Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$226K
-49.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
981
$230.12 per claim
Patients
205
216 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $226K for Carnitor in 2024, for 981 prescriptions and refills to 205 patients (down 49.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $230.12.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Carnitor in 2024: $85K for 228 claims, followed by California ($23K).
Jacquelyn McLean Bennett, family practice in Troy, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Carnitor in 2024: 39 claims costing $49K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquelyn McLean Bennett Troy, NY | Family Practice | 39 | Under 11 | $49K |
| Claire Baker Omaha, NE | Endocrinology | 16 | Under 11 | $7,179 |
| John Galloway |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 767 | 3,211 | 838 | $544K |
| 2023 | 494 | 2,322 | 465 | $443K |
| 2024 | 216 | 981 | 205 | $226K |
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.
| General Surgery |
| 39 |
| Under 11 |
| $6,835 |
| Michio Hirano New York, NY | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $4,880 |
| Susan E Lightbourn Ebensburg, PA | Internal Medicine | 13 | Under 11 | $4,171 |
| Lucretia Long Columbus, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 11 | Under 11 | $3,898 |
| Samuel Mendez Mayaguez, PR | Urology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,752 |
| Patrick McGrath Spencerport, NY | Family Practice | 53 | Under 11 | $3,706 |
| Susan A Glenn Raleigh, NC | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $3,269 |
| Keith S Ditkowsky Plainview, NY | Psychiatry & Neurology | 12 | Under 11 | $2,839 |
| Promporn J Suwanabol Watertown, WI | Physician Assistant | 13 | Under 11 | $2,787 |
| Ricky K Hsu New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $2,666 |
| Palak Shah Roseville, MN | Neurology | 11 | Under 11 | $2,444 |
| Lynn J Ramirez Burbank, CA | Family Practice | 16 | Under 11 | $2,030 |
| Jose E Gonzalez Asheville, NC | Family Practice | 24 | Under 11 | $1,530 |
| Imran I Ali Toledo, OH | Neurology | 12 | Under 11 | $1,297 |
| Milla Karev Cincinnati, OH | Geriatric Medicine | 24 | Under 11 | $1,236 |
| Laura G Schoenberg New Hyde Park, NY | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $1,044 |
| Manoj Raghavan Milwaukee, WI | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $996 |
| Joel Mason Boston, MA | Gastroenterology | 24 | Under 11 | $983 |
| Jessica Parisio Staten Island, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $957 |
| Alberto Santiago Cornier Santurce, PR | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 12 | Under 11 | $907 |
| Lauren Bern Madison, WI | Psychiatry | 16 | Under 11 | $889 |
| Jay D Haskett Vero Beach, FL | Family Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $857 |
| Edgardo Figueroa-Muniz Ponce, PR | General Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $852 |