Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$87.6M
+2907.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.7M
$51.67 per claim
Patients
1.7M
316,233 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$87.7M
$52.61 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $87.6M for Paxlovid in 2024, for 1,695,948 prescriptions and refills to 1,665,674 patients (up 2907.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $51.67.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Paxlovid in 2024: $10.5M for 232,078 claims, followed by Michigan ($7.2M).
Bartho Caponi III, internal medicine in Madison, WI, had the highest Medicare cost for Paxlovid in 2024: 1,924 claims costing $75K.
Paxlovid is made by Pfizer Inc. (PFE), listed in the Medicare spending data as Pfizer Labs..
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartho Caponi III Madison, WI | Internal Medicine | 1,924 | 1,900 | $75K |
| Diana Dermendjian Burbank, CA | Family Practice | 113 | 113 | $52K |
| Ivan Merkelj |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,484 | 11,157 | 11,134 | $2.9M |
| 2024 | 316,233 | 1,695,948 | 1,665,674 | $87.6M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims |
|---|
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.
| Internal Medicine |
| 34 |
| 34 |
| $49K |
| Fernando J Pardo-Ruiz Deming, NM | Internal Medicine | 30 | 29 | $44K |
| Brian J Bhagat Flint, MI | Internal Medicine | 54 | 53 | $38K |
| Bill E Hukill Davison, MI | Internal Medicine | 64 | 63 | $37K |
| Christina Carney Red Wing, MN | Nurse Practitioner | 574 | 570 | $34K |
| Mallory Eberly Rushville, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 76 | 76 | $33K |
| Amy Linehan Rochester, NY | Physician Assistant | 60 | 60 | $31K |
| Leslie Y Lin San Francisco, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 21 | 20 | $30K |
| George E Lopez Las Cruces, NM | Internal Medicine | 21 | 20 | $30K |
| Andrew D Bodmer Tigard, OR | Physician Assistant | 145 | 145 | $28K |
| Eileen H Kim San Francisco, CA | Family Practice | 19 | 17 | $27K |
| Miguel F Perez-Pascual Flint, MI | Internal Medicine | 35 | 34 | $27K |
| Kelvin Callaway Flint, MI | Internal Medicine | 35 | 33 | $26K |
| Chester Nakamura Clifton Springs, NY | Internal Medicine | 45 | 44 | $25K |
| Ahmad W Abdel Halim Flint, MI | Internal Medicine | 34 | 34 | $25K |
| Stephanie E Reed Saline, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 224 | 223 | $24K |
| Isabel Trio-Martinez El Paso, TX | Family Medicine | 17 | 17 | $24K |
| Dale A Hanson Flint, MI | Family Practice | 39 | 38 | $23K |
| Hatshepsut M Oshun Denton, TX | Physician Assistant | 282 | 276 | $23K |
| Asif Ishaque Davison, MI | Internal Medicine | 48 | 48 | $22K |
| Emily Aranyos Detroit, MI | Physician Assistant | 54 | 53 | $22K |
| Manuel Mendoza Burbank, CA | Family Practice | 21 | 21 | $22K |
| Gregory R Fix Geneva, NY | Physician Assistant | 71 | 71 | $22K |
| Spending |
|---|
| Pfizer Labs. PFE | 1,696,489 | $87.7M |