Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.2M
-11.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
96K
$33.53 per claim
Patients
58K
21,577 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.2M for Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate in 2024, for 96,152 prescriptions and refills to 57,718 patients (down 11.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $33.53.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate in 2024: $281K for 7,838 claims, followed by California ($280K).
Baljit Sohal, optometry in Marysville, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate in 2024: 993 claims costing $36K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baljit Sohal Marysville, CA | Optometry | 993 | 373 | $36K |
| Robert A Mallette Jackson, MS | Ophthalmology | 604 | 237 | $26K |
| Michael E Green |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,538 | 90,428 | 54,966 | $3.5M |
| 2023 | 21,071 | 95,759 | 57,269 | $3.7M |
| 2024 | 21,577 | 96,152 | 57,718 | $3.2M |
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.
| Ophthalmology |
| 599 |
| 396 |
| $24K |
| Ross A Parks Kissimmee, FL | Ophthalmology | 498 | 292 | $23K |
| Richard C Cape Dyersburg, TN | Ophthalmology | 612 | 530 | $23K |
| Thomas E Marshall Baytown, TX | Ophthalmology | 489 | 324 | $19K |
| James M Jochum Orange City, FL | Ophthalmology | 358 | 268 | $17K |
| Miguel A Garcia-Llorens Hatillo, PR | Ophthalmology | 329 | 284 | $16K |
| Harjit S Athwal Toms River, NJ | Ophthalmology | 370 | 184 | $15K |
| Hamid J Obeid Rome, NY | Otolaryngology | 312 | 119 | $15K |
| Earl E Lanter Indianapolis, IN | Ophthalmology | 326 | 187 | $13K |
| Emmanuel H Kai-Lewis Tempe, AZ | Ophthalmology | 260 | 127 | $12K |
| Todd O Leventhal New Providence, NJ | Ophthalmology | 322 | 165 | $12K |
| Jonathan C Schell Saint Louis, MO | Ophthalmology | 297 | 180 | $11K |
| Kenneth P Toler Jr. Jackson, MS | Ophthalmology | 238 | 162 | $10K |
| Bradley Hamar Yuba City, CA | Optometry | 189 | 120 | $9,641 |
| Spurgeon W Clark III Waycross, GA | Ophthalmology | 248 | 163 | $9,271 |
| Edward N Digges Wichita, KS | Otolaryngology | 197 | 103 | $8,876 |
| Jay C Bradley Lubbock, TX | Ophthalmology | 222 | 109 | $8,514 |
| David J Harris Jr. Knoxville, TN | Ophthalmology | 242 | 68 | $8,349 |
| Jesse S Pelletier North Miami Beach, FL | Ophthalmology | 195 | 123 | $8,078 |
| Brian R Kosobucki Winston Salem, NC | Ophthalmology | 217 | 56 | $8,019 |
| Alan D Sampson Lakeport, CA | Ophthalmology | 154 | 117 | $7,993 |
| William J Degenhart Savannah, GA | Ophthalmology | 191 | 59 | $7,962 |
| Kenneth M Deen Thomaston, GA | Ophthalmology | 167 | 68 | $7,454 |