Insulin Costs in the US br Doubled From 2012 to 2016 A Type 1 diabetes br patient could expect br to pay $2,864 for br insulin in 2012. By 2016, the cost had br practically doubled to $5,705. The findings were released br in a report from the Health br Care Cost Institute (HCCI). Jeannie Biniek, HCCI, via NBC News So far this year, Novo Nordisk and br French drugmaker, Sanofi, have br raised insulin prices by close to 5. More than one million br Americans live with br Type 1 diabetes. The United States has the br highest prescription drug br prices in the world.