Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$7.6M
+2427.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
509
$14,866.01 per claim
Patients
134
125 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$7.6M
$56,468.65 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $7.6M for Bimzelx in 2024, for 509 prescriptions and refills to 134 patients (up 2427.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $14,866.01.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Bimzelx in 2024: $1.2M for 85 claims, followed by California ($1.0M).
Henry Yu, physician assistant in Bronx, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Bimzelx in 2024: 42 claims costing $583K.
Bimzelx is made by UCB SA (UCB.BR), listed in the Medicare spending data as UCB Pharma.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Yu Bronx, NY | Physician Assistant | 42 | Under 11 | $583K |
| Ronald E Reece Redding, CA | Dermatology | 11 | Under 11 | $240K |
| Paul Getz West Dundee, IL |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 19 | 13 | $299K |
| 2024 | 125 | 509 | 134 | $7.6M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims |
|---|
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 |
| 11 |
| Under 11 |
| $198K |
| Benjamin D Ehst Portland, OR | Dermatology | 13 | Under 11 | $189K |
| Spending |
|---|
| UCB Pharma UCB.BR | 509 | $7.6M |