Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$17.6M
-6.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
20K
$868.06 per claim
Patients
4,179
4,804 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$17.6M
$4,209.11 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $17.6M for Lexapro in 2024, for 20,260 prescriptions and refills to 4,179 patients (down 6.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $868.06.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Lexapro in 2024: $2.4M for 3,078 claims, followed by California ($2.0M).
Leonid Izrayelit, psychiatry in Forest Hills, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Lexapro in 2024: 78 claims costing $35K.
Lexapro is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Forest/Allergan.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid Izrayelit Forest Hills, NY | Psychiatry | 78 | Under 11 | $35K |
| Tatyana P Tsipursky Brooklyn, NY | Psychiatry | 69 | Under 11 | $31K |
| Lorraine Innes |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,391 | 24,075 | 4,751 | $19.5M |
| 2023 | 4,962 | 21,867 | 4,369 | $18.7M |
| 2024 | 4,804 | 20,260 | 4,179 | $17.6M |
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.
| Psychiatry |
| 19 |
| Under 11 |
| $30K |
| Dina Sverdlov San Mateo, CA | Internal Medicine | 53 | Under 11 | $30K |
| Laura Amram Forest Hills, NY | Psychiatry | 59 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Jamie S Scott Manhasset, NY | Psychiatry | 36 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Adam K Ashton Amherst, NY | Psychiatry | 42 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Isak Isakov Forest Hills, NY | Psychiatry | 43 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Dominick C Gadaleta Manhasset, NY | Psychiatry | 12 | Under 11 | $19K |
| Donald Fagerson Inverness, IL | Psychiatry | 20 | Under 11 | $19K |
| Rita Goldvug Rego Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 45 | Under 11 | $19K |
| Laurence R Saben San Diego, CA | Psychiatry | 29 | Under 11 | $18K |
| Jennings T Godsy Tomball, TX | Psychiatry | 16 | Under 11 | $18K |
| Richard G Bennett Orchard Park, NY | Psychiatry | 26 | Under 11 | $18K |
| Bethany J Tucker Los Angeles, CA | Psychiatry & Neurology | 20 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Nehabahen V Shah Edison, NJ | Internal Medicine | 14 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Jacqueline G Rollock Durette Marstons Mills, MA | Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | 19 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Lisa Novak Yonkers, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 13 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Blake K Williams Great Barrington, MA | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Michael G Barden Searcy, AR | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Scott A Fleischer Fort Washington, PA | Geriatric Psychiatry | 13 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Robert M Greenberg Livingston, NJ | Geriatric Psychiatry | 12 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Patricia D Lifrak New Castle, DE | Psychiatry | 21 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Sufen Chiu Sacramento, CA | Psychiatry | 12 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Inna Markhasina Brooklyn, NY | Psychiatry | 30 | Under 11 | $15K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Forest/Allergan ABBV | 20,281 | $17.6M |