Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$27.0M
-6.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.3M
$21.30 per claim
Patients
548K
95,677 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$27.1M
$49.32 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $27.0M for Ammonium Lactate in 2024, for 1,270,129 prescriptions and refills to 548,379 patients (down 6.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $21.30.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Ammonium Lactate in 2024: $8.8M for 392,373 claims, followed by Florida ($4.3M).
Christopher Chow, podiatry in New York, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Ammonium Lactate in 2024: 4,799 claims costing $149K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Chow New York, NY | Podiatry | 4,799 | 1,312 | $149K |
| Nelson L Gonzalez Coral Gables, FL | Podiatry | 4,242 | 1,224 | $77K |
| Jose L Deleon |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87,454 | 1,132,411 | 477,424 | $29.2M |
| 2023 | 88,584 | 1,134,523 | 490,801 | $28.8M |
| 2024 | 95,677 | 1,270,129 | 548,379 | $27.0M |
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.
| Podiatry |
| 3,914 |
| 1,254 |
| $73K |
| Marien R Kelly Coral Gables, FL | Podiatry | 2,856 | 938 | $61K |
| Howard S Miller Lawrence, NY | Podiatry | 2,533 | 906 | $61K |
| Roscoe Chang Brooklyn, NY | Podiatry | 1,872 | 730 | $54K |
| Stephen Wigley IV North Miami Beach, FL | Podiatry | 3,457 | 1,278 | $52K |
| Kwangsu Kim Bayside, NY | Podiatry | 2,473 | 707 | $52K |
| Sadia R Shah Bronx, NY | Podiatry | 1,780 | 609 | $50K |
| Susan Zhao New York, NY | Podiatry | 1,608 | 510 | $50K |
| Huachen Wei Elmhurst, NY | Dermatology | 1,701 | 811 | $47K |
| Jian Q Liang New York, NY | Podiatry | 1,349 | 758 | $42K |
| Howard Louis New York, NY | Podiatry | 1,482 | 428 | $41K |
| Javier R Ponce Newark, NJ | Podiatry | 1,680 | 560 | $38K |
| Daily Arana Gil Miami Gardens, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 1,013 | 318 | $37K |
| Pinkas E Lebovits New York, NY | Dermatology | 2,150 | 830 | $35K |
| Robert J Castelli Woodhaven, NY | Podiatry | 1,347 | 324 | $34K |
| Pravin Rajakumar Brooklyn, NY | Podiatry | 1,301 | 517 | $33K |
| Adrian Akhavan Hialeah, FL | Podiatry | 2,454 | 938 | $32K |
| Yoon S Yi Flushing, NY | Podiatry | 1,266 | 562 | $32K |
| Nga Yan Cheng Flushing, NY | Podiatry | 999 | 331 | $31K |
| Gregorio Caban Doral, FL | Podiatry | 1,552 | 604 | $31K |
| Joseph Micallef Ozone Park, NY | Podiatry | 780 | 261 | $30K |
| Sae-Lyoung Park Flushing, NY | Podiatry | 1,181 | 378 | $30K |
| Ace I Anglin Montgomery, AL | Podiatry | 977 | 490 | $29K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Taro Pharm USA | 767,529 | $16.5M |
| Padagis | 306,467 | $6.3M |
| Perrigo/Padagis PRGO | 196,515 | $4.3M |