Systems and methods for prescription price comparison across processors

A pharmacy claims switch comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
• receive a claim from a pharmacy, wherein the claim identifies a claims processor and is associated with a patient;
• based on the identified claims processor, provide the claim to a third-party intermediary;
• receive from the third-party intermediary an instruction to provide the claim to one or more alternative claims processors;
• for each of the one or more alternative claim processors, send the claim to the alternative claims processor;
• for each of the one or more alternative claims processors, receive a response to the claim from the alternative claims processor;
• provide each received response to the third-party intermediary;
• receive a response to the claim from the third-party intermediary;
• and
• provide the response from the third-party intermediary to the pharmacy, wherein the response from the third-party intermediary indicates one of the identified claims processor or the one or more alternative claims processors that will process the claim.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

• receive a claim from a pharmacy, wherein the claim identifies a claims processor and is associated with a patient;
• based on the identified claims processor, provide the claim to a third-party intermediary;
• receive from the third-party intermediary an instruction to provide the claim to one or more alternative claims processors;
• for each of the one or more alternative claim processors, send the claim to the alternative claims processor;
• for each of the one or more alternative claims processors, receive a response to the claim from the alternative claims processor;
• provide each received response to the third-party intermediary;
• receive a response to the claim from the third-party intermediary;
• and
• provide the response from the third-party intermediary to the pharmacy, wherein the response from the third-party intermediary indicates one of the identified claims processor or the one or more alternative claims processors that will process the claim.