Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$14.4M
-11.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
21K
$696.90 per claim
Patients
5,257
5,641 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$14.5M
$2,747.32 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $14.4M for Norvasc in 2024, for 20,729 prescriptions and refills to 5,257 patients (down 11.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $696.90.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Norvasc in 2024: $2.1M for 3,130 claims, followed by California ($1.6M).
Alexander H Cohen, family practice in Darlington, SC, had the highest Medicare cost for Norvasc in 2024: 126 claims costing $101K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander H Cohen Darlington, SC | Family Practice | 126 | 51 | $101K |
| Isaac B Snapp Darlington, SC | Physician Assistant | 95 | 42 | $86K |
| Vanessa A Kinney |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,659 | 26,956 | 6,494 | $17.1M |
| 2023 | 5,993 | 23,454 | 5,681 | $16.3M |
| 2024 | 5,641 | 20,729 | 5,257 | $14.4M |
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.
| Nurse Practitioner |
| 102 |
| 69 |
| $82K |
| Brian M Heaster Darlington, SC | Internal Medicine | 109 | 44 | $82K |
| Sophia C Evans Olanta, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 75 | 52 | $61K |
| Isabel Mendoza Darlington, SC | Family Practice | 71 | 29 | $55K |
| Michael Barrett Lamar, SC | Family Practice | 67 | 26 | $49K |
| Shannon M Dunlap Olanta, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 52 | 35 | $42K |
| Danielle B Shoupe Walterboro, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | 13 | $20K |
| Joshua D Murphy Lamar, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 22 | 11 | $19K |
| Antonio P Madrid Roslyn, NY | Interventional Cardiology | 26 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Casey Dennis Darlington, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 19 | 16 | $16K |
| David G Aliabadi Thousand Oaks, CA | Cardiology | 13 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Jeffrey Scharstein Darlington, SC | Family Practice | 18 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Guy E McClary Jr. Florence, SC | Family Practice | 18 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Jeffrey C Bass Chestnut Hill, MA | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Mark Vexelman Chicago, IL | Internal Medicine | 18 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Lisa R Poston Florence, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 18 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Ali Khusseyn Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 26 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Ngoc-Ha T Nguyen Annandale, VA | Internal Medicine | 15 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Felicia McKnight Darlington, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | 12 | $11K |
| Vladimir Fridman Brooklyn, NY | Cardiology | 15 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Jeffrey Caruso East Meadow, NY | Family Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Daniel J Owens Florence, SC | Family Practice | 13 | Under 11 | $11K |
| Joslyn L Angus Jr. Florence, SC | Family Practice | 18 | Under 11 | $11K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer/Viatris | 17,319 | $11.7M |
| Viatris Special VTRS | 3,427 | $2.8M |