Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$16.8M
-33.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
707K
$23.78 per claim
Patients
196K
122,101 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $16.8M for Diltiazem Hcl in 2024, for 707,362 prescriptions and refills to 196,173 patients (down 33.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $23.78.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Diltiazem Hcl in 2024: $1.9M for 72,539 claims, followed by California ($1.7M).
James B Krablin, geriatric medicine in Lexington, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Diltiazem Hcl in 2024: 420 claims costing $16K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James B Krablin Lexington, OK | Geriatric Medicine | 420 | 65 | $16K |
| Venkat R Battula Lima, OH | Cardiology | 553 | 156 | $12K |
| Saulius Kalvaitis |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 125,579 | 744,782 | 202,584 | $25.7M |
| 2023 | 122,860 | 719,883 | 196,882 | $25.2M |
| 2024 | 122,101 | 707,362 | 196,173 | $16.8M |
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.
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| 261 |
| 82 |
| $9,374 |
| Lan Luo Ocala, FL | Cardiology | 333 | 96 | $8,955 |
| Carlos J Carro Pagan Ponce, PR | Cardiology | 421 | 101 | $8,171 |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 234 | 38 | $8,078 |
| Daniel T Parnassa Sebring, FL | Cardiology | 309 | 112 | $7,783 |
| Harikrishnan Damodaran Nair Glasgow, KY | Cardiology | 280 | 72 | $7,452 |
| Diana M Mancuso Dothan, AL | Family Practice | 177 | 46 | $7,144 |
| Jagdish R Patel Dekalb, IL | Cardiology | 258 | 74 | $6,980 |
| Mazen I Madhoun Salem, VA | Family Practice | 154 | 29 | $6,358 |
| Christopher I Jones Lady Lake, FL | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 258 | 108 | $6,297 |
| Nitza I Alvarez Torres Lady Lake, FL | Cardiology | 222 | 82 | $6,141 |
| Mehran Arabpour Lima, OH | Cardiology | 262 | 87 | $5,972 |
| Jagroop S Basraon Madison, WI | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 337 | 151 | $5,847 |
| Rajesh Agarwal Mayfield Heights, OH | Internal Medicine | 189 | 27 | $5,627 |
| Wyatt K Blake Gray, GA | Emergency Medicine | 561 | 15 | $5,573 |
| Gavin M Leask Florence, SC | Cardiology | 193 | 62 | $5,451 |
| David Heise Port Orange, FL | Family Practice | 184 | 37 | $5,369 |
| Hector J Colombany Lorenzo Aguadilla, PR | Cardiology | 361 | 66 | $5,287 |
| Vivek Gupta Chicago, IL | Internal Medicine | 99 | 16 | $5,281 |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 273 | 37 | $5,181 |
| Erik D Englehart Sandwich, IL | Family Practice | 179 | 29 | $5,137 |
| Kari D Shields Ashland, KY | Family Practice | 122 | 20 | $5,112 |
| George S Predeteanu Flint, MI | Cardiology | 104 | 37 | $5,026 |