Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.98B
+8.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
2.5M
$790.72 per claim
Patients
632K
180,100 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$1.98B
$3,135.70 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.98B for Linzess in 2024, for 2,505,475 prescriptions and refills to 631,800 patients (up 8.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $790.72.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Linzess in 2024: $180.1M for 247,088 claims, followed by New York ($169.9M).
Mohamadali S Eloubeidi, gastroenterology in Anniston, AL, had the highest Medicare cost for Linzess in 2024: 822 claims costing $778K.
Linzess is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Allergan Inc..
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamadali S Eloubeidi Anniston, AL | Gastroenterology | 822 | 299 | $778K |
| Richard Goldberg Greenwood, MS | Gastroenterology | 626 | 249 | $650K |
| Victor Lyapis |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 156,176 | 2,112,538 | 510,601 | $1.58B |
| 2023 | 166,913 | 2,261,914 | 564,794 | $1.82B |
| 2024 | 180,100 | 2,505,475 | 631,800 | $1.98B |
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.
| General Practice |
| 1,207 |
| 169 |
| $639K |
| Hoover M Royals Jr. Dover, NC | Family Practice | 1,110 | 105 | $638K |
| Anahita Anderson Jackson, TN | Nurse Practitioner | 712 | 212 | $626K |
| Emanuel Yaakobov Forest Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 1,133 | 182 | $611K |
| Mikhail Y Korogluyev Brooklyn, NY | Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | 1,171 | 153 | $604K |
| Housein M Wazaz Meriden, CT | Gastroenterology | 685 | 197 | $586K |
| Oleg Volchonok Philadelphia, PA | Gastroenterology | 1,032 | 174 | $578K |
| Vlad Nusinovich West Hollywood, CA | Internal Medicine | 1,017 | 126 | $555K |
| Richard Khalil Yonkers, NY | Family Practice | 795 | 126 | $552K |
| Christopher D Bui Santa Ana, CA | Internal Medicine | 873 | 176 | $524K |
| Oksana Levitansky Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 978 | 122 | $522K |
| Tsovinar Tekkelian Glendale, CA | Internal Medicine | 861 | 115 | $509K |
| Chawki A Lahoud Raleigh, NC | Emergency Medicine | 460 | 113 | $509K |
| Samuel Davidoff Forest Hills, NY | Gastroenterology | 921 | 177 | $501K |
| Galina Vayner Norcross, GA | Internal Medicine | 525 | 153 | $496K |
| Vagharshak M Pilossyan Van Nuys, CA | Internal Medicine | 915 | 120 | $494K |
| Arutyun Topsakalyan Glendale, CA | General Practice | 934 | 105 | $492K |
| Frederick A Boghossian Glendale, CA | Gastroenterology | 869 | 132 | $482K |
| Sergei V Chekov Philadelphia, PA | Internal Medicine | 887 | 99 | $479K |
| Ramesh C Gupta Fair Lawn, NJ | Gastroenterology | 508 | 147 | $477K |
| Mark Azbel Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 880 | 129 | $471K |
| Semyon Kostko Rego Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 900 | 114 | $469K |
| Konstantin Peysin Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 852 | 136 | $464K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Allergan Inc. ABBV | 2,506,531 | $1.98B |