Last week I learned that you can buy blood glucose test strips direct from the manufacturer for significantly less than what it's sold on Amazon.com or other online retail outlets.
These 70 packs of Contour Next Test Strips are $22 each when purchased in 3-packs directly from Ascensia.
What blew my mind even more is that I also found out you can get 100 of these strips from Costco Pharmacy for $20! Pharmacies regularly sell those for more than seven times that!
The only complication is that I think you'll need a prescription to get them from Costco. I haven't had a chance to confirm with them yet.
Barring that, the fallback option of buying direct from Ascensia isn't too bad!
https://shop.ascensiadiabetes.com/products/contour®next-test-strips-triple-play-bundle