Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$59.7M
-19.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
98K
$609.89 per claim
Patients
20K
19,482 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$59.7M
$2,922.42 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $59.7M for Nexium in 2024, for 97,898 prescriptions and refills to 20,431 patients (down 19.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $609.89.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Nexium in 2024: $9.1M for 21,173 claims, followed by California ($4.4M).
Bin Wang, internal medicine in Flushing, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Nexium in 2024: 453 claims costing $144K.
Nexium is made by AstraZeneca PLC (AZN), listed in the Medicare spending data as Astrazeneca.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bin Wang Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 453 | 69 | $144K |
| Po Cheng Chu Brooklyn, NY | Gastroenterology | 391 | 111 | $111K |
| Wingtat Mui New York, NY |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24,723 | 130,935 | 26,703 | $84.2M |
| 2023 | 21,861 | 112,975 | 23,183 | $74.2M |
| 2024 | 19,482 | 97,898 | 20,431 | $59.7M |
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 |
| 253 |
| 41 |
| $79K |
| Victor Fariwa Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 111 | 16 | $74K |
| Chunshuen Au Flushing, NY | Physician Assistant | 219 | 36 | $67K |
| Oksana Levitansky Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 226 | 33 | $64K |
| Li Q Zhang New York, NY | Physician Assistant | 219 | 55 | $63K |
| Richard Grossberg Solon, OH | Pediatric Medicine | 168 | 23 | $62K |
| Chun T Wong New York, NY | Gastroenterology | 191 | 35 | $59K |
| Arkadiy Izrailov Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 176 | 26 | $55K |
| Naum Meyerovich Rego Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 146 | 25 | $53K |
| Dina Liberman Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 173 | 22 | $52K |
| Hong Chen Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 124 | 30 | $49K |
| Dustin T Nguyen New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 99 | 22 | $49K |
| David H Lau New York, NY | Cardiology | 130 | 17 | $45K |
| Gevork J Maissian Glendale, CA | Internal Medicine | 158 | 16 | $44K |
| Bo Chen New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 126 | 26 | $44K |
| Xiangsheng Zheng Birmingham, AL | Internal Medicine | 139 | 35 | $43K |
| Mark Barats West Hollywood, CA | Nephrology | 117 | 13 | $43K |
| Valeri I Kazakov Bronx, NY | Internal Medicine | 117 | 20 | $42K |
| Young W Kang Duluth, GA | Internal Medicine | 78 | 12 | $42K |
| Baoen Jiang New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 125 | 29 | $42K |
| Hailiu Zuo Elmhurst, NY | Internal Medicine | 125 | 22 | $41K |
| Alvin He Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 136 | 54 | $39K |
| Vardui Arutyunyan Glendale, CA | Family Practice | 117 | 20 | $38K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Astrazeneca AZN | 97,946 | $59.7M |