Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$144.0M
-16.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
4.7M
$30.89 per claim
Patients
803K
303,234 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $144.0M for Levetiracetam in 2024, for 4,662,987 prescriptions and refills to 803,175 patients (down 16.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $30.89.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Levetiracetam in 2024: $13.8M for 381,108 claims, followed by New York ($10.2M).
Terence A Frinks, family practice in Tucker, GA, had the highest Medicare cost for Levetiracetam in 2024: 2,795 claims costing $93K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terence A Frinks Tucker, GA | Family Practice | 2,795 | 264 | $93K |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 3,296 | 304 | $78K |
| Kalina A Bidjov |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 283,728 | 4,318,424 | 740,171 | $174.3M |
| 2023 | 293,477 | 4,446,943 | 765,920 | $171.4M |
| 2024 | 303,234 | 4,662,987 | 803,175 | $144.0M |
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 |
| 1,775 |
| 319 |
| $69K |
| Deborah S Zielinski Chicago, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 1,155 | 222 | $59K |
| Leon Zacharowicz Syracuse, NY | Neurology | 1,160 | 112 | $56K |
| Evan K Sandok La Crosse, WI | Neurology | 1,236 | 240 | $55K |
| James P Valeriano Pittsburgh, PA | Neurology | 1,492 | 246 | $54K |
| Antoine E Mitri Downey, CA | Neurology | 1,075 | 217 | $53K |
| Daniel T Mattson Bridgeton, MO | Neurology | 985 | 204 | $52K |
| Joel S Peck Aiea, HI | Psychiatry | 976 | 67 | $52K |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 1,371 | 168 | $52K |
| Rodolfo Perez Jr. Montclair, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 801 | 86 | $50K |
| Baldev K Singh Valhalla, NY | Neurology | 881 | 86 | $50K |
| Andrew E Graf Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 1,624 | 177 | $49K |
| Marie Atkinson Spokane, WA | Neurology | 1,255 | 231 | $49K |
| Le Anthony A Hardy Morrow, GA | Internal Medicine | 1,558 | 195 | $48K |
| Kelly Langenbeck Cleveland, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 991 | 317 | $48K |
| John E Croom Merriam, KS | Neurology | 941 | 184 | $46K |
| Timothy D Estes Jackson, MS | Family Practice | 2,402 | 172 | $46K |
| Kelli A Rice Wichita, KS | Nurse Practitioner | 960 | 125 | $45K |
| Michael M Frucht Madison, WI | Neurology | 1,269 | 242 | $45K |
| Ruth S Dekker Pocatello, ID | Nurse Practitioner | 968 | 169 | $45K |
| Amar Mohan Monroe, GA | Internal Medicine | 1,318 | 137 | $44K |
| Brittany M Ross Louisville, KY | Nurse Practitioner | 943 | 255 | $44K |
| Brandon M Roscoe Du Bois, PA | Family Practice | 1,283 | 183 | $44K |