Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$2.6M
-9.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
9,625
$269.30 per claim
Patients
4,638
3,630 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$2.6M
$558.85 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $2.6M for Adapalene in 2024, for 9,625 prescriptions and refills to 4,638 patients (down 9.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $269.30.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Adapalene in 2024: $1.8M for 1,173 claims, followed by California ($112K).
Natella Yagoudaeva, physician assistant in Rego Park, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Adapalene in 2024: 52 claims costing $862K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natella Yagoudaeva Rego Park, NY | Physician Assistant | 52 | 16 | $862K |
| Ferid Osmanovic Astoria, NY | Internal Medicine | 19 | Under 11 | $264K |
| Ritu Saini |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,464 | 8,475 | 4,037 | $4.4M |
| 2023 | 3,380 | 8,854 | 4,156 | $2.9M |
| 2024 | 3,630 | 9,625 | 4,638 | $2.6M |
Amount reimbursed by state Medicaid programs, all states
More drugs: top Medicare drugs by cost and the Prescriptions tab.
Official US government data on Medicare prescription drug plans (Part D) and Medicaid drug use. Cost and spending are before the rebates drug makers pay. Prescribers with fewer than 11 claims of the drug are not published.
| Dermatology |
| 21 |
| Under 11 |
| $97K |
| Jie Chen Quincy, MA | Physician Assistant | 13 | 11 | $34K |
| Aref Karbasi Encino, CA | Family Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $31K |
| Peter Hu Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 25 | 13 | $11K |
| Shauna R Diggs Grosse Pointe, MI | Dermatology | 121 | 78 | $7,312 |
| Paul V Benites Bronx, NY | Physician Assistant | 40 | 12 | $6,683 |
| Todd N Troxell Bloomington, IN | Dermatology | 25 | Under 11 | $6,315 |
| Randolph J Jacobs Wildomar, CA | Dermatology | 77 | 44 | $4,965 |
| Pinkas E Lebovits New York, NY | Dermatology | 46 | 28 | $4,570 |
| Dmitry Khasak New York, NY | Dermatology | 42 | 25 | $4,468 |
| William Bader Carnegie, PA | Internal Medicine | 11 | Under 11 | $4,377 |
| Navid Ezra Thousand Oaks, CA | Dermatology | 72 | 25 | $3,923 |
| Tisa O Roberts Rocky Mount, NC | Family Practice | 24 | Under 11 | $3,025 |
| Kenneth L Klein New Bern, NC | Dermatology | 14 | Under 11 | $2,544 |
| Philip Cacchione Erie, PA | Family Practice | 14 | Under 11 | $2,405 |
| Christopher G Bunick New Haven, CT | Dermatology | 19 | Under 11 | $2,322 |
| Joshua Shapiro New York, NY | Physician Assistant | 27 | 11 | $2,059 |
| Daniel Herring Cumberland, MD | Dermatology | 22 | 11 | $2,015 |
| Kimberly Seliger Coral Springs, FL | Physician Assistant | 19 | Under 11 | $1,987 |
| Garrett L Vick Houma, LA | Dermatology | 21 | 11 | $1,980 |
| Salvatore J Milazzo New York, NY | Physician Assistant | 19 | 12 | $1,963 |
| Victor Fariwa Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 25 | Under 11 | $1,943 |
| Patricia C McCormack Staten Island, NY | Dermatology | 13 | Under 11 | $1,848 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data