Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$20.77B
+13.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
24.1M
$863.42 per claim
Patients
4.4M
556,431 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$20.77B
$4,695.12 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $20.77B for Eliquis in 2024, for 24,054,695 prescriptions and refills to 4,423,497 patients (up 13.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $863.42.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Eliquis in 2024: $1.58B for 1,734,859 claims, followed by California ($1.58B).
Jennifer L Tresser, pharmacist in Martinez, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Eliquis in 2024: 5,156 claims costing $8.7M.
Eliquis is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), listed in the Medicare spending data as BMS Primarycare.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer L Tresser Martinez, CA | Pharmacist | 5,156 | 1,953 | $8.7M |
| Huong K Ha Sepulveda, CA | Pharmacist | 2,983 | 1,087 | $4.5M |
| Elena M Wellen |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 496,989 | 18,969,114 | 3,504,386 | $15.22B |
| 2023 | 526,725 | 21,185,751 | 3,925,487 | $18.27B |
| 2024 | 556,431 | 24,054,695 | 4,423,497 | $20.77B |
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 |
| 2,698 |
| 1,075 |
| $4.4M |
| Cindy S Kennedy Charlotte, NC | Pharmacist | 2,569 | 851 | $4.0M |
| Carmen Wong Union City, CA | Pharmacist | 2,620 | 950 | $3.9M |
| Wassim Shaheen Wichita, KS | Interventional Cardiology | 3,943 | 765 | $3.7M |
| Jeanne C Benoit Quincy, MA | Nurse Practitioner | 3,125 | 828 | $3.7M |
| Hyeon Hye Lee Cupertino, CA | Pharmacist | 2,298 | 882 | $3.7M |
| Samantha J Seivert Wilmington, NC | Pharmacist | 2,217 | 1,005 | $3.5M |
| Mohamed H Khan Redding, CA | Interventional Cardiology | 2,431 | 716 | $3.5M |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 13,468 | 1,101 | $3.5M |
| Jordan Wong San Francisco, CA | Pharmacist | 2,178 | 774 | $3.3M |
| Glenn H Herrington Wilmington, NC | Pharmacist | 1,900 | 914 | $3.1M |
| Maria R Peluso Winston Salem, NC | Pharmacist | 1,914 | 671 | $3.1M |
| Gad A Silberman Tallahassee, FL | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 3,713 | 564 | $2.7M |
| Michael P Boyle Ocean View, DE | Nurse Practitioner | 2,054 | 754 | $2.7M |
| Mischell E Schlosser Toledo, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 2,387 | 920 | $2.6M |
| Timir S Baman Peoria, IL | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 2,010 | 517 | $2.5M |
| Mayer Rashtian Pasadena, CA | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 2,105 | 544 | $2.4M |
| Zoheir A Abdelbaki Lima, OH | Cardiology | 1,962 | 532 | $2.4M |
| Hazar Dahhan Manchester, CT | Cardiology | 1,730 | 424 | $2.4M |
| Lance E Sullenberger Albany, NY | Cardiology | 1,578 | 482 | $2.3M |
| Jeannie Poon Mooresville, NC | Pharmacist | 1,473 | 490 | $2.3M |
| Majed Nounou Lapeer, MI | Interventional Cardiology | 1,857 | 525 | $2.3M |
| Samantha J Bialecki Toledo, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 2,033 | 806 | $2.3M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| BMS Primarycare BMY | 24,061,332 | $20.77B |