Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$31.8M
-3.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
29K
$1,102.30 per claim
Patients
5,980
4,875 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$31.8M
$5,320.37 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $31.8M for Horizant in 2024, for 28,865 prescriptions and refills to 5,980 patients (down 3.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,102.30.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Horizant in 2024: $4.3M for 3,656 claims, followed by New York ($3.9M).
Marina Neystat, neurology in Forest Hills, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Horizant in 2024: 554 claims costing $337K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marina Neystat Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 554 | 78 | $337K |
| Irving I Haber Terre Haute, IN | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 225 | 44 | $271K |
| Joy S Meng |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,195 | 34,193 | 6,767 | $33.5M |
| 2023 | 5,085 | 31,430 | 6,272 | $33.0M |
| 2024 | 4,875 | 28,865 | 5,980 | $31.8M |
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.
| Neurology |
| 81 |
| 18 |
| $140K |
| Philip S Doh Los Angeles, CA | Interventional Pain Management | 116 | 26 | $129K |
| Lauren H Ramos West Hartford, CT | Physician Assistant | 116 | 28 | $126K |
| Sergey Zhivotenko Brooklyn, NY | Neurology | 189 | 48 | $122K |
| Nagesh B Krish Union City, NJ | Neurology | 143 | 26 | $108K |
| Ivan Mikolaenko Coral Springs, FL | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 185 | 50 | $107K |
| Michael B Russo Honolulu, HI | Neurology | 83 | 18 | $107K |
| Irena Pleskova Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 160 | 36 | $106K |
| Maria Dolgovina Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 143 | 29 | $104K |
| Henry S Chen Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 101 | 30 | $104K |
| Anna Dzilenski Cheshire, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 83 | 12 | $95K |
| Ronald Aung-Din Sarasota, FL | Neurology | 58 | 12 | $92K |
| Sangjin Oh Glen Burnie, MD | Neurology | 31 | Under 11 | $80K |
| Yan Lupyan East Brunswick, NJ | Neurology | 105 | 28 | $78K |
| Amanda A Zimmerman Winston Salem, NC | Physician Assistant | 63 | Under 11 | $69K |
| Husham P Mishu Atlanta, GA | Neurology | 50 | 12 | $68K |
| Shawn S Kim Duluth, GA | Internal Medicine | 84 | 14 | $68K |
| John Labs Charlotte, NC | Physician Assistant | 64 | 14 | $66K |
| William G Ondo Houston, TX | Neurology | 44 | Under 11 | $65K |
| Andrew J Smolenski Centennial, CO | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 29 | Under 11 | $63K |
| Chaim Y Mandelbaum New York, NY | Interventional Pain Management | 87 | 15 | $60K |
| Yasar Torres-Yaghi Washington, DC | Neurology | 28 | Under 11 | $60K |
| Mark Buchfuhrer Downey, CA | Pulmonary Disease | 49 | Under 11 | $60K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Arbor/Azurity | 28,883 | $31.8M |