Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$7.0M
+15.2% from 2023
Prescriptions
111
$62,800.55 per claim
Patients
-
9 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$7.0M
- per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $7.0M for Elaprase in 2024, for 111 prescriptions and refills to - patients (up 15.2% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $62,800.55.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Elaprase in 2024: $1.8M for 14 claims, followed by Texas ($1.7M).
Jessica Gold, medical genetics and genomics in Great Neck, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Elaprase in 2024: 14 claims costing $1.8M.
Elaprase is made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TAK), listed in the Medicare spending data as Shire US Inc..
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Gold Great Neck, NY | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 14 | Under 11 | $1.8M |
| Paul Hillman Houston, TX | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 47 | Under 11 | $1.7M |
| Shaney E Pressley |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 74 | - | $6.8M |
| 2023 | 10 | 71 | - | $6.0M |
| 2024 | 9 | 111 | - | $7.0M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
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.
| Nurse Practitioner |
| 11 |
| Under 11 |
| $1.1M |
| Joseph Muenzer Chapel Hill, NC | Pediatric Medicine | 13 | Under 11 | $817K |
| William Wilcox Decatur, GA | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 13 | Under 11 | $610K |
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Shire US Inc. TAK | 111 | $7.0M |