Over charged on Family Plan?

I am on the 1400 min Family shares plan and as I understand it you pay a set price for the first two lines and then $9.99 for each additional line up to 3 more.  My question is I have 4 phones and 3 are getting charged $9.99.  Am I getting overcharged?  Is anyone else?
thanks 

Look at how the pricing is broken down on your detailed billing statement.
You'll notice that the price for the primary line is $9.99 less than the amount quoted on the Verizon website.  For convenience, Verizon states that the Family Share plans cost $XX.XX for the first two lines, but they actually bill them as the charge for the primary line (which is that price less $9.99) and then $9.99 for each secondary line on the account.

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