Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.5M
-12.2% from 2023
Prescriptions
101K
$34.72 per claim
Patients
13K
14,400 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$3.5M
$260.85 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.5M for Phenytoin in 2024, for 101,275 prescriptions and refills to 13,479 patients (down 12.2% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $34.72.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Phenytoin in 2024: $347K for 8,702 claims, followed by Texas ($251K).
Bijan Ghatan, internal medicine in Carson, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Phenytoin in 2024: 28 claims costing $8,937.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Ghatan Carson, CA | Internal Medicine | 28 | Under 11 | $8,937 |
| Suhasini Atluri Addison, TX | Internal Medicine | 14 | Under 11 | $8,598 |
| Raju M Shanmugam |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,623 | 120,277 | 16,188 | $4.5M |
| 2023 | 15,394 | 109,169 | 14,536 | $4.0M |
| 2024 | 14,400 | 101,275 | 13,479 | $3.5M |
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.
| Family Practice |
| 148 |
| Under 11 |
| $5,164 |
| Misty D Wernsman Centralia, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 125 | Under 11 | $4,671 |
| Yuriy Safronov Tucson, AZ | Nurse Practitioner | 38 | Under 11 | $4,420 |
| Laura A Buck Patchogue, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 121 | 16 | $4,076 |
| Juanita H Dee Wallingford, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 75 | Under 11 | $3,900 |
| Marian Jalil Whittier, CA | Internal Medicine | 61 | Under 11 | $3,879 |
| Abdallah Al-Shahed Westlake, OH | Internal Medicine | 66 | Under 11 | $3,789 |
| Ronald St Louis Bronx, NY | Internal Medicine | 99 | Under 11 | $3,644 |
| John A Flick St Louis, MO | Internal Medicine | 82 | Under 11 | $3,441 |
| Victor Biton Little Rock, AR | Neurology | 210 | 32 | $3,347 |
| Ronald J Philipp Long Beach, CA | Family Practice | 48 | Under 11 | $3,279 |
| Evgueni Roudachevski Little Rock, AR | Geriatric Medicine | 49 | Under 11 | $3,190 |
| Kelli C Tyler Hayes Lubbock, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 55 | Under 11 | $3,167 |
| Timothy D Estes Jackson, MS | Family Practice | 91 | Under 11 | $3,135 |
| Nikolai S Zdrale Mt Lebanon, PA | Family Practice | 52 | Under 11 | $3,086 |
| Andrew S Blum Providence, RI | Neurology | 38 | Under 11 | $3,084 |
| David G Thimons Pittsburgh, PA | Internal Medicine | 58 | Under 11 | $3,033 |
| Amar Mohan Monroe, GA | Internal Medicine | 114 | Under 11 | $2,934 |
| Danish Thameem Champaign, IL | Internal Medicine | 40 | Under 11 | $2,909 |
| Kari D Shields Ashland, KY | Family Practice | 71 | Under 11 | $2,872 |
| Jean-Claude Hage Redlands, CA | Family Practice | 58 | Under 11 | $2,871 |
| Harneet Chopra Berkeley, CA | Internal Medicine | 55 | Under 11 | $2,844 |
| Andrew E Graf Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 67 | Under 11 | $2,834 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data