Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$23.9M
-7.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
15K
$1,549.60 per claim
Patients
1,891
1,774 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$23.9M
$12,648.36 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $23.9M for Edurant in 2024, for 15,435 prescriptions and refills to 1,891 patients (down 7.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,549.60.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Edurant in 2024: $4.0M for 2,100 claims, followed by New York ($3.8M).
Jose A Giron, infectious disease in Orlando, FL, had the highest Medicare cost for Edurant in 2024: 159 claims costing $211K.
Edurant is made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), listed in the Medicare spending data as Janssen Product.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose A Giron Orlando, FL | Infectious Disease | 159 | 15 | $211K |
| Dong Phuong H Nguyen San Francisco, CA | Pharmacist | 44 | 12 | $209K |
| Lucy S Ung |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,083 | 18,907 | 2,333 | $27.1M |
| 2023 | 1,966 | 16,928 | 2,112 | $25.7M |
| 2024 | 1,774 | 15,435 | 1,891 | $23.9M |
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.
| Pharmacist |
| 42 |
| Under 11 |
| $144K |
| Andrew C McNeil Sacramento, CA | Internal Medicine | 33 | Under 11 | $126K |
| Gloria S Cha Los Angeles, CA | Pharmacist | 24 | Under 11 | $113K |
| Cecilia D Aduako Georgetown, SC | Infectious Disease | 77 | Under 11 | $103K |
| Shawn K Hassler San Francisco, CA | Internal Medicine | 68 | Under 11 | $100K |
| Robert T Higginson Jr. Richmond, VA | Physician Assistant | 70 | Under 11 | $99K |
| Jennifer J Chang Los Angeles, CA | Family Practice | 24 | Under 11 | $93K |
| Paul L Sacamano Tucson, AZ | Nurse Practitioner | 59 | Under 11 | $90K |
| David M Aboulafia Seattle, WA | Hematology-Oncology | 57 | Under 11 | $89K |
| Victor S Moore Palm Springs, CA | Physician Assistant | 53 | Under 11 | $89K |
| Chandralekha Banerjee Baltimore, MD | Infectious Disease | 60 | Under 11 | $89K |
| Mariam M Khambaty Baltimore, MD | Infectious Disease | 63 | Under 11 | $89K |
| Mark E Higgins San Francisco, CA | Internal Medicine | 58 | Under 11 | $83K |
| Mark T Watkins Philadelphia, PA | General Practice | 59 | Under 11 | $83K |
| Sarah E Green Philadelphia, PA | Nurse Practitioner | 51 | Under 11 | $82K |
| Molly Stenzel Portland, OR | Infectious Disease | 17 | Under 11 | $77K |
| Jill Frickenhaus New York, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 48 | Under 11 | $76K |
| Luis G Marquez San Juan, PR | General Practice | 51 | Under 11 | $75K |
| Ronald L Schut Minneapolis, MN | Infectious Disease | 51 | Under 11 | $75K |
| Alexander Lafortune Elmhurst, NY | Infectious Disease | 48 | Under 11 | $74K |
| Desiree Ferrandiz Paterson, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 46 | Under 11 | $73K |
| Ann E Stapleton Palm Springs, CA | Internal Medicine | 45 | Under 11 | $72K |
| Antonio E Urbina New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 43 | Under 11 | $71K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Product JNJ | 15,435 | $23.9M |