Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$9.6M
-2.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
5,253
$1,818.67 per claim
Patients
702
611 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$9.6M
$13,608.92 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $9.6M for Omnitrope in 2024, for 5,253 prescriptions and refills to 702 patients (down 2.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,818.67.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Omnitrope in 2024: $1.7M for 1,062 claims, followed by Texas ($856K).
Lewis S Blevins Jr., endocrinology in San Francisco, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Omnitrope in 2024: 105 claims costing $226K.
Omnitrope is made by Sandoz Group AG (SDZ.SW), listed in the Medicare spending data as Sandoz.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis S Blevins Jr. San Francisco, CA | Endocrinology | 105 | 22 | $226K |
| Molly Morrissey Berkeley, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 100 | 20 | $209K |
| Myriam Z Allende-Vigo |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 564 | 4,694 | 630 | $9.2M |
| 2023 | 596 | 5,065 | 701 | $9.8M |
| 2024 | 611 | 5,253 | 702 | $9.6M |
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.
| Endocrinology |
| 45 |
| Under 11 |
| $200K |
| Randall J Urban Galveston, TX | Endocrinology | 43 | Under 11 | $146K |
| Jennifer Mercado Seattle, WA | Nurse Practitioner | 28 | Under 11 | $129K |
| Gerardo Bueso Houston, TX | Internal Medicine | 16 | Under 11 | $129K |
| Jeannemarie D Hinkle Baton Rouge, LA | Endocrinology | 14 | Under 11 | $123K |
| Luke E Benedict Saint Paul, MN | Endocrinology | 43 | Under 11 | $116K |
| Opada Alzohaili Dearborn, MI | Endocrinology | 72 | 13 | $112K |
| Theodore Friedman Los Angeles, CA | Endocrinology | 44 | Under 11 | $107K |
| Ashok Kadambi Fort Wayne, IN | Endocrinology | 56 | Under 11 | $101K |
| Lucinda Gruber Rochester, MN | Endocrinology | 17 | Under 11 | $90K |
| Andrea L Utz Nashville, TN | Endocrinology | 78 | Under 11 | $85K |
| Chaim Vanek Portland, OR | Endocrinology | 35 | Under 11 | $76K |
| Stanley C Parman Springfield, NJ | Internal Medicine | 11 | Under 11 | $76K |
| Michael B Foster Louisville, KY | Pediatric Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $74K |
| Norman Lavin Tarzana, CA | Endocrinology | 12 | Under 11 | $73K |
| Emily Schroeder Fort Wayne, IN | Endocrinology | 24 | Under 11 | $68K |
| Ayman Elkadry Huntington, WV | Endocrinology | 26 | Under 11 | $66K |
| Matthew D Davies Seattle, WA | Endocrinology | 13 | Under 11 | $63K |
| Samuel P Marynick Dallas, TX | Endocrinology | 34 | Under 11 | $62K |
| Wenyu Huang Chicago, IL | Endocrinology | 13 | Under 11 | $61K |
| Michelle D Welch Shavano Park, TX | Endocrinology | 19 | Under 11 | $61K |
| Elena A Christofides Columbus, OH | Endocrinology | 26 | Under 11 | $59K |
| Robert S Fredericks Reno, NV | Endocrinology | 29 | Under 11 | $56K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoz SDZ.SW | 5,253 | $9.6M |