Relative Cost Indicators

Within each category, drug names are followed by a series of one or more dollar signs ($$) or exclamation points (!!) that represent the relative cost to the health plan of a prescription for that drug as follows:

Product A $ Least expensive
Product B $$ More expensive than "A"
Product C $$$ More expensive than "B"
Product D $$$$ More expensive than "C"
Product E $$$$$ More expensive than "D"
Product F !!! More expensive than "E"
Product G !!!! More expensive than "F"
Product H !!!!! More expensive than "A-G"

The relative cost does not correlate directly to a dollar amount. For example, a product followed by five dollar signs ($$$$$) is not necessarily five times more expensive than a product followed by one dollar sign ($).