Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$22.8M
-35.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
18K
$1,283.45 per claim
Patients
3,562
1,949 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $22.8M for Dihydroergotamine Mesylate in 2024, for 17,785 prescriptions and refills to 3,562 patients (down 35.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,283.45.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Dihydroergotamine Mesylate in 2024: $8.2M for 6,292 claims, followed by California ($6.9M).
Vlad Nusinovich, internal medicine in West Hollywood, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Dihydroergotamine Mesylate in 2024: 758 claims costing $906K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlad Nusinovich West Hollywood, CA | Internal Medicine | 758 | 78 | $906K |
| Amable R Aguiluz Jr. Hawaiian Gardens, CA | General Practice | 642 | 91 | $872K |
| Ricky P Lockett |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,087 | 17,203 | 3,585 | $37.2M |
| 2023 | 1,895 | 17,328 | 3,236 | $35.5M |
| 2024 | 1,949 | 17,785 | 3,562 | $22.8M |
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.
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| 238 |
| 39 |
| $850K |
| Michael Bazel Bell, CA | Emergency Medicine | 510 | 66 | $677K |
| Maria Dolgovina Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 400 | 50 | $490K |
| Ivan Mikolaenko Coral Springs, FL | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 330 | 60 | $373K |
| Rosa Calderon Passaic, NJ | Internal Medicine | 238 | 22 | $315K |
| Marina Neystat Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 227 | 32 | $280K |
| Mark Barats West Hollywood, CA | Nephrology | 163 | 18 | $276K |
| Geoffrey J Gibson Largo, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 65 | Under 11 | $269K |
| Lusine Apikyan Los Angeles, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 189 | 24 | $244K |
| 1023052784 | Internal Medicine | 142 | 18 | $219K |
| Arkady Pinkhas Forset Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 145 | 15 | $209K |
| Amaiak Chilingaryan Glendale, CA | Neurology | 122 | 12 | $191K |
| Mikhail Y Korogluyev Brooklyn, NY | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | 135 | 24 | $185K |
| Zinovy N Lekht Sun Valley, CA | Internal Medicine | 102 | 15 | $182K |
| Hrach Khudatyan Glendale, CA | Family Practice | 80 | Under 11 | $162K |
| Arthur Pinkhasov Forest Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 158 | 24 | $154K |
| Marina Kurman Brooklyn, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 115 | 16 | $152K |
| Victoria Feldman Staten Island, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 115 | 18 | $138K |
| Artin Galoosian Loma Linda, CA | Internal Medicine | 44 | Under 11 | $134K |
| Paul S Catanzaro Saint Louis, MO | Interventional Pain Management | 137 | 26 | $131K |
| Aleksandr Zasypkin Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 54 | Under 11 | $127K |
| Yanina Rubinshteyn Rego Park, NY | Family Practice | 92 | 13 | $124K |
| Irina Kogan Brooklyn, NY | Neurology | 64 | 12 | $121K |