Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$248.2M
+20.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
25K
$9,770.25 per claim
Patients
4,581
3,340 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$248.3M
$54,188.04 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $248.2M for Cosentyx Sensoready Pen in 2024, for 25,408 prescriptions and refills to 4,581 patients (up 20.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $9,770.25.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Cosentyx Sensoready Pen in 2024: $21.8M for 2,312 claims, followed by Texas ($18.1M).
Michael M Rezaian, rheumatology in Martinsburg, WV, had the highest Medicare cost for Cosentyx Sensoready Pen in 2024: 222 claims costing $1.7M.
Cosentyx Sensoready Pen is made by Novartis AG (NVS), listed in the Medicare spending data as Novartis.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael M Rezaian Martinsburg, WV | Rheumatology | 222 | 43 | $1.7M |
| Laura M Haar Slidell, LA | Physician Assistant | 73 | 12 | $673K |
| Ronald L George Jr. |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,843 | 21,541 | 3,871 | $205.3M |
| 2024 | 3,340 | 25,408 | 4,581 | $248.2M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims |
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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.
| Rheumatology |
| 75 |
| 17 |
| $595K |
| Bassam Haddad Westlake, OH | Rheumatology | 76 | 11 | $588K |
| Christy C Park Knoxville, TN | Rheumatology | 50 | Under 11 | $582K |
| Sonya A McMillan Middletown, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 43 | 11 | $578K |
| Iris Zink Lansing, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 62 | 12 | $578K |
| Robert O Holmes Jr. Pollocksville, NC | Rheumatology | 53 | Under 11 | $574K |
| Marcum Collins Knoxville, TN | Rheumatology | 37 | Under 11 | $491K |
| Sue Y Chung Porter Ranch, CA | Rheumatology | 46 | Under 11 | $480K |
| Joseph Devich Jr. Pittsburgh, PA | Rheumatology | 43 | Under 11 | $477K |
| James E Gore Nashville, TN | Rheumatology | 45 | Under 11 | $472K |
| Seleaina A Thomas Victorville, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 31 | Under 11 | $458K |
| Tatyana Sidor Covington, WA | Nurse Practitioner | 37 | Under 11 | $447K |
| Paul S Schmidt Kansas City, KS | Rheumatology | 44 | Under 11 | $425K |
| Jolanta Sobotka-Czarnecki Flint, MI | Rheumatology | 55 | Under 11 | $413K |
| Krystal A Perez Franco Corpus Christi, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 55 | Under 11 | $407K |
| Veronica K Newsome Du Bois, PA | Rheumatology | 41 | Under 11 | $404K |
| Steven J Cohen Tyler, TX | Rheumatology | 51 | Under 11 | $402K |
| Rawaa Ebrahem Wichita, KS | Rheumatology | 49 | Under 11 | $397K |
| Jeffrey D Ryan-Stout Grand Rapids, MI | Physician Assistant | 40 | Under 11 | $396K |
| Dimple R Desai Zephyrhills, FL | Physician Assistant | 36 | Under 11 | $393K |
| Brian T Fay Grand Island, NE | Rheumatology | 30 | Under 11 | $392K |
| Ogechi Muoh Independence, OH | Internal Medicine | 49 | Under 11 | $381K |
| James M Lipstate Lafayette, LA | Rheumatology | 42 | Under 11 | $378K |
| Spending |
|---|
| Novartis NVS | 25,412 | $248.3M |