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$259 millionTRICARE paid for compounded prescriptions in 2013

TRICARE paid $259 million for compounded prescriptions in 2013, more than $250 million above what it had paid a decade earlier, before the Pentagon restricted coverage in 2015.

The figures are as reported by Military.com in 2019. The same report said pharmacies billed between $400 and $10,000 per prescription and that at least 100 pharmacies were part of the nationwide scheme.

Source: Military.com. Read more: compounded prescription fraud

Sources

  1. It Was the Biggest Scam in Tricare's History. Now Troops May Be Going to Jail. Military.com. Accessed 2026-11-03.