Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.5M
-50.2% from 2023
Prescriptions
3,551
$422.09 per claim
Patients
1,192
752 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$1.5M
$1,257.33 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.5M for Bepreve in 2024, for 3,551 prescriptions and refills to 1,192 patients (down 50.2% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $422.09.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Bepreve in 2024: $553K for 1,317 claims, followed by California ($222K).
Kevin Lai, ophthalmology in New York, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Bepreve in 2024: 229 claims costing $113K.
Bepreve is made by Bausch + Lomb Corporation (BLCO), listed in the Medicare spending data as Bausch & Lomb I.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lai New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 229 | 70 | $113K |
| Nancy N Tsai New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 217 | 74 | $96K |
| Seung-Hee Choi Palisades Park, NJ |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,461 | 30,611 | 9,132 | $11.2M |
| 2023 | 1,447 | 7,619 | 3,304 | $3.0M |
| 2024 | 752 | 3,551 | 1,192 | $1.5M |
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.
| Optometry |
| 132 |
| 38 |
| $62K |
| Triet M Nguyen Westminster, CA | Ophthalmology | 139 | 28 | $41K |
| Trung M Nguyen Fountain Valley, CA | Ophthalmology | 65 | 22 | $25K |
| Stella Lou Lee New York, NY | Optometry | 43 | 18 | $22K |
| Rumei Yuan Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 33 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Gee Hyun Chun New York, NY | Optometry | 28 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Lisa K Law New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 46 | 12 | $13K |
| Arthur C Lu Westminster, CA | Ophthalmology | 24 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Joseph T Fan Monterey Park, CA | Ophthalmology | 35 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Spencer T Moy Brooklyn, NY | Optometry | 27 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Amir Yamani Mount Vernon, NY | Ophthalmology | 36 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Elliott M Feinman New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 23 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Wilson Ko Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 24 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Abraham K Sleem Brooklyn, NY | Ophthalmology | 15 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Kathy K Man-Wong Brooklyn, NY | Ophthalmology | 29 | Under 11 | $8,329 |
| Bingjing Z Roberts New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 24 | 11 | $8,045 |
| Edward W Lee Los Angeles, CA | Ophthalmology | 14 | Under 11 | $7,974 |
| Dave Stewart Blakely, GA | Family Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $6,776 |
| Raphael A Castillo New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 16 | Under 11 | $6,637 |
| Douglas R Lazzaro Brooklyn, NY | Ophthalmology | 23 | Under 11 | $6,392 |
| Ashlyn H Lynn Indianapolis, IN | Optometry | 11 | Under 11 | $6,357 |
| Xiangsheng Zheng Birmingham, AL | Internal Medicine | 19 | Under 11 | $6,280 |
| David A McCormick Kansas City, MO | Family Practice | 20 | Under 11 | $6,163 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Bausch & Lomb I BLCO | 3,553 | $1.5M |