Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.1M
+38.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
1,640
$685.90 per claim
Patients
408
444 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$1.1M
$2,757.06 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.1M for Norpace Cr in 2024, for 1,640 prescriptions and refills to 408 patients (up 38.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $685.90.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Norpace Cr in 2024: $243K for 291 claims, followed by California ($224K).
Jeffrey A Matos, clinical cardiac electrophysiology in New York, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Norpace Cr in 2024: 20 claims costing $40K.
Norpace Cr is made by Pfizer Inc. (PFE), listed in the Medicare spending data as Pharmacia-Upjhn.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey A Matos New York, NY | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 20 | Under 11 | $40K |
| Woon Y Wu New York, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 30 | 12 | $36K |
| Mark V Sherrid |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 281 | 941 | 277 | $672K |
| 2023 | 349 | 1,137 | 338 | $813K |
| 2024 | 444 | 1,640 | 408 | $1.1M |
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.
| Cardiology |
| 25 |
| Under 11 |
| $16K |
| Catherine G Carroll Boston, MA | Nurse Practitioner | 35 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Daniele Massera New York, NY | Cardiology | 11 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Ira C Schulman New York, NY | Cardiac Surgery | 32 | Under 11 | $9,894 |
| Paula J Mooney Boston, MA | Nurse Practitioner | 23 | Under 11 | $9,238 |
| Charles M Blatt Brookline, MA | Cardiology | 19 | Under 11 | $8,491 |
| Zachary P Boas Seattle, WA | Internal Medicine | 15 | Under 11 | $6,882 |
| Barry M Cohen Springfield, NJ | Cardiology | 14 | Under 11 | $6,777 |
| Panagiotis Papageorgiou Boston, MA | Internal Medicine | 11 | Under 11 | $6,677 |
| Erica C Jones New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $6,460 |
| Krit Jongnarangsin Ann Arbor, MI | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 15 | Under 11 | $6,128 |
| Crystal Medina Redlands, CA | Internal Medicine | 11 | Under 11 | $6,105 |
| Bryan Baranowski Cleveland, OH | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 14 | Under 11 | $5,886 |
| Chase Wagner Escondido, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $5,519 |
| Ozlem Bilen Atlanta, GA | Cardiology | 12 | Under 11 | $4,996 |
| Kellie V Lane Augusta, GA | Cardiology | 20 | Under 11 | $4,947 |
| Benigno F Decena III Tucson, AZ | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 11 | Under 11 | $4,921 |
| Taryn Lamorte Voorhees, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $4,513 |
| Paul C Lee Brooklyn, NY | Cardiology | 14 | Under 11 | $3,691 |
| Jeffrey C Brackett Ventura, CA | Cardiology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,003 |
| Peter G Mandelson Fall River, MA | Cardiology | 12 | Under 11 | $2,814 |
| Daniel Franco San Bernardino, CA | General Practice | 14 | Under 11 | $1,897 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacia-Upjhn PFE | 1,640 | $1.1M |