Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$57.2M
-30.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
2.4M
$23.70 per claim
Patients
551K
92,557 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $57.2M for Methotrexate in 2024, for 2,413,524 prescriptions and refills to 551,340 patients (down 30.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $23.70.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Methotrexate in 2024: $4.9M for 197,725 claims, followed by New York ($3.5M).
Sanjeev Prakash, rheumatology in Saginaw, MI, had the highest Medicare cost for Methotrexate in 2024: 1,534 claims costing $71K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanjeev Prakash Saginaw, MI | Rheumatology | 1,534 | 340 | $71K |
| Jolanta Sobotka-Czarnecki Flint, MI | Rheumatology | 1,214 | 338 | $64K |
| Sheila M Albuquerque |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 90,048 | 2,296,591 | 512,282 | $88.1M |
| 2023 | 91,545 | 2,316,327 | 528,527 | $82.3M |
| 2024 | 92,557 | 2,413,524 | 551,340 | $57.2M |
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.
| Rheumatology |
| 560 |
| 169 |
| $54K |
| Aaron T Eggebeen Grand Rapids, MI | Rheumatology | 990 | 283 | $48K |
| Richard W Martin Grand Rapids, MI | Rheumatology | 900 | 246 | $47K |
| Padma Vellanki Wooster, OH | Rheumatology | 1,688 | 392 | $46K |
| Bharath Manu Akkara Veetil Saint Cloud, MN | Internal Medicine | 1,342 | 375 | $46K |
| Charles King Tupelo, MS | Rheumatology | 1,950 | 591 | $46K |
| Kirkwood A Johnston Houston, TX | Rheumatology | 594 | 159 | $45K |
| Jyothi R Mallepalli Monroe, LA | Rheumatology | 1,999 | 406 | $44K |
| Michael Babilonia Roman Mayaguez, PR | Internal Medicine | 3,251 | 403 | $42K |
| Eric T Slavin Grand Rapids, MI | Rheumatology | 748 | 206 | $41K |
| Anne Marie Holly Rochester, NY | Physician Assistant | 1,440 | 622 | $41K |
| Gerald Y Ho La Palma, CA | Rheumatology | 1,533 | 411 | $40K |
| Frederick T Murphy Duncansville, PA | Rheumatology | 989 | 367 | $38K |
| Lee Ming Shum Mayaguez, PR | Rheumatology | 2,052 | 312 | $38K |
| Jonathan Rene Saginaw, MI | Rheumatology | 893 | 273 | $37K |
| Dipti Shah Livonia, MI | Rheumatology | 639 | 178 | $37K |
| Wilfredo A Villarrubia West Columbia, SC | Physician Assistant | 1,235 | 557 | $37K |
| Sharukh D Shroff Danville, VA | Rheumatology | 2,669 | 495 | $37K |
| Ken C Arakawa Honolulu, HI | Rheumatology | 964 | 243 | $36K |
| Elvin R Garcia McAllen, TX | Rheumatology | 1,608 | 428 | $36K |
| Hing-Sheung E Fung Waco, TX | Internal Medicine | 1,370 | 353 | $36K |
| Maria L Laynes Mt Pleasant, MI | Internal Medicine | 887 | 244 | $35K |
| Vishala Chindalore Anniston, AL | Rheumatology | 1,431 | 270 | $35K |