Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.1M
-20.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
1,685
$1,829.85 per claim
Patients
310
192 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$3.1M
$10,056.10 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.1M for Azacitidine in 2024, for 1,685 prescriptions and refills to 310 patients (down 20.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,829.85.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Azacitidine in 2024: $591K for 229 claims, followed by Ohio ($574K).
Eloy Roman, hematology-oncology in Miami Lakes, FL, had the highest Medicare cost for Azacitidine in 2024: 52 claims costing $152K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eloy Roman Miami Lakes, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 52 | Under 11 | $152K |
| Sanaullah Khalid Youngstown, OH | Hematology-Oncology | 41 | Under 11 | $122K |
| Kirtan N Koticha |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 168 | 1,619 | 291 | $5.0M |
| 2023 | 199 | 1,828 | 329 | $3.9M |
| 2024 | 192 | 1,685 | 310 | $3.1M |
Amount reimbursed by state Medicaid programs, all states
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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.
| Hematology-Oncology |
| 72 |
| Under 11 |
| $113K |
| Abhirami Vivekanandarajah Staten Island, NY | Internal Medicine | 37 | Under 11 | $106K |
| Nagaprasad Nagajothi Massillon, OH | Hematology-Oncology | 86 | Under 11 | $102K |
| Aasim S Sehbai Anniston, AL | Medical Oncology | 44 | Under 11 | $98K |
| Antoine E Chahine Canfield, OH | Medical Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $83K |
| Kenneth Blankstein Flemington, NJ | Hematology-Oncology | 23 | Under 11 | $81K |
| Roger Hakimian Warren, OH | Hematology-Oncology | 32 | Under 11 | $79K |
| Collin C Vu Fountain Valley, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 16 | Under 11 | $73K |
| Vaibhav Verma Canfield, OH | Internal Medicine | 20 | Under 11 | $69K |
| Neal Murphy Riverhead, NY | Hospitalist | 20 | Under 11 | $67K |
| Waqas Rehman Flemington, NJ | Hematology-Oncology | 15 | Under 11 | $64K |
| Levon Qasabian West Hollywood, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 12 | Under 11 | $62K |
| Wandaly I Pardo-Ruiz Oviedo, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 17 | Under 11 | $61K |
| Caroline M Behler San Francisco, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $50K |
| Gopal R Kunta Clermont, FL | Medical Oncology | 24 | Under 11 | $49K |
| Eric M Cheung Lakewood, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 14 | Under 11 | $38K |
| Myron E Bednar Flemington, NJ | Hematology | 16 | Under 11 | $37K |
| Seeta Trivedi Edison, NJ | Medical Oncology | 22 | Under 11 | $34K |
| Scott W McGee Massillon, OH | Hematology-Oncology | 25 | Under 11 | $32K |
| Sreekanth Reddy Vidalia, GA | Hematology-Oncology | 12 | Under 11 | $32K |
| Tarun Wasil New Hyde Park, NY | Hematology-Oncology | 15 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Asit K Jha Waycross, GA | Hematology-Oncology | 15 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Noman Rafique Massillon, OH | Hematology-Oncology | 22 | Under 11 | $23K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data