | RxGo-stated (public) | rxgo.com home and FAQ (crawled Nov 4, 2026): “Free. No forms required… no personal information needed to get your price.” https://www.rxgo.com/faqs |
| R-2 | Participating pharmacies: 67,000 nationwide. | RxGo-stated (public) | rxgo.com home: “67,000 pharmacies nationwide.” https://www.rxgo.com |
| R-3 | RxGo says it never sells your personal health data. | RxGo-stated (public) | RxGo Privacy Promise: “We will never sell your personal health data.” https://www.rxgo.com/privacy-promise |
| R-4 | RxGo compares several discount programs and shows the price at participating pharmacies. | Pending exact count | Public pages say “10+ programs” (home) and “12 programs” (partner page); our earlier drafts said 13. The site states no number until RxGo confirms. |
| R-5 | Savings vary by drug and pharmacy; the member pays the discounted price; cannot be combined with insurance or government programs. | Required disclosure | RxGo Marketing Guidelines (July 2026) §1.1, §3 (doc 03). |
| R-6 | Savings up to 80% on select medications at participating pharmacies; savings vary. | RxGo-stated (public) — confirm | rxgo.com home: “Find 10-80% lower prescription prices at 67,000 pharmacies nationwide.” RxGo's card copy (doc 05) also says “up to 80%.” Qualified per guidelines §1.2/§4 (“up to”, “savings vary”). Ask RxGo to confirm substantiation before launch. https://www.rxgo.com |
| R-7 | Cash prices for the same prescriptions vary widely by pharmacy: the same five generic prescriptions (one-month supply) cost $66 at the least expensive pharmacy surveyed and $928 at the most expensive. | Verified (public, 2018) | Consumer Reports secret-shopper survey of 150+ U.S. pharmacies, “Shop Around for Lower Drug Prices,” April 5, 2018 (fetched Nov 13, 2026). Prices as of 2018, not RxGo prices. https://www.consumerreports.org/drug-prices/shop-around-for-better-drug-prices/ |
| R-8 | Only 22 percent of prescription users who had paid more in the past year said they comparison shopped. | Verified (public, 2018) | Same Consumer Reports article (CR survey). https://www.consumerreports.org/drug-prices/shop-around-for-better-drug-prices/ |
| R-9 | Real price checks: for 30 common prescriptions and GLP-1s, RxGo's own results showed different prices at different pharmacies; spreads and 'up to X% less than the highest-priced pharmacy shown' are computed from those results. | Verified (RxGo results, Nov 13, 2026) | Searches on rxgo.com/1480 at ZIP 76087 on Nov 13, 2026 (site default form, strength and quantity). Drug list: ClinCalc DrugStats Top 300 of 2024 (MEPS data, CC BY-SA 4.0) https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/Top300Drugs.aspx. Data: site/data/price-checks-2026-11-13-clean.csv. Prices change; one ZIP, one day. |
| A-1 | Joining RxGo's affiliate program is free; you get your own links, QR codes and a dashboard. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo affiliate portal and Academy (docs 01, 02, 05b). |
| A-2 | Referral override: RxGo pays $0.50 per claim produced by affiliates who join through your signup link, for as long as they participate. One level only. | Confirmed (portal) | RxGo affiliate dashboard and Academy (doc 02, doc 05b). |
| A-3 | Direct per-claim rate. | Not stated | Not confirmed in writing by RxGo (doc 07 §11 Q1). The site does not quote a direct rate. |
| A-4 | Payout needs 20 net claims in a calendar month; smaller months carry forward. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo Academy (doc 05b). |
| A-5 | Paid by direct deposit in the last week of the following month. | Conflict — verify | Academy says last week of the following month (doc 05b); rxgo.com/upterms says 60 days. |
| A-6 | A claim counts only when the card changes the price; a reversal counts −1. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo Academy (doc 05b); brain docs 01 and 11 (“price-movement rule”), doc 07 (reversals count as negatives). |
| A-7 | Web attribution: once someone visits your RxGo link, RxGo credits you for 365 days, and every re-visit restarts the 365 days. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo Affiliate Academy FAQ, “How long does website attribution last?” (brain doc 12, captured Nov 13, 2026); Important Links page (brain doc 05). |
| A-8 | App installs through your own app link or QR code are tied to your affiliate ID, so claims through that app are credited to you. | RxGo-stated (portal) | Important Links: “By promoting this specific link you will receive payment for all claims that come through the app” (brain doc 05); Academy: the link “permanently associates the app with your affiliate ID” (brain doc 10); doc 05b. |
| A-9 | Affiliates get a marketing toolkit: RxGo's guidelines, personalized cards with your QR, staff flyers (English and Spanish), patient flyers by practice type, and your personal links. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo partner portal Marketing Toolkit and Important Links (brain docs 04, 05, captured Nov 13, 2026). |
| A-10 | The dashboard shows claims by day in graph or table view, filtered by direct or referral claims, and a Payouts page by month. | RxGo-stated (portal) | RxGo Affiliate Orientation Guide and Payouts page (brain docs 05, 07). |
| A-11 | Signup is self-serve at rxgo.com/1480/signup; RxGo asks for W-9 and direct-deposit details only after a first payout is earned. | RxGo-stated (portal) | Important Links (brain doc 05); Orientation Guide and FAQ (brain docs 07, 12). |
| P-1 | On Feb 1, 2023 the FTC announced its first enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule, against GoodRx, alleging it shared users' health information with Facebook, Google and other companies. Under a stipulated order GoodRx agreed to a $1.5 million civil penalty and a permanent ban on disclosing health information to third parties for advertising. GoodRx neither admitted nor denied the allegations. | Verified (public record) | Stipulated Order, U.S. v. GoodRx Holdings, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-460 (N.D. Cal., filed Feb 1, 2023), hosted by the FTC (fetched Nov 13, 2026): “Judgment in the amount of $1,500,000 is entered … as a civil penalty”; “permanently restrained and enjoined from disclosing Health Information to Third Parties for Advertising Purposes”; “Defendant neither admits nor denies any of the allegations.” https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/goodrx_stipulated_order_for_permanent_injunction_civil_penalty_judgment_and_other_relief.pdf (served from search.ftc.gov). FTC press release text, Feb 1, 2023 (“enforcement action for the first time under its Health Breach Notification Rule”), as reproduced by the Benton Institute (fetched Nov 13, 2026): https://www.benton.org/headlines/ftc-enforcement-action-bar-goodrx-sharing-consumers%E2%80%99-sensitive-health-info-advertising. The ftc.gov press-release URL returned 404 to us on Nov 13, 2026: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/02/ftc-enforcement-action-bar-goodrx-sharing-consumers-sensitive-health-info-advertising |
| P-2 | A separate private class action (Doe v. GoodRx Holdings, Inc., N.D. Cal. No. 4:23-cv-00501) alleges GoodRx disclosed users' data to advertising and analytics companies. On Sept 8, 2026 the court preliminarily approved a $32 million settlement with GoodRx and Criteo, who deny the allegations. A final approval hearing is set for Feb 11, 2027. The settlement is not final. | Verified (court notice, pending) | Court-approved long-form notice (fetched Nov 13, 2026): GoodRx and Criteo “agreed to pay a sum of thirty-two million U.S. Dollars ($32,000,000)”; “GoodRx and Criteo deny they violated any law”; Preliminary Approval Order issued Sept 8, 2026. https://goodrxprivacysettlement.com/assets/docs/GoodRx%20Criteo%20-%20Long%20Form%20Notice%20V2.pdf. Earlier $25M (2024) and revised $32M (denied Jan 16, 2026) proposals were not approved; final hearing Feb 11, 2027: https://www.classaction.org/news/32m-goodrx-settlement-greenlit-by-court-partially-resolves-online-patient-privacy-class-action-lawsuit |
| RT-1 | Retail price for Amlodipine 5 mg (30): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested strength/quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/amlodipine |
| RT-2 | Retail price for Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg (30): $23.51 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/hydrochlorothiazide |
| RT-3 | Retail price for Lisinopril 20 mg (30): $14.68 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/lisinopril |
| RT-4 | Retail price for Losartan 50 mg (30): $45.28 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/losartan |
| RT-5 | Retail price for Metoprolol tartrate 25 mg (180): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/metoprolol |
| RT-6 | Retail price for Atorvastatin 40 mg (30): $139.25 | Pending | SingleCare: "Retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/atorvastatin-calcium |
| RT-7 | Retail price for Rosuvastatin 10 mg (30): $157.30 | Pending | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/rosuvastatin |
| RT-8 | Retail price for Liraglutide (generic Victoza) 2-pak 0.6 mg/0.1 (1): $795.31 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Normal cash price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/liraglutide |
| RT-9 | Retail price for Metformin 500 mg (180): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/metformin |
| RT-10 | Retail price for Mounjaro 2.5 mg/0.5 (1): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no matching retail): "No retail label; GoodRx “Starting at” only", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/mounjaro |
| RT-11 | Retail price for Ozempic (semaglutide) 0.25 or 0.5 (label shown without unit) (1): $1,410.03 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Typical cash price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/ozempic |
| RT-12 | Retail price for Rybelsus 14 mg (30): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested strength/quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/rybelsus |
| RT-13 | Retail price for Trulicity 0.75 mg/0.5 (1): $1,112.69 | Pending | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/trulicity |
| RT-14 | Retail price for Wegovy 1.5 mg (30): $1,806.55 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Typical cash price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/wegovy |
| RT-15 | Retail price for Zepbound 2.5 mg/0.5 (1): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no matching retail): "No matching retail label; LillyDirect self-pay ad only", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/zepbound |
| RT-16 | Retail price for Levothyroxine 75 mcg (30): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested strength/quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/levothyroxine |
| RT-17 | Retail price for Omeprazole 20 mg (30): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested strength/quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/omeprazole |
| RT-18 | Retail price for Pantoprazole Sodium 40 mg (30): $154.44 | Pending | SingleCare: "Average cash price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/pantoprazole-sodium |
| RT-19 | Retail price for Bupropion Hcl 75 mg (30): $39.78 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/bupropion-hcl |
| RT-20 | Retail price for Escitalopram Oxalate 10 mg (30): $141.51 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/escitalopram-oxalate |
| RT-21 | Retail price for Fluoxetine 20 mg (30): $69.03 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/fluoxetine-hcl |
| RT-22 | Retail price for Sertraline 50 mg (30): $77.56 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/sertraline-hcl |
| RT-23 | Retail price for Trazodone Hcl 50 mg (30): $36.93 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/trazodone-hcl |
| RT-24 | Retail price for Albuterol HFA inhaler 90 mcg (1): $38.29 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/albuterol |
| RT-25 | Retail price for Fluticasone nasal spray 50 mcg (1): $90.60 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/fluticasone-propionate |
| RT-26 | Retail price for Montelukast Sodium 10 mg (30): $95.31 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/montelukast |
| RT-27 | Retail price for Gabapentin 300 mg (30): no matching retail posted | Pending | SingleCare + GoodRx (no exact retail): "Not shown for requested quantity", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/gabapentin |
| RT-28 | Retail price for Amoxicillin 500 mg (21): $19.19 | Verified (public) | SingleCare: "Average retail price (SingleCare page)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: SingleCare page with ZIP 76087 selected. https://www.singlecare.com/prescription/amoxicillin |
| RT-29 | Retail price for Tamsulosin Hcl 0.4 mg (30): $76.23 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/tamsulosin |
| RT-30 | Retail price for Eliquis (brand) 2.5 mg (60): $543.55 | Verified (public) | GoodRx: "Retail price (GoodRx prices-by-dosage table)", checked 2026-11-13. Basis: national average (GoodRx table, not location-specific). https://www.goodrx.com/eliquis |
"Portal" sources are RxGo's private affiliate portal and Academy, summarized in Ronnie's source docs. Public versions need RxGo's OK.