Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$15.4M
-19.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
196K
$78.56 per claim
Patients
38K
28,634 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $15.4M for Desmopressin Acetate in 2024, for 195,835 prescriptions and refills to 37,689 patients (down 19.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $78.56.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Desmopressin Acetate in 2024: $1.3M for 16,980 claims, followed by New York ($999K).
Robert O Morton, psychiatry in Ada, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Desmopressin Acetate in 2024: 752 claims costing $47K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert O Morton Ada, OK | Psychiatry | 752 | 75 | $47K |
| Maximilien J Rappaport Greenville, SC | Endocrinology | 25 | Under 11 | $31K |
| Marcella M Nachmann |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27,138 | 188,193 | 35,742 | $20.1M |
| 2023 | 27,360 | 187,323 | 35,660 | $19.1M |
| 2024 | 28,634 | 195,835 | 37,689 | $15.4M |
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.
| Urology |
| 223 |
| 72 |
| $31K |
| Robert G Pyle Palestine, TX | Endocrinology | 35 | Under 11 | $29K |
| James K Horton Greenville, SC | Endocrinology | 16 | Under 11 | $28K |
| James M Shiver Athens, GA | Family Practice | 13 | Under 11 | $20K |
| Julie M Silverstein Saint Louis, MO | Endocrinology | 112 | 29 | $19K |
| Andrea L Utz Nashville, TN | Endocrinology | 138 | 37 | $18K |
| Stavros R Karatsoridis Defiance, OH | Internal Medicine | 14 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Denis A Yalkut Richmond, KY | Urology | 86 | 22 | $17K |
| Greta H Crisco Concord, NC | Nurse Practitioner | 46 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Jamshid Niknam Inglewood, CA | Internal Medicine | 15 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Colin Carracher Cincinnati, OH | Endocrinology | 42 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Kyle Muir Puyallup, WA | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Paola M Lockhart Pastor Erie, PA | Endocrinology | 18 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Younho Chung Battle Creek, MI | Internal Medicine | 24 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Jeffrey A Sandler San Diego, CA | Endocrinology | 25 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Roberto Salvatori Baltimore, MD | Endocrinology | 81 | 20 | $15K |
| Roberto E Izquierdo Syracuse, NY | Endocrinology | 31 | Under 11 | $15K |
| William Terens Cranford, NJ | Urology | 210 | 72 | $15K |
| Olivia S Chu Stanford, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 66 | 23 | $14K |
| Mehdi Poorkay Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 64 | 18 | $13K |
| Hoover M Royals Jr. Dover, NC | Family Practice | 98 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Brandon King Gore, OK | Family Practice | 175 | 18 | $13K |
| Catherine M Bergan West Chester, PA | Family Practice | 14 | Under 11 | $13K |