Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$34.8M
-24.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
2.3M
$14.84 per claim
Patients
1.4M
268,240 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $34.8M for Nitroglycerin in 2024, for 2,342,317 prescriptions and refills to 1,381,634 patients (down 24.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $14.84.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Nitroglycerin in 2024: $4.0M for 235,398 claims, followed by Florida ($2.8M).
Dan V Dang, cardiology in San Jose, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Nitroglycerin in 2024: 2,367 claims costing $65K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan V Dang San Jose, CA | Cardiology | 2,367 | 1,194 | $65K |
| Congrong Lin Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 1,134 | 565 | $28K |
| Housein M Wazaz Meriden, CT |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 258,911 | 2,241,338 | 1,334,244 | $49.8M |
| 2023 | 262,887 | 2,277,980 | 1,347,592 | $46.0M |
| 2024 | 268,240 | 2,342,317 | 1,381,634 | $34.8M |
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.
| Gastroenterology |
| 64 |
| 33 |
| $28K |
| David H Lau New York, NY | Cardiology | 2,410 | 538 | $25K |
| Carlos J Carro Pagan Ponce, PR | Cardiology | 1,338 | 387 | $17K |
| Michael C Liou New York, NY | Interventional Cardiology | 1,526 | 389 | $16K |
| Delair O Gardi Detroit, MI | Cardiology | 639 | 202 | $12K |
| Ramesh K Arora Van Nuys, CA | Cardiology | 725 | 255 | $12K |
| Anatole Barkan Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 47 | 11 | $12K |
| Xiangsheng Zheng Birmingham, AL | Internal Medicine | 375 | 83 | $11K |
| Theodore L Schreiber Warren, MI | Interventional Cardiology | 621 | 328 | $9,948 |
| Michael Poon New York, NY | Cardiology | 350 | 286 | $9,944 |
| Thomas T Chen Flushing, NY | Cardiology | 939 | 686 | $9,696 |
| Aleksandr Korniyenko Tyler, TX | Cardiology | 407 | 269 | $9,326 |
| Sheila D Devaugh Beaumont, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 407 | 286 | $9,090 |
| Xuming Dai Flushing, NY | Cardiology | 819 | 259 | $8,789 |
| Farrell O Mendelsohn Birmingham, AL | Cardiology | 456 | 246 | $8,760 |
| Jared S Wong Montclair, CA | General Surgery | 14 | Under 11 | $8,308 |
| Hoa V Le Saint Petersburg, FL | Family Practice | 506 | 295 | $8,176 |
| Bayink-Raine F Falter Las Vegas, NV | Nurse Practitioner | 295 | 159 | $7,846 |
| Charles D O'Shaughnessy Elyria, OH | Interventional Cardiology | 549 | 341 | $7,714 |
| William W Richardson Lehigh Acres, FL | Internal Medicine | 306 | 186 | $7,456 |
| Thomas Mathews Brooksville, FL | Cardiology | 586 | 310 | $7,378 |
| Peter E Bloom Jr. Bristol, CT | Gastroenterology | 11 | Under 11 | $7,314 |
| Marc Bernstein Slidell, LA | Cardiology | 219 | 112 | $7,310 |