Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$9.2M
-17.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
13K
$718.02 per claim
Patients
2,043
2,181 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$9.2M
$4,487.73 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $9.2M for Depakote Er in 2024, for 12,772 prescriptions and refills to 2,043 patients (down 17.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $718.02.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Depakote Er in 2024: $962K for 1,400 claims, followed by California ($554K).
Deborah S Zielinski, nurse practitioner in Chicago, IL, had the highest Medicare cost for Depakote Er in 2024: 116 claims costing $126K.
Depakote Er is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Abbvie US LLC.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah S Zielinski Chicago, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 116 | 23 | $126K |
| Joan C Dean Winston Salem, NC | Neurology | 46 | Under 11 | $36K |
| Cassandra E Curtis |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,717 | 26,092 | 3,517 | $16.3M |
| 2023 | 3,232 | 17,537 | 3,103 | $11.1M |
| 2024 | 2,181 | 12,772 | 2,043 | $9.2M |
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.
| Neurology |
| 17 |
| Under 11 |
| $31K |
| Pavel Klein Bethesda, MD | Neurology | 33 | Under 11 | $30K |
| Sami M Aboumatar Austin, TX | Neurology | 32 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Richard R Herber Mount Airy, NC | Family Practice | 15 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Richard J Hammond Twin Falls, ID | Neurology | 19 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Hannah M Quinn Rochester, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 32 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Daniel Friedman New York, NY | Neurology | 15 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Patrick X Landazuri Kansas City, KS | Neurology | 25 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Tina T Shih San Francisco, CA | Neurology | 34 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Anthony M Murro Augusta, GA | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Lawrence J Hirsch New York, NY | Neurology | 17 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Heidi L Henninger Scarborough, ME | Neurology | 35 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Maria C Younes Cumberland, RI | Neurology | 36 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Michael C Smith Chicago, IL | Neurology | 41 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Yeeck Sim Tucson, AZ | Neurology | 23 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Bethany J Thomas Philadelphia, PA | Nurse Practitioner | 24 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Holly J Maggiano Warren, OH | Neurology | 18 | Under 11 | $21K |
| Timothy W Powell Spokane, WA | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $21K |
| Jan E Mathisen Birmingham, AL | Pediatric Medicine | 46 | Under 11 | $21K |
| Antoaneta Y Balabanov Chicago, IL | Psychiatry | 35 | Under 11 | $21K |
| Steven P Rider Knoxville, TN | Neurology | 32 | Under 11 | $20K |
| Temenuzhka G Mihaylova Ann Arbor, MI | Neurology | 16 | Under 11 | $20K |
| Manoj Raghavan Milwaukee, WI | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $20K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie US LLC ABBV | 12,774 | $9.2M |