Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$2.0M
-11.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
6,211
$315.15 per claim
Patients
2,439
2,498 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $2.0M for Estrace in 2024, for 6,211 prescriptions and refills to 2,439 patients (down 11.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $315.15.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Estrace in 2024: $378K for 1,382 claims, followed by New York ($180K).
Francis J McGouran III, family practice in Duncan, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Estrace in 2024: 12 claims costing $8,139.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis J McGouran III Duncan, OK | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $8,139 |
| Mary Jane J Minkin New Haven, CT | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $7,498 |
| Kathleen M Lau |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,536 | 11,730 | 5,560 | $2.8M |
| 2023 | 2,677 | 6,777 | 2,670 | $2.2M |
| 2024 | 2,498 | 6,211 | 2,439 | $2.0M |
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.
| Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| 11 |
| Under 11 |
| $6,155 |
| Eva S Arkin Atlanta, GA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $5,799 |
| Barbara I Held Houston, TX | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 20 | Under 11 | $5,664 |
| Max F Lebow Los Angeles, CA | Emergency Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $5,429 |
| Rafael E Jordan Augusta, GA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $5,021 |
| Amy L Solomon Tampa, FL | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 13 | Under 11 | $4,407 |
| Maurice P Flemming Kansas City, MO | Physician Assistant | 11 | Under 11 | $4,231 |
| Steven D Jimerson Norman, OK | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 12 | Under 11 | $4,201 |
| Autumn L Edenfield Charleston, SC | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 12 | Under 11 | $4,190 |
| Stacy B Slechta Newton, KS | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $4,029 |
| Arya Khatiwoda East Lansing, MI | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $3,911 |
| Einat R Duhamel Encinitas, CA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,820 |
| Megan J Forshee Springfield, IL | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,767 |
| Nicole E Quinn Fayetteville, GA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 16 | Under 11 | $3,360 |
| Nina Y Lee Antioch, CA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,263 |
| Ziad Shahla Bonita Springs, FL | Internal Medicine | 13 | Under 11 | $3,174 |
| Thomas M Hanson New Haven, CT | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 12 | Under 11 | $2,956 |
| Daniel W Yarrish Salt Lake City, UT | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $2,732 |
| Douglas Moss New York, NY | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $2,721 |
| Lisa A Nicholas Los Angeles, CA | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 11 | Under 11 | $2,443 |
| Misty L Hurt Jackson, TN | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $2,361 |
| Nitin P Shenoy Hickory, NC | Internal Medicine | 11 | Under 11 | $2,282 |
| Brent J Baroody Florence, SC | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 12 | Under 11 | $2,163 |