Scale that lowers costs, reduces risk & simplifies pharmacy care

We put our scale to work for you, using our buying power, clinical and operational expertise and technology investments to counter market volatility. Costs remain low, risk is reduced and everyone’s experience is simplified.

Greater client cost-savings

We leverage our scale to negotiate on your behalf. The result is ~19% PMPM savings for highly managed clients.¹

More connected experiences

We’ve invested $3.5B to advance our capabilities and provide predictive trend modeling, real-time benefit tools, proactive clinical intervention and more to improve experiences for everyone we serve.

Prescribing made easier

Our pharmacists, clinicians, data scientists and service teams operationalize complex strategies, such as reducing prior authorization denials by 68%.²

Lower drug costs for members

We’re here to make the health system work better. Despite rising costs, Optum Rx members spend an average of $15 per prescription.³

A counterweight to market volatility

With significant market power across the drug supply chain, pharmaceutical manufacturers have sole discretion over medication pricing. That’s why it’s so important that we serve as the counterweight — and we are. Through negotiations, we’re lowering prescription drug prices and improving health outcomes: