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Texas
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Terrible
August 8, 2020

Called in to get prescription. I was none. After a week I called back and woman said they could not even find the drug listed on my profile. Asked to speak with a supervisor. After being on hold for 20 minutes a representative came on and said they did not send the information to my current doctor but would have to send it to a former doctor

Date of experience: August 8, 2020
New Hampshire
11 reviews
62 helpful votes
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Do NOT trust this company. Azelaic acid 15%, a skin cream: $94 now, get this: For 75 days. What the heck? It's a cream. Optum lets you put in, 1 tube, 2 tubes or 3 tubes... or 30 days, or 60 days or 90 days...and strangely it stays at $94. Why? To HIDE the fact that there is NO one or two or three or 30 or sixty days...they are ONLY selling you one tube for $94. DO NOT BUY...go to Goodrx and find a place for less than 1/2 price. So CREEPY. Beware, check all your meds here with GoodRx

Date of experience: November 17, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I have had no complaints up to now, but really not happy with Optumrx right now. Received a letter today in mail that they will no longer cover my chemotherapy meds as of January 2021. The drug Revlimid, which I have been on, has me in remission right now from Multiple Myeloma. And yes, it is expensive. I certainly can not pay for it. So hoping my oncologist can find a replacement that will work just as well as the Revlimid that this insurance will cover. If not, guess I am just out of luck.

Date of experience: December 28, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Optum infusion pharmacy
January 10, 2022

I'm happy with the specialty pharmacy but the patient coordinator that has been assigned to me negates anything that the pharmacy does. She is rude arrogant and a liar. The people at the pharmacy go out of their way to be helpful but the coordinator never returns calls and if she does she acts like it's beneath her to talk to the patients

Date of experience: January 10, 2022
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Their website isn't just inept, but it's designed to be intentionally deceptive, so no end-user can understand their claims structure. Here's why. They have a cost-based classification system Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3) for the meds they deal, but you'll never see this explained on their website and for good reason. Tier 3 meds are the most costly, and Opum Rx refuses to to apply any coverage for them, and will not apply any out of pocket cost to member's so-called "coinsurance' or deductible. The Tier system is not on their website, but their rep siad she would be happy to send me a brochure of the Rx's and to which tier they belong in. Not surprising that this shady outfit would want keep their bait and switch scheme hidden from members and law enforcement.

Date of experience: September 21, 2023
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have a prescription I am supposed to have daily.
Went to pickup at my local pharmacy, they say insurance will charge 400$. Online I can get three time as much for 20$ but it takes 3 weeks before they will even ship it.

This is a preventative medication I am supposed to have daily. This is not acceptable, switching services as soon as I can.

Optumrx is rotten garbage.

Update: They moved delivery date another 4 weeks out. I repeat, this service is trash.

Date of experience: November 5, 2020
Florida
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I have been using them through UHC for 2 years now and i am done. This is the most incompetent bunch of people i have EVER dealt with. Every reorder is just another problem. Just moved, sent them 3 emails with a change of address and NOT to send out scrips to the old address...they don't allow you to change your address on your OWN account, like we are children. Well i just notification this morning that my order was shipped...guess where? My old address. They are a bunch of idiots in Thailand. She says she appreciates my feedback after i reamed her a new $#*!...and if i want my address changed to call another number. I wont' call those people if its the last place on earth that i can get meds. I will be getting my scrips from GoodRX. From here on... Can't believe how stupid these people are!

Date of experience: November 13, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very difficult and confusing process for ordering/fulfilling prescriptions. Customer service advocates are inflexible and not interested in resolution of customer issues. Escalation process is non-existent or deliberately obfuscated.

Date of experience: March 17, 2023
New Jersey
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I'll keep this basic as I have the same complaints as hundreds of others based on what I'm reading on this site. Optum RX / UHC doesn't care about their customers / patients. Customer service is an absolute joke. You have a question; they say please hold for a few minutes and come back 10 minutes later saying they will look into the issue. You select at the beginning to take a survey and after the call instead of the agent disconnecting from the call, they place you on hold so you can't leave a survey response. Best thing is not to go with Optum RX UHC if you can avoid them.

Date of experience: December 9, 2022
Arizona
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Disaster
March 6, 2020

What a mess. I tried to move my prescriptions from the pharmacy to optum and it went down hill from there. The initial customer service lady did not know what she was doing and sent in a refill request to my doctor. I didn't need a refill, I needed a transfer. I told her that repeatedly and she still requested a refill. Six phone calls later, and it has still not been resolved. And they still don't have the correct prescription from the pharmacy. Never again.

Date of experience: March 6, 2020

Overview

Optumrx has a rating of 1.1 stars from 447 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Optumrx most frequently mention customer service, local pharmacy and mail order. Optumrx ranks 8th among Pharmacy sites.

service
261
value
233
shipping
214
returns
121
quality
185