Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$97.6M
+9.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
2.4M
$40.08 per claim
Patients
660K
90,478 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $97.6M for Brimonidine Tartrate in 2024, for 2,434,498 prescriptions and refills to 659,925 patients (up 9.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $40.08.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Brimonidine Tartrate in 2024: $12.7M for 295,302 claims, followed by New York ($12.6M).
Hamideh S Moayedpardazi, ophthalmology in Montebello, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Brimonidine Tartrate in 2024: 1,253 claims costing $235K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamideh S Moayedpardazi Montebello, CA | Ophthalmology | 1,253 | 375 | $235K |
| Raymond Fong New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 1,448 | 734 | $132K |
| Alfred M Solish |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 77,532 | 1,882,196 | 512,426 | $86.3M |
| 2023 | 83,395 | 2,066,718 | 572,960 | $88.9M |
| 2024 | 90,478 | 2,434,498 | 659,925 | $97.6M |
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.
| Ophthalmology |
| 799 |
| 184 |
| $130K |
| Miguel A Santiago-Garcia Carolina, PR | Ophthalmology | 1,123 | 284 | $120K |
| Ngoc Nguyen San Jose, CA | Ophthalmology | 829 | 214 | $114K |
| Mark L Hornfeld New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 764 | 193 | $113K |
| Charles R Niles Williamsville, NY | Ophthalmology | 979 | 282 | $113K |
| Matthew L Hecht Lawndale, CA | Ophthalmology | 777 | 181 | $110K |
| Hector J Villarrubia Bayamon, PR | Ophthalmology | 914 | 177 | $104K |
| Georgios Papastergiou Chula Vista, CA | Ophthalmology | 2,576 | 614 | $101K |
| Juan C Maldonado-Melendez Arecibo, PR | Ophthalmology | 2,052 | 357 | $97K |
| Tung T Chu Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 1,121 | 259 | $86K |
| Pamela R Henderson Springfield, MA | Ophthalmology | 549 | 147 | $85K |
| Nauman R Imami Detroit, MI | Ophthalmology | 508 | 167 | $84K |
| Anthony F Devincentis III Syracuse, NY | Ophthalmology | 752 | 235 | $82K |
| Mehrdad Aghai Gardena, CA | Ophthalmology | 745 | 268 | $81K |
| Miriam R Brown Moorestown, NJ | Ophthalmology | 386 | 129 | $79K |
| Milton E Irizarry Quinones Ponce, PR | Ophthalmology | 574 | 101 | $78K |
| Robert Honkanen East Setauket, NY | Ophthalmology | 580 | 203 | $78K |
| Jaime E Colon Casasnovas Carolina, PR | Ophthalmology | 602 | 126 | $73K |
| Antonio Prado Tampa, FL | Ophthalmology | 1,375 | 387 | $71K |
| Paul S Fellenbaum Albany, NY | Ophthalmology | 544 | 143 | $71K |
| Geoffrey P Schwartz Lansdale, PA | Ophthalmology | 306 | 101 | $69K |
| Leonard A Rappaport Portsmouth, VA | Ophthalmology | 727 | 246 | $69K |
| Matthew C Willett Kent, OH | Ophthalmology | 530 | 172 | $67K |