Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$78.6M
-20.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
2.4M
$32.71 per claim
Patients
570K
225,723 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $78.6M for Bumetanide in 2024, for 2,403,182 prescriptions and refills to 570,432 patients (down 20.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $32.71.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Bumetanide in 2024: $6.7M for 227,919 claims, followed by California ($6.1M).
Robert J Pearlstein, internal medicine in Plymouth Meeting, PA, had the highest Medicare cost for Bumetanide in 2024: 2,133 claims costing $73K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 2,133 | 248 | $73K |
| Shipeng Wei Des Moines, IA | Internal Medicine | 539 | 89 | $31K |
| Ashar Luqman |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 200,751 | 2,048,160 | 488,405 | $115.7M |
| 2023 | 211,520 | 2,191,740 | 521,831 | $98.3M |
| 2024 | 225,723 | 2,403,182 | 570,432 | $78.6M |
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.
| Nephrology |
| 1,302 |
| 326 |
| $31K |
| Neil Kumar Roseburg, OR | Nephrology | 591 | 144 | $30K |
| Tahir Naeem Okeechobee, FL | Internal Medicine | 732 | 176 | $29K |
| Ramy A Fayad Toledo, OH | Nephrology | 388 | 121 | $28K |
| Tamara L McCue Wellington, KS | General Practice | 625 | 121 | $27K |
| Chandhiran Rangaswamy Louisville, KY | Cardiology | 650 | 169 | $27K |
| Lin-Wang Dong Greeley, CO | Cardiology | 618 | 179 | $26K |
| Melissa J Wendell Wausau, WI | Nurse Practitioner | 593 | 167 | $26K |
| Iqbal Masood Grand Forks, ND | Nephrology | 721 | 149 | $25K |
| Rodney K Bryant Wichita, KS | Internal Medicine | 495 | 77 | $25K |
| Daniel J Allen Middleton, ID | Family Practice | 505 | 82 | $25K |
| Heather Oberneder Toledo, OH | Nephrology | 597 | 209 | $25K |
| Jonathan Holtz Altoona, PA | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | 294 | 90 | $23K |
| Sarfraz S Sidhu Waukesha, WI | Internal Medicine | 556 | 100 | $23K |
| Rebecca D Harrison New Haven, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 153 | 73 | $23K |
| Andrew E Graf Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 698 | 95 | $23K |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 574 | 107 | $23K |
| Cereasa L Patterson Wichita, KS | Nurse Practitioner | 677 | 72 | $21K |
| Scotty R Ortega Odessa, TX | Family Practice | 732 | 92 | $21K |
| Khoren Hekimian Troup, TX | Family Practice | 761 | 110 | $21K |
| Emilie Scarbrough Findlay, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 455 | 164 | $21K |
| Clay W Ferguson Nashville, AR | Family Practice | 372 | 66 | $21K |
| Ryan J Williams Nampa, ID | Internal Medicine | 328 | 51 | $21K |