Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.6M
+10.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
247K
$14.40 per claim
Patients
124K
87,769 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.6M for Indomethacin in 2024, for 247,202 prescriptions and refills to 124,240 patients (up 10.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $14.40.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Indomethacin in 2024: $371K for 15,809 claims, followed by California ($306K).
Martin H Grotheer, family practice in Miami, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Indomethacin in 2024: 323 claims costing $6,185.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin H Grotheer Miami, OK | Family Practice | 323 | 94 | $6,185 |
| Ronnie T Chu Demopolis, AL | Family Practice | 183 | 72 | $4,264 |
| Robert G Ranelle |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89,741 | 251,584 | 128,250 | $3.4M |
| 2023 | 87,327 | 245,564 | 123,489 | $3.2M |
| 2024 | 87,769 | 247,202 | 124,240 | $3.6M |
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.
| Orthopedic Surgery |
| 328 |
| 96 |
| $3,548 |
| Sherry Hinson Mount Airy, NC | Physician Assistant | 102 | 31 | $2,009 |
| Pandora K Wilson Whittier, CA | Family Practice | 260 | 139 | $1,834 |
| David E Kershner Omaha, NE | Physician Assistant | 59 | 18 | $1,810 |
| Hung T Dang Arlington, TX | Family Practice | 59 | 32 | $1,750 |
| Edward Reshel Menomonee Falls, WI | Neurology | 47 | Under 11 | $1,749 |
| Yao J Huang Wichita Falls, TX | Family Practice | 87 | 19 | $1,725 |
| Ali H Mahmood Detroit, MI | Internal Medicine | 89 | 44 | $1,688 |
| Eddie L Whitehead Tucker, GA | Internal Medicine | 118 | 14 | $1,607 |
| Susan A Glenn Raleigh, NC | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $1,589 |
| John N Winnie Jr. Macon, GA | Family Practice | 86 | 16 | $1,521 |
| Columbus Brown IV Little Rock, AR | Rheumatology | 209 | 58 | $1,394 |
| Sukhraj S Gill Greenville, NC | Psychiatry & Neurology | 11 | Under 11 | $1,320 |
| Sumner R Cullom Osceola, AR | Family Practice | 90 | 45 | $1,245 |
| 1427113349 | Family Practice | 84 | 28 | $1,228 |
| Jason Valls Saint Martinville, LA | Family Practice | 97 | 30 | $1,216 |
| Nancy Kelley Bloomsburg, PA | Neurology | 42 | 19 | $1,207 |
| Richard S Westbrook El Paso, TX | Orthopedic Surgery | 54 | 21 | $1,205 |
| Cecil B Jordan II St George, SC | Family Practice | 88 | 30 | $1,205 |
| Sean M Fahey Mooresville, NC | Rheumatology | 51 | 16 | $1,190 |
| Christopher C Laganke Cullman, AL | Neurology | 76 | 23 | $1,150 |
| Gilberto J Alvarado Diaz Ponce, PR | Orthopedic Surgery | 216 | 174 | $1,126 |
| Mark L Daniel Elberton, GA | Family Practice | 85 | 34 | $1,124 |