Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$75.6M
+5.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
60K
$1,266.83 per claim
Patients
6,553
5,211 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$75.7M
$11,543.61 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $75.6M for Fycompa in 2024, for 59,713 prescriptions and refills to 6,553 patients (up 5.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,266.83.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Fycompa in 2024: $6.2M for 4,737 claims, followed by California ($6.2M).
Jessica Bishop, physician assistant in Boise, ID, had the highest Medicare cost for Fycompa in 2024: 374 claims costing $474K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Bishop Boise, ID | Physician Assistant | 374 | 40 | $474K |
| Misha N Kucherov Poughkeepsie, NY | Neurology | 258 | 30 | $284K |
| Ricardo Ayala Tallahassee, FL |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,656 | 55,157 | 6,186 | $65.6M |
| 2023 | 4,943 | 57,289 | 6,341 | $72.0M |
| 2024 | 5,211 | 59,713 | 6,553 | $75.6M |
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.
| Pediatric Medicine |
| 194 |
| 35 |
| $254K |
| George L Morris III Milwaukee, WI | Epileptologists | 172 | 16 | $248K |
| Daniel J Luciano New York, NY | Neurology | 178 | 17 | $247K |
| Kelly Langenbeck Cleveland, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 181 | 35 | $238K |
| Sami M Aboumatar Austin, TX | Neurology | 140 | 19 | $227K |
| Olga Taraschenko Aurora, CO | Neurology | 160 | 19 | $221K |
| Charles C Ugokwe Alexandria, LA | Neurology | 179 | 18 | $210K |
| Holly J Maggiano Warren, OH | Neurology | 164 | 18 | $208K |
| Ilo E Leppik Minneapolis, MN | Neurology | 160 | 18 | $199K |
| Toufic A Fakhoury Lexington, KY | Neurology | 145 | 15 | $195K |
| Selim R Benbadis Tampa, FL | Neurology | 129 | 19 | $193K |
| Brenda Wu New Brunswick, NJ | Neurology | 149 | 21 | $189K |
| Thaddeus S Walczak Minneapolis, MN | Neurology | 138 | 13 | $185K |
| Melissa A Carran Camden, NJ | Neurology | 145 | 16 | $181K |
| Najib Murr Hammond, LA | Neurology | 131 | 12 | $181K |
| Daniel D Cabello Clearwater, FL | Neurology | 105 | 13 | $180K |
| Victor Biton Little Rock, AR | Neurology | 140 | 16 | $177K |
| David R Chabolla Jacksonville, FL | Neurology | 139 | 17 | $172K |
| Bassel Abou-Khalil Nashville, TN | Neurology | 142 | 16 | $170K |
| David E Friedman Mineola, NY | Neurology | 111 | 12 | $170K |
| Kenneth D Laxer San Francisco, CA | Neurology | 122 | 12 | $169K |
| Kevin D Graber Stanford, CA | Neurology | 90 | 14 | $166K |
| Matthew C Holtzman Wayne, MI | Neurology | 133 | 20 | $159K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data