Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$2.7M
-45.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
9,912
$273.18 per claim
Patients
2,787
2,119 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$2.7M
$971.39 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $2.7M for Ibuprofen-Famotidine in 2024, for 9,912 prescriptions and refills to 2,787 patients (down 45.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $273.18.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Ibuprofen-Famotidine in 2024: $1.0M for 3,780 claims, followed by California ($389K).
Lucia V Avany, family practice in Brooklyn, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Ibuprofen-Famotidine in 2024: 197 claims costing $65K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucia V Avany Brooklyn, NY | Family Practice | 197 | 33 | $65K |
| Larry M Neuman New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 333 | 135 | $54K |
| Jiho Choi Annandale, VA |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,703 | 10,665 | 3,592 | $6.6M |
| 2023 | 2,207 | 10,628 | 3,153 | $5.0M |
| 2024 | 2,119 | 9,912 | 2,787 | $2.7M |
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.
| Family Practice |
| 85 |
| 45 |
| $43K |
| Vlad Nusinovich West Hollywood, CA | Internal Medicine | 113 | 16 | $39K |
| Leonid Bukhman New York, NY | Family Practice | 83 | 26 | $35K |
| Emma B Stolyar Brooklyn, NY | Family Practice | 79 | 18 | $27K |
| Ilya Y Burshteyn Forest Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 89 | 16 | $24K |
| Philip H Lee Burbank, CA | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | 59 | 29 | $22K |
| Igor E Cohen Rego Park, NY | Neurology | 66 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Rena Khanukayeva Staten Island, NY | Family Practice | 66 | 11 | $21K |
| Princess C Ukachukwu Bronx, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 79 | 22 | $20K |
| David Tetrokalashvili Brooklyn, NY | Podiatry | 51 | 11 | $18K |
| Mubushar I Raza Brentwood, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 51 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Maria Dolgovina Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 63 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Karen M Shainsky West Hollywood, CA | Rheumatology | 89 | 15 | $17K |
| John D Adams Jr. Long Beach, CA | Internal Medicine | 23 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Eneida Agosto-Colon Jackson Heights, NY | Rheumatology | 36 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Jennifer Sobol Asheville, NC | Physician Assistant | 63 | 12 | $15K |
| Valeri I Kazakov Bronx, NY | Internal Medicine | 32 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Khaled A Osman Astoria, NY | General Practice | 32 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Sixto R Caro Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 34 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Grace Forde Great Neck, NY | Interventional Pain Management | 19 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Boris Khorets Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 71 | 13 | $13K |
| Abhijeet Rastogi Hainesport, NJ | Anesthesiology | 54 | 12 | $12K |
| Malik C Spady Covington, LA | Rheumatology | 21 | Under 11 | $12K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data