Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$52.4M
-17.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
8.1M
$6.48 per claim
Patients
1.9M
407,894 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $52.4M for Lorazepam in 2024, for 8,087,201 prescriptions and refills to 1,851,323 patients (down 17.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $6.48.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Lorazepam in 2024: $4.7M for 747,356 claims, followed by Pennsylvania ($3.9M).
Luis C Rojas Sr., psychiatry in Rio Piedras, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Lorazepam in 2024: 3,608 claims costing $36K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis C Rojas Sr. Rio Piedras, PR | Psychiatry | 3,608 | 457 | $36K |
| Reinaldo J Rodriguez Cruz Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 3,388 | 343 | $29K |
| Enrique G Casuso |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 386,351 | 8,235,393 | 1,803,748 | $62.0M |
| 2023 | 395,641 | 8,040,098 | 1,804,427 | $63.3M |
| 2024 | 407,894 | 8,087,201 | 1,851,323 | $52.4M |
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.
| Geriatric Psychiatry |
| 2,804 |
| 343 |
| $24K |
| Ramses Normandia San Juan, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 2,519 | 372 | $24K |
| David A Flores Cayey, PR | Psychiatry | 2,492 | 307 | $23K |
| Janice A Pulley Whiteville, NC | Nurse Practitioner | 1,397 | 265 | $23K |
| Vicotr J Mariano Mercedes Vega Baja, PR | Family Practice | 1,948 | 230 | $23K |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 1,880 | 263 | $21K |
| Jose Rios-Robles Baltimore, MD | Psychiatry & Neurology | 2,819 | 383 | $20K |
| Rolando Irizarry San Juan, PR | Psychiatry | 1,740 | 219 | $19K |
| Maritza Ortiz Acosta Ponce, PR | Psychiatry | 2,270 | 311 | $19K |
| Kermys Rodriguez Roche Santa Isabel, PR | General Practice | 2,015 | 316 | $19K |
| Wendy J Garrett West Henrietta, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 677 | 88 | $17K |
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 1,549 | 549 | $17K |
| Angel Loyola Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 1,572 | 198 | $17K |
| John N Julian Boston, MA | Neuropsychiatry | 1,263 | 154 | $16K |
| Isaac O Omoloyin Wayne, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 979 | 194 | $16K |
| Francisco C Parra Manati, PR | Psychiatry | 2,590 | 312 | $16K |
| Magaly Johnson Manati, PR | Psychiatry | 2,407 | 284 | $16K |
| Jacob Fyda Chicago, IL | Psychiatry | 1,112 | 307 | $15K |
| Vivian I Acevedo Toa Baja, PR | Psychiatry | 1,588 | 217 | $14K |
| Norberto Pellot Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 1,380 | 151 | $14K |
| Manuel A Brignoni Roman Ponce, PR | Psychiatry | 1,585 | 182 | $14K |
| Joseph Rodriguez Juana Diaz, PR | Psychiatry | 1,655 | 313 | $14K |
| David Heise Port Orange, FL | Family Practice | 971 | 173 | $14K |