Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$45.7M
-23.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
8.8M
$5.20 per claim
Patients
6.3M
698,996 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $45.7M for Azithromycin in 2024, for 8,781,322 prescriptions and refills to 6,342,487 patients (down 23.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $5.20.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Azithromycin in 2024: $5.0M for 949,884 claims, followed by California ($3.9M).
Jon C Michel, pulmonary disease in Peoria, IL, had the highest Medicare cost for Azithromycin in 2024: 1,990 claims costing $26K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon C Michel Peoria, IL | Pulmonary Disease | 1,990 | 404 | $26K |
| Jesse Romeu-Velez Winter Haven, FL | Pulmonary Disease | 715 | 268 | $23K |
| Gary R Schafer |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 633,161 | 8,040,246 | 5,778,590 | $72.3M |
| 2023 | 665,845 | 8,255,699 | 5,967,281 | $59.6M |
| 2024 | 698,996 | 8,781,322 | 6,342,487 | $45.7M |
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.
| Pulmonary Disease |
| 1,443 |
| 263 |
| $20K |
| Jack Hasson Birmingham, AL | Pulmonary Disease | 625 | 116 | $19K |
| Ashok Mittal St Petersburg, FL | Pulmonary Disease | 341 | 105 | $18K |
| Mohammad W Farra Farmington Hills, MI | Pulmonary Disease | 874 | 249 | $15K |
| Karl T Schroeder Birmingham, AL | Pulmonary Disease | 1,030 | 327 | $15K |
| Phillip A Haddad Shawnee, OK | Pulmonary Disease | 859 | 283 | $15K |
| Mrunal G Patel Maywood, IL | Pulmonary Disease | 1,804 | 234 | $15K |
| Edwin Valentin Bayamon, PR | Family Practice | 1,759 | 1,135 | $15K |
| Leonard Lobo Chapel Hill, NC | Pulmonary Disease | 614 | 129 | $14K |
| Patrick F Allan Dayton, OH | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 990 | 268 | $14K |
| Takashi Shinha Honolulu, HI | Infectious Disease | 150 | 30 | $13K |
| Brooks T Kuhn Sacramento, CA | Pulmonary Disease | 408 | 70 | $12K |
| Christina T Fiske Nashville, TN | Infectious Disease | 243 | 87 | $12K |
| Pamela J McShane Tyler, TX | Pulmonary Disease | 437 | 106 | $12K |
| Svien A Senne Watertown, SD | Pulmonary Disease | 434 | 138 | $11K |
| John Cooper Birmingham, AL | Pulmonary Disease | 221 | 61 | $11K |
| Lisa I Mansur Lincoln, NE | Pulmonary Disease | 1,198 | 280 | $11K |
| Carlos Echevarria Novo Miami, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 363 | 349 | $11K |
| Denisea K Mount Springboro, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 424 | 211 | $11K |
| Kapilkumar N Patel Winston Salem, NC | Pulmonary Disease | 523 | 173 | $10K |
| Shoab Nazir Oklahoma City, OK | Pulmonary Disease | 458 | 209 | $10K |
| Stefanie Woodfall Sterling, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 585 | 224 | $10K |
| Alec J Steils Waterloo, IA | Nurse Practitioner | 638 | 187 | $9,709 |