Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$140.9M
-18.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
12.7M
$11.12 per claim
Patients
2.7M
409,893 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$141.0M
$51.73 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $140.9M for Escitalopram Oxalate in 2024, for 12,680,299 prescriptions and refills to 2,724,528 patients (down 18.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $11.12.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Escitalopram Oxalate in 2024: $11.0M for 987,277 claims, followed by Florida ($10.7M).
Robert O Morton, psychiatry in Ada, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Escitalopram Oxalate in 2024: 7,613 claims costing $101K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert O Morton Ada, OK | Psychiatry | 7,613 | 814 | $101K |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 6,694 | 602 | $66K |
| Brandon M Roscoe |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 377,047 | 11,150,804 | 2,390,394 | $165.0M |
| 2023 | 393,396 | 11,810,119 | 2,537,336 | $171.8M |
| 2024 | 409,893 | 12,680,299 | 2,724,528 | $140.9M |
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.
| Family Practice |
| 2,143 |
| 320 |
| $34K |
| Susan E Berner Oakwood, OH | Geriatric Medicine | 2,229 | 330 | $31K |
| Vivian I Acevedo Toa Baja, PR | Psychiatry | 4,256 | 498 | $29K |
| Donald E Vollmer II Hendersonville, TN | Family Practice | 3,110 | 222 | $27K |
| Andrew E Graf Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 2,227 | 248 | $26K |
| Terence A Frinks Tucker, GA | Family Practice | 2,080 | 220 | $26K |
| Clemencia Rasquinha Golden Valley, MN | Geriatric Medicine | 1,679 | 269 | $24K |
| James B Krablin Lexington, OK | Geriatric Medicine | 1,682 | 246 | $24K |
| Rebecca L Allen-Legault Granger, IN | Nurse Practitioner | 1,596 | 128 | $24K |
| Gilberto E Zayas San Diego, CA | Psychiatry & Neurology | 461 | 73 | $22K |
| Marc N Raad Wolcott, CT | Internal Medicine | 2,723 | 163 | $22K |
| Albert Warren Jr. Columbia, SC | Family Practice | 2,935 | 157 | $21K |
| April D Abrahamson Stillwater, MN | Internal Medicine | 1,176 | 179 | $21K |
| Amr H Behiri Ashburn, VA | Internal Medicine | 1,317 | 215 | $21K |
| Jesse Cohen Sandy Hook, CT | Internal Medicine | 1,296 | 189 | $21K |
| Scott A Keffer Ansted, WV | General Practice | 2,201 | 177 | $21K |
| Da Wang Flushing, NY | Psychiatry | 4,448 | 671 | $21K |
| Carole A Rosanova Kildeer, IL | Neuropsychiatry | 2,054 | 179 | $20K |
| Joseph Alessandro Danielson, CT | Geriatric Medicine | 991 | 158 | $20K |
| Amar Mohan Monroe, GA | Internal Medicine | 1,753 | 152 | $20K |
| Gary Miller Canton, CT | Internal Medicine | 1,285 | 149 | $19K |
| Aijaz A Nanjiani Paramus, NJ | Psychiatry & Neurology | 1,463 | 149 | $19K |
| Rajesh Agarwal Mayfield Heights, OH | Internal Medicine | 1,425 | 208 | $19K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Solco Healthcar | 5,599,417 | $61.0M |
| Torrent Pharmac TORNTPHARM.NS | 2,379,408 | $27.0M |
| Aurobindo Pharm AUROPHARMA.NS | 1,740,445 | $21.8M |
| Cipla USA, Inc. CIPLA.NS | 735,631 | $9.3M |
| Rising Pharm | 836,347 | $6.0M |
| Bluepoint Labor | 575,736 | $5.0M |
| Legacy Pharmace | 374,638 | $4.4M |
| Quallent Pharma | 219,545 | $3.2M |
| Amneal Pharmace AMRX | 8,378 | $1.1M |
| Northstar Rx Ll | 114,842 | $1.0M |
| Accord Healthca | 69,011 | $491K |
| Camber Pharmace | 2,287 | $346K |
| Exelan Pharmace | 14,585 | $98K |
| Macleods Pharma | 783 | $85K |
| Major Pharmaceu | 8,477 | $70K |
| Lupin Pharmaceu LUPIN.NS | 3,902 | $31K |
| Silarx/Lannett | 92 | $12K |
| Jubilant Cadist JUBLPHARMA.NS | 1,426 | $8,236 |
| AHP | 53 | $1,225 |