Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$204.4M
-24.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
427K
$478.81 per claim
Patients
105K
47,700 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $204.4M for Mesalamine in 2024, for 426,888 prescriptions and refills to 104,668 patients (down 24.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $478.81.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Mesalamine in 2024: $22.9M for 43,473 claims, followed by California ($20.3M).
Anna Chan, family practice in Flushing, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Mesalamine in 2024: 475 claims costing $186K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Chan Flushing, NY | Family Practice | 475 | 57 | $186K |
| Dilip M Desai Flint, MI | Gastroenterology | 134 | 32 | $178K |
| Julie A Habberfield Clifton Springs, NY |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42,536 | 376,714 | 91,299 | $271.4M |
| 2023 | 44,628 | 384,952 | 95,149 | $271.5M |
| 2024 | 47,700 | 426,888 | 104,668 | $204.4M |
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.
| Physician Assistant |
| 167 |
| 36 |
| $153K |
| Bradley Sklar Utica, NY | Gastroenterology | 142 | 39 | $146K |
| Sarah Mohammadi Rochester, NY | Physician Assistant | 142 | 29 | $145K |
| William L Peterson Springfield, IL | Gastroenterology | 226 | 52 | $145K |
| Myron H Brand New Haven, CT | Gastroenterology | 202 | 43 | $128K |
| Mary J Ciechoski Buffalo, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 105 | 28 | $125K |
| Jesse L Stondell Sacramento, CA | Gastroenterology | 101 | 25 | $112K |
| Azzam Muftah Brooksville, FL | Gastroenterology | 143 | 33 | $109K |
| Jennifer L Jepsen Urbana, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 187 | 44 | $106K |
| Elizabeth M Kitchen Saginaw, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 149 | 41 | $103K |
| John J Michel Camp Hill, PA | Gastroenterology | 155 | 32 | $103K |
| Brittany L Maloney Syracuse, NY | Physician Assistant | 90 | 28 | $102K |
| Sunil K Khurana Poughkeepsie, NY | Gastroenterology | 126 | 38 | $99K |
| Michael E Kader Rochester, NY | Gastroenterology | 94 | 22 | $98K |
| Alfonso Barbati Clairton, PA | Internal Medicine | 146 | 25 | $97K |
| Howard Dubner Pittsburgh, PA | Gastroenterology | 159 | 25 | $97K |
| Shirish A Amin Indiana, PA | Gastroenterology | 119 | 29 | $94K |
| Laura Yun Chicago, IL | Gastroenterology | 95 | 27 | $93K |
| Richard G Clift Albany, NY | Gastroenterology | 97 | 28 | $91K |
| Jenny Sauk Los Angeles, CA | Gastroenterology | 120 | 27 | $89K |
| Maxine Lubkin Rochester, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 93 | 25 | $88K |
| Joseph Feuerstein Boston, MA | Gastroenterology | 107 | 30 | $88K |
| Patricia L Kozuch Phila, PA | Gastroenterology | 127 | 30 | $87K |