Healthcare costs are a major budget item for most Americans, either through the money you put toward health insurance and/or the money spent on drugs, doctor office visits and other items. Health savings accounts (HSAs) help you reduce costs by letting you put money into a tax-free savings account to pay for qualified medical care and medicines. Employer-sponsored flexible spending accounts (FSAs) offer many of the same advantages.
Many retailers offer HSA- or FSA-eligible medicines — including Costco, the nation’s largest warehouse club operator. Here are 18 Costco items you can pay for with your HSA account, listed alphabetically.
Aleve Naproxen Sodium Pain Reliever and Fever Reducer
- Price: $20.99 (after $4 off)
- Used for: This Aleve medication is a pain reliever and fever reducer.
- Product details: Bottle contains 160 liquid gels that are 220 mg each.
Children’s Advil Grape Fever Reducer and Pain Reliever
- Price: $17.99
- Used for: This children’s Advil medication is a pain reliever and fever reducer.
- Product details: Approved for ages 2 to 11. Package includes three bottles that are 4 ounces each.
Children’s Motrin Berry-Flavored Fever Reducer and Pain Reliever
- Price: $15.99
- Used for: This children’s Advil medication is a pain reliever and fever reducer.
- Product details: Approved for ages 2 to 11. Package includes three 4-ounce bottles of dye-free Motrin.
Children’s Zyrtec Allergy Cetirizine HCl Grape Flavored Chewables
- Price: Starting at $38.99
- Used for: These Zyrtec chewables are for 24-hour relief of sneezing, runny nose, itchy or watery eyes and itchy throat or nose.
- Product details: The 10mg dosage is approved for ages 6 and older. Package includes three boxes containing 24 dye-free chewable tablets each.
Desitin Maximum Strength Baby Diaper Rash Cream
- Price: $16.99 (after $5 off)
- Used for: This Desitin diaper rash cream protects chafed skin and helps seal out wetness with 40% zinc oxide.
- Product details: Package includes three 4.8-ounce tubes.
Excedrin Migraine for Migraine Relief
- Price: $18.49 (after $4.50 off)
- Used for: Excedrin Migraine is used to treat migraine symptoms, such as pain, nausea and sensitivity to light and sound.
- Product details: The bottle includes 300 migraine-relief caplets.
Flonase Sensimist Allergy Relief Nasal Spray
- Price: $56.99
- Used for: Flonase nasal spray provides 24-hour relief for severe allergy symptoms.
- Product details: Approved for adults and children 12 and older. Includes three bottles that dispense 120 sprays each.
Lumify Redness Reliever Eye Drops
- Price: $31.99
- Used for: Lumify eye drops relieve redness in the eyes. Works in one minute and lasts up to eight hours.
- Product details: Package includes two 7.5-milliliter bottles.
Mederma Advance Scar Gel and PM Cream
- Price: $31.99
- Used for: Mederma scar gel and cream is known to renew cells and help collagen form.
- Product details: Package includes two products — one daytime gel and one nighttime cream.
Motrin Dual Action Pain Reliever with Tylenol
- Price: $15.49 (after $4.50 off)
- Used for: This Motrin and Tylenol duo is used to relieve aches and pains.
- Product details: Package includes two bottles that contain 80 caplets each — 125mg of ibuprofen and 250mg of acetaminophen.
NeilMed Sinus Rinse Kit
- Price: $23.49 (after $4.50 off)
- Used for: The NeilMed sinus rinse kit is used to relieve nasal symptoms of colds, flu and allergies.
- Product details: Package includes two squeeze bottles, one NasaMist saline spray and 250 premixed packets.
Neosporin + Max Strength Pain Relief Dual Action Topical Antibiotic Ointment
- Price: $17.99
- Used for: This Neosporin antibiotic ointment soothes average cuts, scrapes and burns.
- Product details: Package includes a 1-ounce tube, plus two half-ounce tubes.
Nicorette Quit Smoking Aid
- Price: $66.99
- Used for: Nicorette gum is used to support those who are wanting to quit smoking.
- Product details: Package includes two cartons of 100 pieces each (2 or 4 mg) in an ice-mint flavor.
Pepcid Complete Dual Action Acid Reducer and Antacid
- Price: $33.99
- Used for: Pepcid antacid tablets prevents and relieves heartburn.
- Product details: Comes with 100 chewable berry-flavored tablets.
Systane Complete Preservative Free Lubricant Drops
- Price: $32.99
- Used for: Systane lubricant drops are used to relieve dry eyes through hydration.
- Product details: Package includes three 10-ml bottles.
Thermacare Joint Therapy
- Price: $20.99 (after $5 off)
- Used for: Thermacare Joint Therapy helps with muscle pain.
- Product details: Package includes 12 air-activated heat wraps that provide up to 16 hours of pain relief.
Tylenol PM Extra Strength Acetaminophen Pain Reliever and Sleep Aid
- Price: $20.49 (after $4.50 off)
- Used for: Tylenol PM Extra Strength is used to relieve pain, while a nighttime sleep aid helps you snooze.
- Product details: Bottle contains 225 caplets of 500 mg of acetaminophen.