Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$60.4M
-16.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.5M
$39.12 per claim
Patients
542K
209,106 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$60.5M
$111.50 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $60.4M for Lactulose in 2024, for 1,544,345 prescriptions and refills to 542,201 patients (down 16.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $39.12.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Lactulose in 2024: $17.7M for 123,303 claims, followed by California ($10.0M).
Michael Bazel, emergency medicine in Bell, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Lactulose in 2024: 563 claims costing $810K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bazel Bell, CA | Emergency Medicine | 563 | 67 | $810K |
| Vlad Nusinovich West Hollywood, CA | Internal Medicine | 478 | 65 | $646K |
| Weining W Liang |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 190,353 | 1,459,228 | 475,369 | $77.6M |
| 2023 | 204,272 | 1,554,922 | 526,490 | $72.4M |
| 2024 | 209,106 | 1,544,345 | 542,201 | $60.4M |
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.
| Internal Medicine |
| 164 |
| 44 |
| $488K |
| Ricky P Lockett Saint Petersburg, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 187 | 36 | $404K |
| Arthur Pinkhasov Forest Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 143 | 16 | $353K |
| 1023052784 | Internal Medicine | 187 | 25 | $303K |
| Wu Tan Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 371 | 88 | $221K |
| Natalya Rodionova Bronx, NY | Family Practice | 203 | 53 | $212K |
| Alaa S Eldin Jersey City, NJ | Gastroenterology | 80 | 20 | $202K |
| Jose L Lantin Yonkers, NY | Gastroenterology | 57 | 14 | $198K |
| Ghias Moussa Jersey City, NJ | Cardiology | 41 | 12 | $186K |
| Mark Barats West Hollywood, CA | Nephrology | 138 | 17 | $184K |
| Mazhar Elamir Jersey City, NJ | Internal Medicine | 181 | 63 | $171K |
| Oksana Levitansky Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 95 | 14 | $167K |
| Sam Moskowitz Brooklyn, NY | Gastroenterology | 33 | Under 11 | $151K |
| Purna Chandra Prasad Atluri Brooklyn, NY | Gastroenterology | 177 | 61 | $145K |
| Valeri I Kazakov Bronx, NY | Internal Medicine | 104 | 26 | $143K |
| Xiangsheng Zheng Birmingham, AL | Internal Medicine | 76 | 34 | $141K |
| Hangjun Jang Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 99 | 22 | $136K |
| Arutyun Topsakalyan Glendale, CA | General Practice | 137 | 17 | $132K |
| Victoria Borovsky Encino, CA | Internal Medicine | 92 | 12 | $122K |
| Lalit P Patel Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 76 | 17 | $122K |
| Arkady Stern Los Angeles, CA | Family Practice | 97 | 14 | $121K |
| Anna Chan Flushing, NY | Family Practice | 60 | 33 | $121K |
| Jun Yang Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 57 | 18 | $120K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Foxland Pharmac | 11,115 | $24.7M |
| Pai Holding, Ll | 998,819 | $23.7M |
| Lannett Co. Inc | 312,029 | $7.0M |
| Xttrium Labs. | 119,874 | $2.8M |
| Rising Pharm | 73,633 | $1.8M |
| Hi-Tech/Akorn C | 19,054 | $356K |
| Chartwell Rx Ll | 5,740 | $113K |
| Morton Grove Ph | 2,896 | $70K |
| Vistapharm/Pai | 1,593 | $35K |
| Kesin Pharma | 75 | $2,690 |
| Akorn Inc. | 61 | $2,331 |