Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$7.5M
-6.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
7,988
$944.17 per claim
Patients
1,385
1,234 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$7.5M
$5,445.53 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $7.5M for Otrexup in 2024, for 7,988 prescriptions and refills to 1,385 patients (down 6.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $944.17.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Otrexup in 2024: $1.1M for 1,186 claims, followed by California ($1.1M).
Soha Dolatabadi, rheumatology in Los Angeles, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Otrexup in 2024: 172 claims costing $133K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soha Dolatabadi Los Angeles, CA | Rheumatology | 172 | 24 | $133K |
| Yevgeniya Margulis Brooklyn, NY | Rheumatology | 73 | 13 | $61K |
| Monica H Crawford |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,206 | 8,177 | 1,429 | $7.4M |
| 2023 | 1,256 | 8,180 | 1,456 | $8.1M |
| 2024 | 1,234 | 7,988 | 1,385 | $7.5M |
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 |
| 69 |
| Under 11 |
| $51K |
| Jonathan S Dunham Philadelphia, PA | Rheumatology | 49 | Under 11 | $41K |
| Melissa R Band Danville, PA | Rheumatology | 43 | 12 | $40K |
| Douglas Roberts Sacramento, CA | Rheumatology | 31 | Under 11 | $38K |
| Irina Buhaescu Peabody, MA | Rheumatology | 49 | Under 11 | $37K |
| Rachel Pastorek New Castle, PA | Physician Assistant | 35 | Under 11 | $37K |
| Colette Stakely Vestal, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 28 | Under 11 | $36K |
| Constantine K Saadeh Amarillo, TX | Rheumatology | 35 | Under 11 | $32K |
| Rabih Nayfe Myrtle Beach, SC | Rheumatology | 21 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Gerald Y Ho La Palma, CA | Rheumatology | 37 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Faye N Hant Charleston, SC | Rheumatology | 19 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Janki Trivedi Sun City, CA | Rheumatology | 28 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Andres M Ponce Philadelphia, PA | Rheumatology | 33 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Ileana Antoniadis Spring Lake, NJ | Internal Medicine | 18 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Sergey Furmanov Des Plaines, IL | Rheumatology | 33 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Samantha M Hughes Santa Rosa, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 15 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Pim Jetanalin Chicago, IL | Rheumatology | 32 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Ndelela Nadine Mbuyi Washington, DC | Rheumatology | 32 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Luiziana M Marinescu Smithtown, NY | Rheumatology | 18 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Jacqueline M Feuer Needham, MA | Internal Medicine | 30 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Maria-Louise Barilla-Labarca Great Neck, NY | Rheumatology | 27 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Mei X Dong New Haven, CT | Rheumatology | 19 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Grace Suppa Charleston, SC | Rheumatology | 14 | Under 11 | $21K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Antares/Otter | 7,988 | $7.5M |