Dispensing Fee is defined as

Dispensing Fee is defined as

• A. WAC
• B. Dispensing Fee
• C. U&C
• D. MAC

Answer: (B)

Dispensing fee is the fixed per-prescription amount that a payer reimburses the pharmacy to cover the act of dispensing, separate from the drug’s purchase price. It reflects the pharmacy’s labor, supplies, and overhead involved in filling the prescription and providing counseling. This fee is not the drug’s wholesale acquisition cost, nor is it the usual price charged to customers, and it isn’t a maximum allowable cost used to cap reimbursement for generics. So, the dispensing fee specifically compensates the dispensing service itself.

Dispensing fee is the fixed per-prescription amount that a payer reimburses the pharmacy to cover the act of dispensing, separate from the drug’s purchase price. It reflects the pharmacy’s labor, supplies, and overhead involved in filling the prescription and providing counseling. This fee is not the drug’s wholesale acquisition cost, nor is it the usual price charged to customers, and it isn’t a maximum allowable cost used to cap reimbursement for generics. So, the dispensing fee specifically compensates the dispensing service itself.