Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$24.8M
+2584.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
46K
$538.76 per claim
Patients
26K
17,393 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$24.8M
$960.99 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $24.8M for Airsupra in 2024, for 46,065 prescriptions and refills to 25,824 patients (up 2584.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $538.76.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Airsupra in 2024: $2.7M for 5,194 claims, followed by California ($2.3M).
Calvin C Ly, emergency medicine in Hercules, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Airsupra in 2024: 130 claims costing $70K.
Airsupra is made by AstraZeneca PLC (AZN), listed in the Medicare spending data as Astrazeneca.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin C Ly Hercules, CA | Emergency Medicine | 130 | 46 | $70K |
| Chuan Jiang Flushing, NY | Pulmonary Disease | 119 | 25 | $59K |
| Camil I Kreit Cleveland, TX |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,305 | 1,752 | 1,486 | $925K |
| 2024 | 17,393 | 46,065 | 25,824 | $24.8M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims |
|---|
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.
| Family Practice |
| 117 |
| 30 |
| $59K |
| 1255496139 | Physician Assistant | 41 | 13 | $56K |
| Tu N Truong San Diego, CA | Internal Medicine | 66 | 27 | $56K |
| Ajaz Afzal Kissimmee, FL | Internal Medicine | 42 | 15 | $55K |
| Dmitriy Yadgarov Forest Hills, NY | Pulmonary Disease | 89 | 36 | $39K |
| Andrea M Miller-Lari Oroville, CA | Allergy/ Immunology | 78 | 34 | $36K |
| Kin Wong Los Angeles, CA | Internal Medicine | 71 | 22 | $34K |
| Michele Carbonell-Smith Paducah, KY | Nurse Practitioner | 48 | 13 | $32K |
| Atul V Palkar Norwich, CT | Pulmonary Disease | 19 | 15 | $31K |
| Edris Y Holland Palmdale, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 46 | 13 | $28K |
| Nisreen J Ezzi Hicksville, NY | Family Practice | 58 | 25 | $26K |
| Edwin Yau Monterey Park, CA | Family Practice | 52 | 14 | $26K |
| Lisa M Casale Edison, NJ | Pulmonary Disease | 52 | 20 | $26K |
| Betty F Noble Jackson, KY | Nurse Practitioner | 43 | 14 | $26K |
| Gregory W Bensch Stockton, CA | Allergy/ Immunology | 35 | 13 | $26K |
| George L Alcorn Madison, IN | Internal Medicine | 47 | 20 | $25K |
| Li Liu Monterey Park, CA | Internal Medicine | 52 | 15 | $25K |
| Ralph J Laguardia Mansfield Center, CT | Internal Medicine | 44 | 25 | $24K |
| John P Mullally Port Huron, MI | Family Practice | 38 | 21 | $24K |
| Jacob Levy Brooklyn, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 36 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Edward K Ko San Francisco, CA | Internal Medicine | 22 | 18 | $23K |
| Julie A Davenport Paducah, KY | Allergy/ Immunology | 41 | 20 | $23K |
| Magendra Thakur Potsdam, NY | Sleep Medicine | 17 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Spending |
|---|
| Astrazeneca AZN | 46,082 | $24.8M |