Travel Medicine · Provider Comparison
Dr. B lists consultations from $19, below Bidwell's $45 visit fee. For travel-medicine-specific care, Bidwell is the focused option at a flat $45. A scopolamine patch is prescription only, so every legitimate service here reviews your health first. The differences are price, whether the patch ships or goes to your own pharmacy, and how travel-specific the care is. We will be honest about where we are not the cheapest.
| Service | Visit fee | Medication | Format | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. B | From $19; a required video review can cost more | Sent to your pharmacy; you pay the generic price (discount card offered) | Mostly asynchronous (a guided online consult reviewed by a provider; some states need a brief video) | $19 listed visit fee |
| Amazon One Medical | From $29 per visit | Sent to your pharmacy, or Amazon Pharmacy for delivery | Asynchronous message or video | A familiar brand with Amazon Pharmacy delivery |
| RedBox Rx | $39 consult | Patch shipped to your door for about $35 | Live video visit | Getting the patch delivered in one order |
| Bidwell Health | $45 flat | Sent to your own pharmacy, medication paid separately; confirm the prescribed patch quantity and pharmacy quote | Asynchronous, no video, no subscription | Travel-medicine-specific care and a transparent flat fee |
| Optum Virtual Care | Varies with insurance (often a copay) | Sent to your pharmacy | Video visit | People who want to use insurance |
Dr. B lists a $19 visit and sends an approved prescription to your pharmacy. Medication is separate. A lower consultation fee does not guarantee the lowest complete cost for your prescribed quantity.
Amazon One Medical starts at $29 a visit, offers messaging or video, and can route the patch through Amazon Pharmacy. The brand and delivery are the draw; the total still depends on the medication and your payment method.
RedBox Rx is a $39 video consult that ships the patch to your door for about $35, roughly $74 all in. The appeal is door delivery in one order; the trade-off is that you cannot shop the pharmacy price, and it is a scheduled video visit.
Optum Virtual Care treats motion sickness through an insurance-based video visit, so the cost depends on your plan and copay. Good if you want to run it through insurance and do not mind a video appointment.
We are not the cheapest visit, Dr. B and Amazon are lower, and we will say so. What Bidwell is built for is travel medicine specifically. Our clinician is a Member of the International Society of Travel Medicine and listed in its Global Travel Clinic Directory, our screening reflects the FDA's June 2025 scopolamine heat warning, and if your trip also needs malaria pills, altitude medicine, or a traveler's diarrhea standby, you can handle all of it in one place rather than a series of single-symptom visits. The visit is a transparent flat $45 with no video, no subscription, and no markup, and the prescription goes to your own pharmacy so you can shop the generic price (often $20 to $45), unlike services that ship a fixed-price patch.
Selected Dr. B fee checked October 15, 2026: its consultations start at $19, with a potentially higher fee for a required video review. Confirm the condition-specific total for each provider. Bidwell Health is a flat $45 visit with the generic patch paid at your own pharmacy. The cheapest visit fee is not always the cheapest total, because some services bundle or ship a marked-up patch, so compare the visit fee plus the medication.
It depends on what you value. Dr. B starts at $19; any video requirement and medication cost affect the total. For door delivery in one order, RedBox Rx ships the patch to you. To use insurance, Optum runs through a video visit. For travel-medicine-specific care, especially if you also need malaria, altitude, or traveler's diarrhea medication or CDC destination guidance for the same trip, Bidwell Health is the focused option at a flat $45.
No. Bidwell sends the prescription to your own local U.S. pharmacy, so you pick where to fill it and can shop the generic price. RedBox Rx, by contrast, ships the patch to your door, and Amazon One Medical can deliver through Amazon Pharmacy.
Yes. The scopolamine patch (Transderm Scop) is prescription only in the United States. Every legitimate option here, Dr. B, Amazon One Medical, RedBox Rx, Optum, and Bidwell, requires a licensed clinician to review your health before prescribing. Avoid any site that sells it with no prescription needed.