Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.5M
-49.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
229
$15,113.25 per claim
Patients
27
31 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$3.5M
$128,182.78 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.5M for Kuvan in 2024, for 229 prescriptions and refills to 27 patients (down 49.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $15,113.25.
Connecticut had the highest Medicare cost for Kuvan in 2024: $723K for 47 claims, followed by Massachusetts ($464K).
Yong-Hui Jiang, medical genetics and genomics in New Haven, CT, had the highest Medicare cost for Kuvan in 2024: 26 claims costing $492K.
Kuvan is made by BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BMRN), listed in the Medicare spending data as Biomarin Pharma.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yong-Hui Jiang New Haven, CT | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 26 | Under 11 | $492K |
| Janet Thomas Aurora, CO | Medical Genetics and Genomics | 11 | Under 11 | $265K |
| Leah B Wessenberg |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65 | 668 | 70 | $10.3M |
| 2023 | 43 | 426 | 41 | $6.8M |
| 2024 | 31 | 229 | 27 | $3.5M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
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.
| Nurse Practitioner |
| 12 |
| Under 11 |
| $230K |
| Paul Herlan New Haven, CT | Physician Assistant | 17 | Under 11 | $177K |
| Jennifer Tiffany-Amaro Philadelphia, PA | Nurse Practitioner | 22 | Under 11 | $155K |
| Stefanie P Yoon Johnson City, TN | Nurse Practitioner | 16 | Under 11 | $121K |
| Nancy D Leslie Cincinnati, OH | Pediatric Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $103K |
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Biomarin Pharma BMRN | 229 | $3.5M |