Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$8.4M
-13.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
81K
$103.68 per claim
Patients
45K
19,562 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$8.4M
$187.10 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $8.4M for Azelaic Acid in 2024, for 81,324 prescriptions and refills to 45,062 patients (down 13.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $103.68.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Azelaic Acid in 2024: $1.0M for 9,159 claims, followed by California ($791K).
Peter Hu, physician assistant in Brooklyn, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Azelaic Acid in 2024: 437 claims costing $23K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,429 | 55,737 | 31,131 | $9.3M |
| 2023 | 17,302 | 66,326 | 37,192 | $9.8M |
| 2024 | 19,562 | 81,324 | 45,062 | $8.4M |
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 |
| 127 |
| 76 |
| $19K |
| Elizabeth M Burke Salisbury, MD | Dermatology | 183 | 105 | $17K |
| Daniel J Aires Kansas City, KS | Dermatology | 149 | 105 | $15K |
| Marina Zabezhanskaya Brooklyn, NY | Dermatology | 119 | 43 | $14K |
| Anays Suarez Miami, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 117 | 57 | $14K |
| Joseph K Cavallo Port Jefferson Station, NY | Dermatology | 118 | 58 | $13K |
| Rick J Lin McAllen, TX | Dermatology | 98 | 63 | $12K |
| David Opai-Tetteh Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Dermatology | 106 | 42 | $11K |
| Michael P Noonan Trumbull, CT | Dermatology | 115 | 70 | $11K |
| Lucia R Tuffanelli San Francisco, CA | Dermatology | 99 | 43 | $11K |
| James S Maddox Montgomery, AL | Dermatology | 72 | 44 | $10K |
| Tara A Rumbarger Hagerstown, MD | Dermatology | 84 | 33 | $9,937 |
| Katherine J Pesce Bridgeport, CT | Dermatology | 61 | 30 | $9,822 |
| Gabriela V Gamero Coral Gables, FL | Physician Assistant | 90 | 36 | $9,657 |
| Rena S Brand New York, NY | Dermatology | 69 | 43 | $9,632 |
| Thomas W Bender III Mobile, AL | Dermatology | 89 | 51 | $9,507 |
| Holly E Barone Lansing, MI | Physician Assistant | 78 | 45 | $9,080 |
| Athena N Phan Montgomery, AL | Dermatology | 40 | 17 | $8,396 |
| Leonard M Cetner West Bloomfield, MI | Dermatology | 86 | 58 | $8,245 |
| Margareth Pierre-Louis Minneapolis, MN | Dermatology | 64 | 32 | $7,871 |
| Liliya Besedina Bayonne, NJ | Dermatology | 113 | 41 | $7,579 |
| Eve Lupenko Woodbury, NY | Dermatology | 53 | 27 | $7,499 |
| Jan Marie Kroh Olathe, KS | Dermatology | 60 | 41 | $7,159 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoz SDZ.SW | 23,054 | $2.4M |
| Taro Pharm USA | 21,233 | $2.3M |
| Glenmark Pharma GLENMARK.NS | 21,893 | $2.2M |
| Encube Ethicals | 13,423 | $1.3M |
| Actavis/Teva TEVA | 1,739 | $186K |