Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$268.3M
+37.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
159K
$1,686.08 per claim
Patients
27K
17,087 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$268.5M
$9,940.00 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $268.3M for Caplyta in 2024, for 159,155 prescriptions and refills to 26,993 patients (up 37.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,686.08.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Caplyta in 2024: $21.9M for 12,935 claims, followed by California ($20.6M).
Alexander Pinkusovich, psychiatry in Brooklyn, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Caplyta in 2024: 3,922 claims costing $6.2M.
Caplyta is made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), listed in the Medicare spending data as Intra-Cellular.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Pinkusovich Brooklyn, NY | Psychiatry | 3,922 | 607 | $6.2M |
| Robert O Morton Ada, OK | Psychiatry | 854 | 90 | $1.1M |
| Donald R Atkinson |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,250 | 71,045 | 15,534 | $108.4M |
| 2023 | 13,564 | 118,721 | 21,712 | $194.9M |
| 2024 | 17,087 | 159,155 | 26,993 | $268.3M |
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.
| Psychiatry |
| 644 |
| 101 |
| $1.1M |
| Lorna M Barte Camarillo, CA | Psychiatry | 456 | 53 | $737K |
| Scariya M Kumaramangalam Huntsville, AL | Psychiatry | 235 | 38 | $392K |
| Todd J Gates West Melbourne, FL | Psychiatry | 223 | 34 | $384K |
| Sanjeev Rao Bridgeport, CT | Internal Medicine | 206 | 34 | $359K |
| Sridhar Yaratha Richmond, VA | Psychiatry | 187 | 23 | $318K |
| Jose E Pagan Corpus Christi, TX | Psychiatry | 170 | 40 | $302K |
| William Bara-Jimenez Kensington, MD | Neurology | 175 | 25 | $289K |
| Jon E Highum La Mesa, CA | Psychiatry | 301 | 29 | $288K |
| Mary L Tyson Augusta, GA | Psychiatry | 156 | 27 | $271K |
| Tatyana P Tsipursky Brooklyn, NY | Psychiatry | 163 | 27 | $270K |
| Mohd A Malik Saint Louis, MO | Psychiatry | 135 | 40 | $265K |
| Jessica K Dedge Tallahassee, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 149 | 40 | $252K |
| Asim A Farooqui McKinney, TX | Psychiatry | 123 | 21 | $250K |
| Amber Lindholm Kingsford, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 151 | 19 | $247K |
| Delaney S Fragale Amherst, NY | Physician Assistant | 143 | 22 | $243K |
| Christina Lam San Diego, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 141 | 20 | $242K |
| Hope R Smith Hopkinsville, KY | Nurse Practitioner | 142 | 24 | $238K |
| Francis S Penland Hickory, NC | Nurse Practitioner | 126 | 21 | $235K |
| Amanda L Ham Corinth, MS | Nurse Practitioner | 130 | 18 | $225K |
| Mary E Cohen-Colson Mobile, AL | Psychiatry | 132 | 12 | $219K |
| Julia Korsunsky Folsom, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 120 | 22 | $216K |
| Dezso J Halbauer Bradford, PA | Psychiatry | 117 | 18 | $215K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Intra-Cellular JNJ | 159,224 | $268.5M |