Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$400.9M
-10.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
47K
$8,599.32 per claim
Patients
6,661
5,384 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$400.9M
$60,186.23 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $400.9M for Humira(Cf) in 2024, for 46,620 prescriptions and refills to 6,661 patients (down 10.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $8,599.32.
Texas had the highest Medicare cost for Humira(Cf) in 2024: $31.8M for 3,552 claims, followed by New York ($30.9M).
Michael Babilonia Roman, internal medicine in Mayaguez, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Humira(Cf) in 2024: 265 claims costing $1.8M.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Babilonia Roman Mayaguez, PR | Internal Medicine | 265 | 28 | $1.8M |
| Elvin R Garcia McAllen, TX | Rheumatology | 194 | 25 | $1.4M |
| Roger R Wang |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,415 | 49,564 | 7,125 | $410.2M |
| 2023 | 5,551 | 49,822 | 7,028 | $445.7M |
| 2024 | 5,384 | 46,620 | 6,661 | $400.9M |
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.
| Allergy/ Immunology |
| 212 |
| 25 |
| $1.3M |
| Ya Ju Chang New York, NY | Rheumatology | 176 | 20 | $1.2M |
| Carl Restivo Jr. Jersey City, NJ | Rheumatology | 149 | 15 | $1.1M |
| Roberto D Alvarez Aibonito, PR | Rheumatology | 148 | 20 | $1.0M |
| Ravi Bhalla Peoria, AZ | Rheumatology | 93 | 12 | $895K |
| Jonathan Rene Saginaw, MI | Rheumatology | 79 | Under 11 | $707K |
| Allan A Ramey Lancaster, MA | Rheumatology | 89 | Under 11 | $671K |
| Bradley Toews Tulsa, OK | Physician Assistant | 68 | Under 11 | $664K |
| Thomas E Lafferty Ocala, FL | Rheumatology | 69 | Under 11 | $657K |
| Yong H Tsai Daytona Beach, FL | Rheumatology | 89 | 11 | $656K |
| Osvaldo Antommattei Ponce, PR | Rheumatology | 97 | 11 | $650K |
| Anthony M Kahr Bend, OR | Rheumatology | 89 | Under 11 | $624K |
| Preethi Thomas Radnor, PA | Rheumatology | 50 | Under 11 | $621K |
| Grace A Makhlouf Sugar Land, TX | Rheumatology | 36 | Under 11 | $617K |
| Monika Mohan Okemos, MI | Rheumatology | 80 | 11 | $566K |
| Shirley A Albano Hershey, PA | Rheumatology | 68 | Under 11 | $534K |
| James E Dowd Brighton, MI | Rheumatology | 68 | Under 11 | $521K |
| Roy C Sampson Lowell, AR | Rheumatology | 74 | Under 11 | $503K |
| Stephannie L Legarretta Horizon City, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 54 | Under 11 | $490K |
| Susan M Goodman New York, NY | Rheumatology | 61 | Under 11 | $488K |
| Kenneth B Wiesner Sacramento, CA | Rheumatology | 44 | Under 11 | $485K |
| Marta T Bognar Gainesville, GA | Rheumatology | 67 | Under 11 | $484K |
| Zaida Z Fuxench Lopez Bayamon, PR | Internal Medicine | 33 | Under 11 | $456K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data