Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$6.2M
-43.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
12K
$494.76 per claim
Patients
8,832
8,326 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$6.2M
$697.53 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $6.2M for Albendazole in 2024, for 12,462 prescriptions and refills to 8,832 patients (down 43.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $494.76.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Albendazole in 2024: $1.4M for 736 claims, followed by California ($934K).
Hiram Cortes, infectious disease in Brooklyn, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Albendazole in 2024: 25 claims costing $220K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram Cortes Brooklyn, NY | Infectious Disease | 25 | Under 11 | $220K |
| Abdul Wahid Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 15 | Under 11 | $180K |
| Erica L Lehman |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,658 | 8,230 | 5,818 | $10.0M |
| 2023 | 6,769 | 9,892 | 7,124 | $10.9M |
| 2024 | 8,326 | 12,462 | 8,832 | $6.2M |
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.
| Ophthalmology |
| 14 |
| Under 11 |
| $165K |
| David Bernstein Manhasset, NY | Gastroenterology | 13 | Under 11 | $145K |
| Jorge Orellana Brooklyn, NY | Family Practice | 13 | Under 11 | $91K |
| Madhu V Gupta Dearborn, MI | Family Practice | 94 | Under 11 | $79K |
| Edward M Brooks Los Gatos, CA | Internal Medicine | 16 | Under 11 | $75K |
| Nor Darwish Staten Island, NY | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $60K |
| Sherif Elhosseiny Toms River, NJ | Hospitalist | 13 | Under 11 | $60K |
| Alexander J Ocampo Lawrence, MA | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $56K |
| Tania Little Bingham Farms, MI | Infectious Disease | 12 | Under 11 | $56K |
| 1295763381 | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $49K |
| Jack W Brunson Jr. Greer, SC | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $33K |
| Amr Nayel Astoria, NY | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $30K |
| Stella Ilyayeva Rego Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 19 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Curtis L Buchheit Schoolcraft, MI | Internal Medicine | 17 | Under 11 | $28K |
| Rodrigo Hasbun Houston, TX | Infectious Disease | 15 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Laura E Shevy Lebanon, NH | Internal Medicine | 17 | Under 11 | $22K |
| James Jung Los Angeles, CA | Internal Medicine | 21 | 12 | $16K |
| Ronald D Gonzales Winter Park, FL | Infectious Disease | 18 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Clarence Mast Meshoppen, PA | Family Practice | 17 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Michael R Catena Carnegie, PA | Family Practice | 19 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Christian B Oyibe Orland Park, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Barbara J Dalziel Eastpointe, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 18 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Marcie Norton Bowling Green, MO | Nurse Practitioner | 25 | 25 | $11K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Camber Pharmace | 4,387 | $2.9M |
| Dr.Reddy'S Lab RDY | 4,971 | $1.9M |
| Novadoz Pharmac | 1,749 | $807K |
| Teva USA TEVA | 1,208 | $507K |
| Cipla USA, Inc. CIPLA.NS | 88 | $40K |
| Edenbridge/Dexc | 55 | $27K |