Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$34.3M
+7.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
2,020
$16,956.51 per claim
Patients
696
610 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$34.3M
$49,212.85 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $34.3M for Ilumya in 2024, for 2,020 prescriptions and refills to 696 patients (up 7.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $16,956.51.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Ilumya in 2024: $5.5M for 325 claims, followed by New Jersey ($3.3M).
Henry Yu, physician assistant in Bronx, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Ilumya in 2024: 26 claims costing $439K.
Ilumya is made by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (SUNPHARMA.NS), listed in the Medicare spending data as Sun Pharma Glob.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Yu Bronx, NY | Physician Assistant | 26 | Under 11 | $439K |
| Elisha E Christianson Waterbury, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | Under 11 | $432K |
| Jerry Bagel |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 462 | 1,540 | 535 | $25.0M |
| 2023 | 533 | 1,822 | 629 | $31.8M |
| 2024 | 610 | 2,020 | 696 | $34.3M |
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.
| Dermatology |
| 26 |
| Under 11 |
| $430K |
| Tien Q Nguyen Fountain Valley, CA | Dermatology | 25 | Under 11 | $412K |
| Dennis Polley II Fayetteville, NC | Physician Assistant | 15 | Under 11 | $259K |
| David H Finkelstein Voorhees, NJ | Dermatology | 15 | Under 11 | $250K |
| Jeffrey M Weinberg Kew Gardens, NY | Dermatology | 13 | Under 11 | $222K |
| Andrea Nguyen Irvine, CA | Physician Assistant | 11 | Under 11 | $189K |
| Beth H Lertzman Rochester, NY | Dermatology | 12 | Under 11 | $181K |
| Xin Guan Chester, NJ | Physician Assistant | 11 | Under 11 | $177K |
| Charlotte S Noorollah Roslyn Heights, NY | Dermatology | 11 | Under 11 | $170K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Pharma Glob SUNPHARMA.NS | 2,020 | $34.3M |