Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$64.5M
+20.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
14K
$4,670.77 per claim
Patients
2,033
930 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$64.6M
$31,742.94 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $64.5M for Orencia in 2024, for 13,815 prescriptions and refills to 2,033 patients (up 20.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $4,670.77.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Orencia in 2024: $11.4M for 2,441 claims, followed by California ($9.8M).
Elvin R Garcia, rheumatology in McAllen, TX, had the highest Medicare cost for Orencia in 2024: 518 claims costing $2.3M.
Orencia is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), listed in the Medicare spending data as BMS Primarycare.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin R Garcia McAllen, TX | Rheumatology | 518 | 66 | $2.3M |
| Ricardo J Garcia Alemany Hialeah, FL | Rheumatology | 318 | 47 | $1.4M |
| Abdelnaser Elkhalili |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 668 | 10,585 | 1,543 | $45.9M |
| 2023 | 764 | 11,701 | 1,747 | $53.6M |
| 2024 | 930 | 13,815 | 2,033 | $64.5M |
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.
| Rheumatology |
| 172 |
| 21 |
| $813K |
| Farooq Hassan Hermitage, PA | Rheumatology | 187 | 31 | $809K |
| Gerald Y Ho La Palma, CA | Rheumatology | 213 | 27 | $759K |
| Aymen A Kenawy Lynn Haven, FL | Rheumatology | 129 | 17 | $659K |
| Steven C Kimmel Tamarac, FL | Rheumatology | 141 | 16 | $655K |
| Miguel A Garcia-Caro Alexandria, LA | Rheumatology | 146 | 14 | $653K |
| Javeed Ahmed Lancaster, CA | Rheumatology | 112 | 15 | $587K |
| Guillermo J Valenzuela Plantation, FL | Rheumatology | 129 | 19 | $575K |
| Naiara Alvarez Harlingen, TX | Rheumatology | 127 | 20 | $541K |
| Hing-Sheung E Fung Waco, TX | Internal Medicine | 111 | 13 | $540K |
| Raz Khavari Van Nuys, CA | Rheumatology | 112 | 13 | $532K |
| Amir B Agha Panama City, FL | Rheumatology | 104 | 11 | $511K |
| Charles E Weidmann Van Nuys, CA | Rheumatology | 121 | 13 | $502K |
| Rashad Ansari Vista, CA | Rheumatology | 106 | 11 | $457K |
| Max Shenin Wilmington, NC | Rheumatology | 97 | 14 | $441K |
| Deepak Kumar Mobile, AL | Rheumatology | 82 | 12 | $410K |
| Vijay Singh Sewell, NJ | Rheumatology | 81 | 11 | $408K |
| Lama Hashish San Antonio, TX | Rheumatology | 92 | 14 | $404K |
| Howard M Busch Loxahatchee, FL | Rheumatology | 79 | 13 | $387K |
| Karen M Shainsky West Hollywood, CA | Rheumatology | 66 | Under 11 | $373K |
| Olga Kromo South Miami, FL | Rheumatology | 79 | 14 | $367K |
| Samy K Metyas Covina, CA | Rheumatology | 85 | 13 | $365K |
| Richard E Jones III Northport, AL | Rheumatology | 79 | 16 | $363K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| BMS Primarycare BMY | 13,822 | $64.6M |