Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$337.7M
-13.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
474K
$712.44 per claim
Patients
61K
48,946 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$337.8M
$5,495.07 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $337.7M for Oxycontin in 2024, for 474,018 prescriptions and refills to 61,450 patients (down 13.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $712.44.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Oxycontin in 2024: $28.0M for 36,564 claims, followed by New York ($25.4M).
Allison L Gorski, interventional pain management in N Dartmouth, MA, had the highest Medicare cost for Oxycontin in 2024: 505 claims costing $580K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison L Gorski N Dartmouth, MA | Interventional Pain Management | 505 | 86 | $580K |
| Jose J Diaz Ft Lauderdale, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 353 | 33 | $565K |
| Jay I Freid |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53,997 | 581,229 | 70,336 | $416.0M |
| 2023 | 51,399 | 535,582 | 65,015 | $390.5M |
| 2024 | 48,946 | 474,018 | 61,450 | $337.7M |
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.
| Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| 473 |
| 48 |
| $547K |
| Luis Santos Belleville, NJ | Emergency Medicine | 487 | 45 | $524K |
| Gregory W Pierce North Dartmouth, MA | Physician Assistant | 469 | 89 | $509K |
| Chad D Kollas Orlando, FL | Hospice and Palliative Care | 167 | 29 | $485K |
| Ricky P Lockett Saint Petersburg, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 340 | 37 | $442K |
| Anthony O Russell Tallahassee, FL | Addiction Medicine | 325 | 28 | $395K |
| Nancy L Erickson Pembroke Pines, FL | Pain Management | 363 | 73 | $382K |
| James N Luckett Ft Lauderdale, FL | Internal Medicine | 173 | 17 | $379K |
| Navnit Kaur-Jayaram Portland, OR | Pain Management | 328 | 35 | $358K |
| Shannon C McCormick Exton, PA | Physician Assistant | 371 | 63 | $339K |
| John D Beelitz West Palm Beach, FL | Pain Management | 265 | 28 | $336K |
| Alexander Weingarten Syosset, NY | Interventional Pain Management | 247 | 32 | $322K |
| Gary L Reasor Louisville, KY | Anesthesiology | 259 | 28 | $318K |
| Kevin M Hibbard Wexford, PA | Pain Management | 484 | 107 | $317K |
| Chelsea E Snead Richmond, VA | Nurse Practitioner | 90 | 16 | $310K |
| Karolina Cichocka Farmington, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 329 | 48 | $310K |
| Sadaf Bazargan Lutz, FL | Neuropsychiatry | 204 | 20 | $297K |
| Alan R Taylor Eddystone, PA | Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | 176 | 21 | $293K |
| Roberto L Duran Jupiter, FL | Pain Management | 158 | 13 | $285K |
| Nina Vira Brick, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 386 | 43 | $284K |
| Alyssa E Zipadelli Milford, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 276 | 61 | $275K |
| James M McGinnis Wheelersburg, OH | Pain Management | 206 | 31 | $274K |
| Daniel J Glatt Burlingame, CA | Internal Medicine | 156 | 16 | $274K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue Pharma L | 474,072 | $337.8M |