Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$85.9M
+25.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
3,700
$23,227.84 per claim
Patients
665
632 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$85.9M
$129,237.60 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $85.9M for Onureg in 2024, for 3,700 prescriptions and refills to 665 patients (up 25.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $23,227.84.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Onureg in 2024: $10.0M for 412 claims, followed by Texas ($6.7M).
Joshua F Zeidner, hematology-oncology in Chapel Hill, NC, had the highest Medicare cost for Onureg in 2024: 36 claims costing $884K.
Onureg is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), listed in the Medicare spending data as Celgene/BMS.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua F Zeidner Chapel Hill, NC | Hematology-Oncology | 36 | Under 11 | $884K |
| Gabriela Sanchez Petitto Columbus, OH | Hematology | 50 | Under 11 | $878K |
| Kelly Taxeras |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 524 | 2,648 | 561 | $60.1M |
| 2023 | 592 | 2,845 | 588 | $68.7M |
| 2024 | 632 | 3,700 | 665 | $85.9M |
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 |
| 37 |
| Under 11 |
| $816K |
| Leland L Metheny III Cleveland, OH | Hospitalist | 34 | Under 11 | $813K |
| Adan A Rios Houston, TX | Medical Oncology | 31 | Under 11 | $795K |
| Seyed Hamid Sayar Avon, IN | Hematology-Oncology | 35 | Under 11 | $780K |
| Daniel N Egan Seattle, WA | Hematology-Oncology | 32 | Under 11 | $758K |
| Brian J Ball Duarte, CA | Hematology | 25 | Under 11 | $623K |
| Zachary I Blume Seattle, WA | Physician Assistant | 24 | Under 11 | $599K |
| Mansi R Shah New Brunswick, NJ | Hospitalist | 26 | Under 11 | $586K |
| Carter T Davis New Orleans, LA | Hematology-Oncology | 25 | Under 11 | $557K |
| David L Grinblatt Evanston, IL | Hematology | 22 | Under 11 | $541K |
| Sumithira Vasu Columbus, OH | Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy | 29 | Under 11 | $529K |
| Kathleen M Elliott Winston Salem, NC | Hematology-Oncology | 21 | Under 11 | $520K |
| Rafael W Blanco Tampa, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 20 | Under 11 | $507K |
| James S Blachly Columbus, OH | Hematology | 21 | Under 11 | $506K |
| Deepa Jeyakumar Orange, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 23 | Under 11 | $502K |
| Bilal Ansari Mishawaka, IN | Medical Oncology | 20 | Under 11 | $487K |
| Patricia A Young Los Angeles, CA | Medical Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $458K |
| Karen P Seiter Hawthorne, NY | Hematology-Oncology | 19 | Under 11 | $453K |
| Kelly W Fitzpatrick Neptune, NJ | Hematology-Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $452K |
| Zeina A Al-Mansour Gainesville, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $447K |
| Yenny Garcia Miami, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 17 | Under 11 | $443K |
| Raymond P Smith Quincy, IL | Medical Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $442K |
| Jonathan A Abbas Nashville, TN | Hematology-Oncology | 19 | Under 11 | $434K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Celgene/BMS BMY | 3,700 | $85.9M |