Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$53K
-27.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
16K
$3.43 per claim
Patients
14K
347 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $53K for Fentanyl Citrate in 2024, for 15,511 prescriptions and refills to 13,579 patients (down 27.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $3.43.
Puerto Rico had the highest Medicare cost for Fentanyl Citrate in 2024: $52K for 15,229 claims, followed by Florida ($747).
Joel J de Jesus, gastroenterology in Guayama, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Fentanyl Citrate in 2024: 929 claims costing $3,111.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel J de Jesus Guayama, PR | Gastroenterology | 929 | 724 | $3,111 |
| Harry J Rodriguez-McDougall Coto Laurel, PR | Gastroenterology | 747 | 717 | $2,391 |
| Jorge L Cortes-Ruiz |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 356 | 17,324 | 15,276 | $65K |
| 2023 | 373 | 19,458 | 17,029 | $73K |
| 2024 | 347 | 15,511 | 13,579 | $53K |
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.
| Gastroenterology |
| 490 |
| 302 |
| $1,656 |
| Pedro F Panelli Ponce, PR | Gastroenterology | 402 | 377 | $1,526 |
| Ignacio J Jaca Montijo Bayamon, PR | Gastroenterology | 461 | 300 | $1,509 |
| Henry de Jesus-de la Cruz Carolina, PR | Gastroenterology | 372 | 311 | $1,294 |
| Carmen L Santiago Munoz Ponce, PR | Gastroenterology | 346 | 327 | $1,281 |
| Nestor S Aponte-Reyes Manati, PR | Gastroenterology | 360 | 299 | $1,197 |
| Amarilys Santiago Rolon Salinas, PR | Gastroenterology | 362 | 282 | $1,185 |
| Felipe A Velez Gonzalez Angeles, PR | Gastroenterology | 342 | 266 | $1,100 |
| Rafael A Perez-Bartolomei Manati, PR | Gastroenterology | 313 | 222 | $1,031 |
| Fernando E Baez-Corujo Trujillo Alro, PR | Gastroenterology | 254 | 232 | $868 |
| Wilfred I Hernandez Arecibo, PR | Internal Medicine | 236 | 234 | $768 |
| Santiago Coste-Sibilia Bayamon, PR | Gastroenterology | 230 | 224 | $757 |
| Ekie G Vazquez-Maldonado Bayamon, PR | Gastroenterology | 214 | 211 | $710 |
| Roger D Polish Bayamon, PR | Gastroenterology | 204 | 191 | $692 |
| Arnaldo M Nieves Ramirez Ponce, PR | Gastroenterology | 194 | 188 | $677 |
| Miguel A de Varona Negron Caguas, PR | Gastroenterology | 183 | 177 | $640 |
| Rafael Solis-Mounier Bayamon, PR | Gastroenterology | 192 | 183 | $637 |
| Dilka I Gonzalez-Ortiz Cayey, PR | Gastroenterology | 194 | 169 | $623 |
| Melvin Melendez San Juan, PR | Gastroenterology | 181 | 155 | $621 |
| Henry Gonzalez-Rivera San Juan, PR | Gastroenterology | 183 | 180 | $602 |
| Juan M Marques-Lespier Manati, PR | Gastroenterology | 185 | 164 | $600 |
| Betty Chinea Cruz Manati, PR | Gastroenterology | 182 | 146 | $596 |
| Arnaldo I Rosa Torrens Humacao, PR | Gastroenterology | 156 | 150 | $583 |