Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$81.5M
-30.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
6.7M
$12.23 per claim
Patients
4.6M
601,949 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $81.5M for Doxycycline Hyclate in 2024, for 6,664,819 prescriptions and refills to 4,636,554 patients (down 30.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $12.23.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Doxycycline Hyclate in 2024: $7.4M for 633,049 claims, followed by Texas ($5.9M).
Jason Ford, internal medicine in Mineola, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Doxycycline Hyclate in 2024: 153 claims costing $26K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Ford Mineola, NY | Internal Medicine | 153 | 81 | $26K |
| Clarence Mast Meshoppen, PA | Family Practice | 182 | 62 | $24K |
| Mark G Tusa Temple, TX |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 530,899 | 5,139,649 | 3,565,542 | $121.4M |
| 2023 | 566,264 | 5,910,433 | 4,119,561 | $117.3M |
| 2024 | 601,949 | 6,664,819 | 4,636,554 | $81.5M |
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.
| Dermatology |
| 781 |
| 546 |
| $24K |
| Dmitry Khasak New York, NY | Dermatology | 78 | 48 | $19K |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 564 | 328 | $17K |
| Osa C Guobadia Middletown, NY | Family Practice | 110 | 49 | $17K |
| Mona Malakouti Pasadena, CA | Dermatology | 28 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Elizabeth M Burke Salisbury, MD | Dermatology | 239 | 118 | $17K |
| Peter Hu Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 53 | 25 | $16K |
| Thomas P Sollecito Radnor, PA | Maxillofacial Surgery | 188 | 46 | $16K |
| Rashan J Jones Jacksonville, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 598 | 598 | $15K |
| Chris Towery Temecula, CA | Family Practice | 52 | 43 | $15K |
| Joseph G Bacigalupo Hempstead, NY | Dentist | 342 | 115 | $15K |
| Thomas L Hocker Overland Park, KS | Pathology | 1,460 | 1,202 | $15K |
| John P Minni Stuart, FL | Dermatology | 490 | 155 | $14K |
| Brian J King Vestavia Hls, AL | Dermatology | 1,752 | 1,503 | $14K |
| Sandeep Jain Chicago, IL | Ophthalmology | 648 | 171 | $14K |
| John C Chapman Lafayette, LA | Dermatology | 1,462 | 1,250 | $14K |
| Brandon M Roscoe Du Bois, PA | Family Practice | 547 | 277 | $14K |
| Robert A Zajac San Antonio, TX | Infectious Disease | 437 | 150 | $13K |
| Jeffery C Weeks Northport, AL | Dermatology | 568 | 102 | $13K |
| Daniel Ebroon Thousand Oaks, CA | Ophthalmology | 161 | 125 | $13K |
| Charles D Francis Hurricane, WV | Ophthalmology | 508 | 183 | $13K |
| Jaclyn E Geronimo Toledo, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 125 | 58 | $13K |
| Mark S Brown Mobile, AL | Ophthalmology | 333 | 144 | $13K |