Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$107.0M
-23.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
15.9M
$6.73 per claim
Patients
3.9M
466,375 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $107.0M for Metoprolol Tartrate in 2024, for 15,907,505 prescriptions and refills to 3,852,761 patients (down 23.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $6.73.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Metoprolol Tartrate in 2024: $10.3M for 1,330,358 claims, followed by Florida ($8.8M).
Robert J Pearlstein, internal medicine in Plymouth Meeting, PA, had the highest Medicare cost for Metoprolol Tartrate in 2024: 7,153 claims costing $51K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 7,153 | 735 | $51K |
| Brandon M Roscoe Du Bois, PA | Family Practice | 2,934 | 492 | $28K |
| Rajesh Agarwal |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 455,499 | 16,809,079 | 4,013,174 | $135.8M |
| 2023 | 460,742 | 16,234,485 | 3,913,974 | $140.0M |
| 2024 | 466,375 | 15,907,505 | 3,852,761 | $107.0M |
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.
| Internal Medicine |
| 2,740 |
| 429 |
| $24K |
| Donald E Vollmer II Hendersonville, TN | Family Practice | 3,898 | 273 | $22K |
| Terence A Frinks Tucker, GA | Family Practice | 2,374 | 304 | $21K |
| Michael D Satchell Albany, GA | Family Practice | 3,788 | 182 | $20K |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 2,461 | 354 | $19K |
| Michael A Ahearn Kewanee, IL | Hospitalist | 1,879 | 330 | $19K |
| Khoren Hekimian Troup, TX | Family Practice | 2,041 | 284 | $19K |
| Wyatt K Blake Gray, GA | Emergency Medicine | 3,807 | 152 | $19K |
| Andrew E Graf Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 2,378 | 325 | $18K |
| Le Anthony A Hardy Morrow, GA | Internal Medicine | 1,974 | 294 | $18K |
| Vlastimil Smetka Walterboro, SC | Hospitalist | 2,580 | 251 | $18K |
| Susan E Berner Oakwood, OH | Geriatric Medicine | 2,118 | 284 | $17K |
| Timothy D Estes Jackson, MS | Family Practice | 2,274 | 193 | $17K |
| Michael T Peacock Eastman, GA | Internal Medicine | 1,684 | 218 | $17K |
| David Heise Port Orange, FL | Family Practice | 1,609 | 283 | $17K |
| Kirpich Joseph Lilburn, GA | Family Practice | 2,945 | 243 | $17K |
| Jack H Brown Jr. Sand Springs, OK | Family Practice | 1,584 | 256 | $16K |
| Axel E Martinez Irizarry Ocala, FL | Family Practice | 1,577 | 300 | $16K |
| Albert Warren Jr. Columbia, SC | Family Practice | 2,694 | 194 | $16K |
| Haitham M Azem Bedford, OH | Internal Medicine | 1,478 | 244 | $16K |
| Godwin H D'Souza Chicago, IL | Internal Medicine | 1,910 | 264 | $16K |
| Amr H Behiri Ashburn, VA | Internal Medicine | 1,559 | 316 | $16K |
| Rachel L Hunter Kettering, OH | Geriatric Medicine | 1,828 | 287 | $16K |