Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.8M
-23.2% from 2023
Prescriptions
65K
$58.43 per claim
Patients
11K
3,687 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$3.8M
$347.38 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.8M for Estazolam in 2024, for 64,764 prescriptions and refills to 10,892 patients (down 23.2% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $58.43.
Puerto Rico had the highest Medicare cost for Estazolam in 2024: $3.2M for 54,758 claims, followed by Florida ($129K).
Jorge L Valentin, psychiatry in Mayaguez, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Estazolam in 2024: 1,374 claims costing $88K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge L Valentin Mayaguez, PR | Psychiatry | 1,374 | 240 | $88K |
| Vivian I Acevedo Toa Baja, PR | Psychiatry | 1,486 | 250 | $85K |
| Madeline Santos-Carlo |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,826 | 86,212 | 13,193 | $5.1M |
| 2023 | 3,656 | 85,521 | 13,033 | $4.9M |
| 2024 | 3,687 | 64,764 | 10,892 | $3.8M |
Amount reimbursed by state Medicaid programs, all states
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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.
| Psychiatry |
| 1,420 |
| 225 |
| $84K |
| Luis C Rojas Sr. Rio Piedras, PR | Psychiatry | 1,276 | 207 | $77K |
| Maritza Ortiz Acosta Ponce, PR | Psychiatry | 996 | 157 | $67K |
| Carlos J Gonzalez Degro Guayama, PR | Psychiatry | 988 | 140 | $59K |
| Arturo L Arroba Carpio Manati, PR | Psychiatry | 1,064 | 166 | $57K |
| Pedro Oyola Nieves Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 947 | 128 | $57K |
| Milagros Ortiz Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 957 | 176 | $53K |
| Diogenes O Adames Carolina, PR | Psychiatry | 948 | 134 | $52K |
| Jose R Rodriguez Cay Caguas, PR | Psychiatry | 795 | 106 | $46K |
| Angel M Gomez Rodriguez Coamo, PR | Psychiatry | 694 | 101 | $43K |
| Edgardo J Prieto Agostini Coquas, PR | Psychiatry | 739 | 90 | $39K |
| Ernesto R Marrero Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 634 | 117 | $39K |
| Jose J Zamora-Alvarez Mayaguez, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 671 | 85 | $39K |
| Norberto Pellot Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 657 | 99 | $38K |
| Manuel A Brignoni Roman Ponce, PR | Psychiatry | 645 | 90 | $34K |
| Vivian Pastrana Bonilla Aibonito, PR | Psychiatry | 489 | 66 | $33K |
| Zaleskie Ruiz Cabo Rojo, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 483 | 69 | $32K |
| Jose A Alonso Alonso San Juan, PR | Psychiatry | 562 | 123 | $31K |
| Ruben L Bravo Valverde Sr. Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 458 | 62 | $28K |
| Raul Benitez Manati, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 462 | 72 | $25K |
| David A Flores Cayey, PR | Psychiatry | 380 | 62 | $24K |
| Jose Rios-Robles Baltimore, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology | 485 | 70 | $23K |
| Carlos Baco-Alfaro Orocovis, PR | Psychiatry | 473 | 52 | $23K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data