Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$24.3M
+408.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
2,074
$11,715.29 per claim
Patients
323
277 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$24.3M
$75,224.52 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $24.3M for Filspari in 2024, for 2,074 prescriptions and refills to 323 patients (up 408.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $11,715.29.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Filspari in 2024: $4.8M for 396 claims, followed by Texas ($2.3M).
Yasir A Qazi, nephrology in Orange, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Filspari in 2024: 78 claims costing $1.1M.
Filspari is made by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (TVTX), listed in the Medicare spending data as Travere Therape.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasir A Qazi Orange, CA | Nephrology | 78 | 14 | $1.1M |
| Alexander D Doan San Jose, CA | Nephrology | 38 | Under 11 | $439K |
| Jorge Barrero Oakland Park, FL |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 103 | 426 | 112 | $4.8M |
| 2024 | 277 | 2,074 | 323 | $24.3M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims |
|---|
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.
| Nephrology |
| 34 |
| Under 11 |
| $393K |
| Wei Y Sun New York, NY | Nephrology | 32 | Under 11 | $389K |
| Laura A Kooienga Denver, CO | Nephrology | 19 | Under 11 | $335K |
| Jun Li New York, NY | Nephrology | 25 | Under 11 | $292K |
| Osama Amro Seattle, WA | Nephrology | 24 | Under 11 | $285K |
| Luis E Velez San Antonio, TX | Nephrology | 22 | Under 11 | $256K |
| Lakhi M Sakhrani Alhambra, CA | Nephrology | 21 | Under 11 | $251K |
| Payam Shakouri Poughkeepsie, NY | Nephrology | 24 | Under 11 | $251K |
| Michael E Dicus Salinas, CA | Nephrology | 21 | Under 11 | $236K |
| Venkatesh B Jayaraman Binghamton, NY | Nephrology | 20 | Under 11 | $229K |
| Anita Nahar Frederick, MD | Nephrology | 18 | Under 11 | $227K |
| Louisa T Ho Evanston, IL | Nephrology | 20 | Under 11 | $226K |
| Eric Wechsler Newport Beach, CA | Nephrology | 20 | Under 11 | $212K |
| Matthew C Menezes Park Ridge, IL | Nephrology | 19 | Under 11 | $211K |
| Mariano H Demiguel Toledo, OH | Nephrology | 17 | Under 11 | $199K |
| Nijal Sheth Naples, FL | Nephrology | 16 | Under 11 | $193K |
| Harpreet S Dhindsa Fresno, CA | Nephrology | 16 | Under 11 | $181K |
| Rizwan K Moinuddin Melrose Park, IL | Nephrology | 15 | Under 11 | $162K |
| Raymond K Hsu San Francisco, CA | Nephrology | 14 | Under 11 | $160K |
| Christie H Izutsu Honolulu, HI | Nephrology | 14 | Under 11 | $158K |
| Ankit Rawal Winfield, IL | Nephrology | 14 | Under 11 | $157K |
| Anand Khurana Tulsa, OK | Nephrology | 14 | Under 11 | $154K |
| Andrew M Patchett St George, UT | Nephrology | 13 | Under 11 | $153K |
| Spending |
|---|
| Travere Therape TVTX | 2,074 | $24.3M |