Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$76.0M
-14.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
300K
$253.63 per claim
Patients
107K
55,972 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$76.0M
$710.09 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $76.0M for Dabigatran Etexilate in 2024, for 299,608 prescriptions and refills to 107,012 patients (down 14.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $253.63.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Dabigatran Etexilate in 2024: $11.3M for 45,020 claims, followed by California ($9.4M).
Jennifer L Tresser, pharmacist in Martinez, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Dabigatran Etexilate in 2024: 1,374 claims costing $194K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer L Tresser Martinez, CA | Pharmacist | 1,374 | 1,354 | $194K |
| Huong K Ha Sepulveda, CA | Pharmacist | 1,149 | 1,138 | $162K |
| Carmen Wong |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,149 | 27,129 | 18,166 | $20.3M |
| 2023 | 41,319 | 190,571 | 52,754 | $88.7M |
| 2024 | 55,972 | 299,608 | 107,012 | $76.0M |
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.
| Pharmacist |
| 1,093 |
| 1,079 |
| $150K |
| Jordan Wong San Francisco, CA | Pharmacist | 833 | 811 | $118K |
| Hyeon Hye Lee Cupertino, CA | Pharmacist | 725 | 714 | $105K |
| Tamara Hetler Vallejo, CA | Pharmacist | 733 | 726 | $99K |
| Abiola O Familusi Blanchester, OH | Internal Medicine | 466 | 250 | $76K |
| Leonard Grecul Palm Bay, FL | Cardiology | 211 | 69 | $71K |
| Joanna S Choi Sacramento, CA | Pharmacist | 478 | 468 | $70K |
| David L Smull Decatur, AL | Cardiology | 219 | 68 | $65K |
| Thomas W Swain Melbourne, FL | Cardiology | 181 | 69 | $63K |
| Richard F Wright Santa Monica, CA | Cardiology | 217 | 60 | $59K |
| David J Kessler Austin, TX | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 257 | 61 | $57K |
| Edward P McDowell Indiana, PA | Cardiology | 167 | 37 | $53K |
| Bryan P Burns Saint Louis, MO | Internal Medicine | 113 | 44 | $50K |
| Victor T Perez Merritt Island, FL | Cardiology | 179 | 48 | $48K |
| Steven P Karas Melbourne, FL | Interventional Cardiology | 129 | 37 | $48K |
| Robert L Hartzell Jr. Brooksville, FL | Family Practice | 158 | 45 | $45K |
| Mohamed H Khan Redding, CA | Interventional Cardiology | 112 | 37 | $45K |
| Thuy V Agbodike Sacramento, CA | Pharmacist | 319 | 317 | $45K |
| Ziad A Abbud Neptune, NJ | Interventional Cardiology | 131 | 32 | $43K |
| James M Ronaldson Melbourne, FL | Cardiology | 127 | 50 | $43K |
| Pamela L Mendoza Palo Alto, CA | Pharmacist | 294 | 293 | $43K |
| Kyle C Moylan Saint Louis, MO | Geriatric Medicine | 90 | 36 | $42K |
| Wade B May Lafayette, LA | Cardiology | 176 | 41 | $42K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Camber Pharmace | 199,230 | $49.5M |
| Apotex Corp | 54,628 | $15.8M |
| Novadoz Pharmac | 18,906 | $6.7M |
| Alembic Pharmac | 20,289 | $2.7M |
| Ascend Laborato ALKEM.NS | 5,375 | $1.1M |
| Xlcare Pharmace | 1,031 | $185K |
| AHP | 233 | $85K |