Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$23.0M
-13.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
11K
$2,083.41 per claim
Patients
1,228
1,029 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$23.0M
$18,745.64 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $23.0M for Isentress Hd in 2024, for 11,049 prescriptions and refills to 1,228 patients (down 13.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $2,083.41.
Puerto Rico had the highest Medicare cost for Isentress Hd in 2024: $3.7M for 1,790 claims, followed by California ($2.9M).
Veronica Perez Ramos, family practice in Bayamon, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Isentress Hd in 2024: 205 claims costing $409K.
Isentress Hd is made by Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), listed in the Medicare spending data as Merck Sharp & D.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veronica Perez Ramos Bayamon, PR | Family Practice | 205 | 22 | $409K |
| Lucy S Ung Loma Linda, CA | Pharmacist | 63 | 12 | $261K |
| Saul Irizarry Vazquez |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,200 | 14,719 | 1,616 | $28.9M |
| 2023 | 1,146 | 12,721 | 1,463 | $26.6M |
| 2024 | 1,029 | 11,049 | 1,228 | $23.0M |
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.
| General Practice |
| 127 |
| 19 |
| $256K |
| Celestino Flores Bayamon, PR | General Practice | 111 | 14 | $225K |
| Anibal A Rodriguez Bayamon, PR | General Practice | 105 | 13 | $211K |
| Franco A Felizarta Bakersfield, CA | Infectious Disease | 97 | 12 | $198K |
| Amarilis Rivera Maldonado Cabo Rojo, PR | General Practice | 85 | Under 11 | $174K |
| Morgan L Cordero Bayamon, PR | General Practice | 85 | 12 | $170K |
| Jessica Rosario Santurce, PR | General Practice | 79 | 12 | $157K |
| Nilda Nieves-Serrano Arcibo, PR | General Practice | 74 | 12 | $154K |
| Tammy R Jones Monroe, LA | Family Practice | 78 | 11 | $154K |
| Mary L Eschete Houma, LA | Internal Medicine | 67 | Under 11 | $126K |
| Margarita Medina San Juan, PR | Internal Medicine | 59 | Under 11 | $119K |
| Adam Williams Salt Lake City, UT | Physician Assistant | 57 | Under 11 | $116K |
| Marcia Alcouloumre Senteno Long Beach, CA | Infectious Disease | 58 | Under 11 | $107K |
| Marah J Lee Oakland Park, FL | Internal Medicine | 48 | Under 11 | $100K |
| Sabirah N Kasule Bronx, NY | Infectious Disease | 52 | Under 11 | $97K |
| Waref Azmeh Baton Rouge, LA | Infectious Disease | 48 | Under 11 | $96K |
| Jose M Ortiz Velez Caguas, PR | Family Practice | 42 | Under 11 | $96K |
| Adrian Perez Medina Hatillo, PR | General Practice | 47 | Under 11 | $94K |
| Brittany E Hanes Orangeburg, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 48 | Under 11 | $93K |
| Patricia Barditch-Crovo Baltimore, MD | Internal Medicine | 50 | Under 11 | $92K |
| Melissa M Stevenson Albany, GA | Nurse Practitioner | 49 | Under 11 | $92K |
| Claire Farel I Chapel Hill, NC | Infectious Disease | 46 | Under 11 | $89K |
| Peter Shalit Seattle, WA | Internal Medicine | 46 | Under 11 | $89K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Merck Sharp & D MRK | 11,049 | $23.0M |