Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$24.0M
-11.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.9M
$12.33 per claim
Patients
249K
94,458 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $24.0M for Benztropine Mesylate in 2024, for 1,943,217 prescriptions and refills to 249,137 patients (down 11.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $12.33.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Benztropine Mesylate in 2024: $2.2M for 171,130 claims, followed by New York ($1.6M).
Andro T Zangaladze, neurology in Voorhees, NJ, had the highest Medicare cost for Benztropine Mesylate in 2024: 11 claims costing $41K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andro T Zangaladze Voorhees, NJ | Neurology | 11 | Under 11 | $41K |
| Jolly C Anand Chicago, IL | Psychiatry | 1,883 | 149 | $22K |
| Enrique G Casuso |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92,850 | 2,059,853 | 264,988 | $27.8M |
| 2023 | 94,262 | 1,990,446 | 256,080 | $27.2M |
| 2024 | 94,458 | 1,943,217 | 249,137 | $24.0M |
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.
| Geriatric Psychiatry |
| 1,350 |
| 186 |
| $19K |
| Muthiah K Sabanayagam Goldsboro, NC | Psychiatry | 1,155 | 118 | $18K |
| Elston L Volkerts White Plains, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 1,224 | 123 | $16K |
| Manish P Luhana Parsippany, NJ | Internal Medicine | 784 | 92 | $15K |
| Christopher T Labonte Town and Country, MO | Internal Medicine | 1,241 | 106 | $15K |
| Aijaz A Nanjiani Paramus, NJ | Psychiatry & Neurology | 1,029 | 100 | $15K |
| Shephali Patel Chicago, IL | Psychiatry | 1,742 | 95 | $15K |
| Hoover M Royals Jr. Dover, NC | Family Practice | 845 | 83 | $15K |
| Alan Markie Pasadena, CA | Psychiatry | 966 | 105 | $14K |
| Boris Rubashkin Houston, TX | Psychiatry | 872 | 94 | $14K |
| Gabriel Crawford Farmington, MO | Nurse Practitioner | 1,342 | 100 | $13K |
| Michael A Ahearn Kewanee, IL | Hospitalist | 654 | 92 | $13K |
| Michael T Peacock Eastman, GA | Internal Medicine | 533 | 68 | $13K |
| Fernando Gonzales-Portillo Orlando, FL | Neurology | 867 | 187 | $13K |
| Festus Uzokwe Houston, TX | Psychiatry | 934 | 118 | $12K |
| Stephen Grelecki Elizabeth, NJ | Psychiatry | 996 | 128 | $12K |
| Adam T Kaul Midlothian, VA | Psychiatry | 785 | 80 | $12K |
| Dennis P Dobard Jr. Springfield, MO | Psychiatry | 709 | 53 | $11K |
| Phillip C Rowden Olla, LA | Psychiatry & Neurology | 707 | 66 | $11K |
| Chandra S Anand Chicago, IL | Internal Medicine | 1,415 | 92 | $11K |
| Tom Klein Riverwoods, IL | Internal Medicine | 674 | 79 | $11K |
| Koti R Mannem Green Bay, WI | Psychiatry | 660 | 71 | $11K |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 1,186 | 90 | $11K |