Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$188.0M
-24.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
24.0M
$7.85 per claim
Patients
5.9M
451,135 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$188.1M
$31.68 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $188.0M for Metformin Hcl in 2024, for 23,952,737 prescriptions and refills to 5,933,680 patients (down 24.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $7.85.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Metformin Hcl in 2024: $26.1M for 2,826,985 claims, followed by New York ($16.8M).
Vagharshak M Pilossyan, internal medicine in Van Nuys, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Metformin Hcl in 2024: 1,850 claims costing $171K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vagharshak M Pilossyan Van Nuys, CA | Internal Medicine | 1,850 | 220 | $171K |
| Pankaj V Patel Edison, NJ | Internal Medicine | 1,510 | 428 | $157K |
| Narine Arutyounian |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 434,957 | 24,188,950 | 5,948,117 | $198.8M |
| 2023 | 443,123 | 23,861,633 | 5,915,242 | $247.4M |
| 2024 | 451,135 | 23,952,737 | 5,933,680 | $188.0M |
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.
| Family Practice |
| 1,312 |
| 163 |
| $129K |
| Nasem J Sayegh Yonkers, NY | Family Practice | 456 | 142 | $123K |
| Richard Khalil Yonkers, NY | Family Practice | 548 | 121 | $114K |
| Amable R Aguiluz Jr. Hawaiian Gardens, CA | General Practice | 639 | 147 | $95K |
| Lamercie M Jean-Jacques Bronx, NY | Family Practice | 367 | 91 | $93K |
| Stella Ilyayeva Rego Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 3,539 | 766 | $88K |
| Jacob Levy Brooklyn, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 146 | 44 | $87K |
| Norma V Davis Yonkers, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 133 | 37 | $85K |
| Tsovinar Tekkelian Glendale, CA | Internal Medicine | 779 | 113 | $82K |
| Herach Yadegarian Glendale, CA | General Practice | 1,015 | 152 | $77K |
| Armen Kazanchian Glendale, CA | Internal Medicine | 544 | 82 | $72K |
| Mikhail Chilingaryan Pittsburgh, PA | General Practice | 972 | 125 | $72K |
| Rena Khanukayeva Staten Island, NY | Family Practice | 761 | 126 | $71K |
| Artoon Arakel Glendale, CA | Family Practice | 436 | 54 | $67K |
| Henrik Khatchatourian Glendale, CA | General Practice | 1,469 | 159 | $67K |
| Boris Abramov Kew Garden Hills, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 44 | Under 11 | $65K |
| Viktoriya Aleksandrovich Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 386 | 73 | $63K |
| Abdul Wahid Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 1,548 | 221 | $59K |
| Irena Pleskova Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 183 | 48 | $59K |
| Yana Ryzhakova Brooklyn, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 42 | Under 11 | $59K |
| Arthur Pinkhasov Forest Hills, NY | Internal Medicine | 178 | 39 | $58K |
| Heidi Regenass Santa Ana, CA | Internal Medicine | 743 | 236 | $56K |
| Bernard Rimler Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 122 | 36 | $56K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Granules Pharma GRANULES.NS | 9,071,676 | $69.7M |
| Aurobindo Pharm AUROPHARMA.NS | 3,337,949 | $24.6M |
| Laurus Labs Lim LAURUSLABS.NS | 2,337,051 | $16.5M |
| Ascend Laborato ALKEM.NS | 1,701,307 | $12.1M |
| Mylan VTRS | 1,427,574 | $11.9M |
| Legacy Pharmace | 1,893,123 | $11.7M |
| Zydus Pharmaceu ZYDUSLIFE.NS | 1,402,557 | $10.0M |
| Avet Pharmaceut | 1,261,576 | $8.6M |
| Lifsa Drugs LLC | 3,635 | $7.9M |
| Quallent Pharma | 495,362 | $5.8M |
| Micro Labs USA, | 9,847 | $3.8M |
| Time-Cap Labs | 449,423 | $1.6M |
| Sciegen Pharmac | 367,339 | $1.2M |
| Vistapharm/Pai | 2,342 | $852K |
| Westminster Pha | 92,275 | $687K |
| Chartwell Rx Ll | 833 | $442K |
| Tagi Pharma | 55,095 | $345K |
| Caraco/Sun Phar | 28,329 | $192K |
| Aci Healthcare | 11,591 | $65K |
| Major Pharmaceu | 8,933 | $46K |
| Trupharma, LLC. | 67 | $17K |
| Megalith Pharma | 1,627 | $11K |
| Saptalis Pharma | 38 | $9,800 |
| AHP | 812 | $5,212 |
| Epic Pharma LLC | 422 | $2,858 |
| Gsms, Inc. | 92 | $546 |
| Precision Dose | 98 | $341 |
| Metcure Pharmac | 65 | $332 |
| Puracap Laborat | 59 | $233 |