Hitchcock Family Pharmacy

06/05/2026

Many businesses are getting crushed by prescription drug costs and don’t even realize why.

Employers are trying to provide good benefits. Employees are paying more. Pharmacies are being squeezed. And somewhere in the middle, PBMs are making the system more complicated and less transparent.

For many common medications, there may be a simpler option.

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy works outside the insurance-based pharmacy model. That means transparent pricing, no PBM games, and a local pharmacist your employees can actually talk to.

For businesses, this can be a practical way to help employees get many routine medications at a lower, clearer price.

This is especially worth exploring for employers who are self-funded, level-funded, or simply tired of watching pharmacy costs climb without clear answers.

If you’re a business owner, CFO, HR leader, or benefits advisor, we’d be happy to look at whether a direct pharmacy option could help your team.

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy
A simpler way to fill prescriptions.

06/03/2026

Your insurance copay is not always the lowest price for your medication.

That sounds strange, but we see it all the time.

A patient may pay $20, $40, or more through insurance for a medication that could cost much less at a transparent cash price.

That’s one of the biggest problems with the current pharmacy system. Prices are confusing. PBMs, insurance contracts, discount cards, and chain pharmacy pricing make it hard for patients to know what anything actually costs.

At Hitchcock Family Pharmacy, we do things differently.

We don’t accept insurance. Instead, we focus on simple, transparent pricing. Many common medications are surprisingly affordable when the middlemen are removed.

Before assuming your copay is the best deal, ask us to check.

You may be surprised.

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy
Healthcare, Direct.

06/02/2026

Most people don’t realize they can choose where their prescriptions are filled.

You don’t have to use the pharmacy your insurance app pushes you toward.
You don’t have to stay with the big chain just because your prescriptions are already there.
You don’t have to assume your copay is the best price.

At Hitchcock Family Pharmacy, we’re a local, cash-priced pharmacy built around transparent pricing, real pharmacist access, and making prescriptions simple again.

Many of our patients are surprised to find that our prices are often less than their insurance copay or discount card price.

And unlike a lot of large pharmacies, when you call us, you’re talking to people who actually know the patients we serve.

Prescription pickup can be simple too, with convenient in-person service, 24/7 locker pickup, or home delivery.

Before you refill your next prescription, send us the name and dose. We’re happy to check the price.

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy
Real pharmacists. Real prices. Real relationships.

05/26/2026

On Memorial Day, I always think about Dr. James “Mazz” Mazzuchelli.

Mazz was one of my interns when I was on active duty. I can still picture him sitting across from me in my office, presenting patients for admission. After his internship he went on to become a Navy flight surgeon, and he was killed in a helicopter accident.

He is the closest person I personally lost to military service.

There were others, too. Men I knew from CrossFit at Camp Pendleton. At the height of the Iraq War, our CrossFit box lost several. I also remember the young mothers I cared for as a physician, including mothers being induced early so they could travel to their husband’s funeral. I remember one holding his picture. I had to do that four times during my active duty career, and I still remember them.

Memorial Day is not abstract for those who served, and it is certainly not abstract for the families who received that knock on the door.

Today I remember Mazz. I remember those Marines and sailors. I remember the wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends whose lives were forever changed.

Asked so little.
Gave so much.

May we remember them well.

-Matthew Hitchcock, MD

05/04/2026

She paid $90 for progesterone last month. Then she found us.

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy offers transparent, cash-based pricing on hundreds of medications — and we fill prescriptions from any doctor. No membership. No insurance required.

One of our patients recently shared that the same progesterone prescription she’d been paying $90 for elsewhere cost her $40 for a 90-day supply at our pharmacy.

Your medications may cost a lot less than you think. And we ship anywhere in Tennessee.

Call Us Today! (423) 406-6764

Hitchcock Family Pharmacy offers affordable, cash-only prescriptions with transparent pricing—often cheaper than insurance. Now featuring 24/7 pickup lockers for ultimate convenience! No insurance, no hassles—just simple, patient-first pharmacy care.

04/08/2026

Yesterday, our pharmacist Robby, came into my office and told me about a patient who reached out about a medication they were paying about $40 a month for… with insurance.

We were able to get it for about $40 for a 90-day supply.

Same medication. Same dose.

This is exactly why we built Hitchcock Family Pharmacy.

Not to compete with insurance…
but to give people another option—one that’s simple, transparent, and actually makes sense.

If you’re taking a regular medication, it’s worth checking.

You might be surprised.

02/11/2026

It’s February.

Deductibles reset.
Copays change.
Prior authorizations start all over again.

And suddenly a medication that was $10 last year is $380 this year.

We’ve had a lot of people walk in lately asking,
“Can you just tell me what this actually costs?”

Yes. We can.

At Hitchcock Family Pharmacy:

• No insurance middleman
• No surprise pricing
• No deductible games
• No coupon roulette

Just transparent, wholesale-based pricing and a pharmacist who will actually walk through your options with you.

Sometimes we’re dramatically less expensive.
Sometimes we’re comparable.
But you’ll always know the price before you fill.

If your medication cost changed this year, let us check it.

Message us. Call us. Bring us the bottle.

Healthcare, Direct.

02/06/2026

Patient paying $94 for three months of Zetia with coverage because it’s Tier 4.
Our price? $11.50.”

This is the conversation we have almost every day at the pharmacy.

Same medication.
Same manufacturer.
Wildly different prices.

When people ask how and why, it almost always comes back to the same thing: layers of middlemen, formularies, tiers, and contracts that have very little to do with the actual cost of the drug.

We don’t play that game.
We price medications simply and transparently, based on what they actually cost, not what a formulary says they should cost.

Sometimes the biggest surprise isn’t that meds are expensive.
It’s how affordable they can be when the system gets out of the way.

01/27/2026

Last week, a patient paid $30 for a common blood pressure medication at his usual pharmacy.

That same prescription would have been $6.50 at ours.

He wasn’t upset. He was surprised.
Because for years, he just assumed $30 was ‘normal.’

Most people don’t realize there’s a simpler, more affordable option for their everyday medications.

At Hitchcock Family Pharmacy, we don’t play pricing games. We just offer straightforward, cash-priced medications, often for a fraction of what people are used to paying.

If you’re curious what your prescriptions actually cost, we’re happy to help you find out.

Message us or stop by and ask—no commitment required.

01/08/2026

Ever been shocked by the price at the pharmacy counter?

You’re not alone—and it’s usually not the medication, it’s the system.

At Hitchcock Family Pharmacy:
• We price medications clearly and upfront
• We often beat insurance copays and discount cards
• You’re treated like a person, not a transaction

No memberships. No insurance required.

📍 Right here in Hixson
👉 Transfer or send your next prescription to us