Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.2M
-29.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
28K
$114.93 per claim
Patients
6,461
3,592 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.2M for Paricalcitol in 2024, for 27,600 prescriptions and refills to 6,461 patients (down 29.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $114.93.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Paricalcitol in 2024: $420K for 3,420 claims, followed by Texas ($357K).
Wei Y Sun, nephrology in New York, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Paricalcitol in 2024: 409 claims costing $39K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wei Y Sun New York, NY | Nephrology | 409 | 59 | $39K |
| Gregory P Rowbatham Nashville, TN | Nephrology | 296 | 75 | $37K |
| Abdul Al-Kassab Rochester Hills, MI |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,240 | 31,382 | 7,420 | $5.4M |
| 2023 | 3,849 | 28,824 | 6,774 | $4.5M |
| 2024 | 3,592 | 27,600 | 6,461 | $3.2M |
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 |
| 100 |
| 27 |
| $32K |
| Matthew Palombini Staten Island, NY | Nephrology | 218 | 64 | $31K |
| John A Clark Huntsville, AL | Nephrology | 144 | 41 | $31K |
| Geoffrey N Alilonu Northport, AL | Nephrology | 204 | 40 | $26K |
| Lorenzo B Santarina III Roanoke Rapids, NC | Nephrology | 244 | 43 | $25K |
| Bob Agbogu East Point, GA | Nephrology | 101 | 34 | $25K |
| Maria Monette S Regalado Laredo, TX | Nephrology | 246 | 48 | $25K |
| Juan A Fernandez Miami, FL | Nephrology | 247 | 55 | $24K |
| April R Kennedy Chicago, IL | Nephrology | 187 | 53 | $24K |
| Vijayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah Houston, TX | Nephrology | 332 | 73 | $23K |
| Vaibhav Sahni Flint, MI | Nephrology | 236 | 63 | $23K |
| Jorge Barrero Oakland Park, FL | Nephrology | 140 | 47 | $20K |
| Peter T Nguyen Houston, TX | Nephrology | 206 | 38 | $20K |
| Rahul Pandey Houston, TX | Nephrology | 105 | 35 | $20K |
| Robert S Fredericks Reno, NV | Endocrinology | 113 | 39 | $19K |
| Raymond Raut Danbury, CT | Nephrology | 162 | 45 | $16K |
| Cheryl L Brown Madisonville, LA | Nephrology | 139 | 34 | $16K |
| Muhammad A Kashif Pine Bluff, AR | Internal Medicine | 134 | 24 | $16K |
| Pablo F Ruiz-Ramon Temple Terrace, FL | Nephrology | 99 | 26 | $16K |
| Ihab Z Zaggout Macon, GA | Nephrology | 196 | 32 | $16K |
| Binh T Nguyen Houston, TX | Nephrology | 101 | 37 | $15K |
| Lance A Sloan Lufkin, TX | Endocrinology | 52 | 13 | $14K |
| Arash Rashidi Westlake, OH | Nephrology | 48 | 19 | $14K |