Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$290.8M
-26.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
14.5M
$20.09 per claim
Patients
3.6M
463,473 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $290.8M for Potassium Chloride in 2024, for 14,476,110 prescriptions and refills to 3,572,563 patients (down 26.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $20.09.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Potassium Chloride in 2024: $22.4M for 946,307 claims, followed by Texas ($18.7M).
Robert J Pearlstein, internal medicine in Plymouth Meeting, PA, had the highest Medicare cost for Potassium Chloride in 2024: 7,114 claims costing $144K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert J Pearlstein Plymouth Meeting, PA | Internal Medicine | 7,114 | 768 | $144K |
| Brandon M Roscoe Du Bois, PA | Family Practice | 4,435 | 746 | $109K |
| Khoren Hekimian |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 442,223 | 14,106,438 | 3,454,955 | $414.8M |
| 2023 | 452,672 | 14,139,363 | 3,477,566 | $396.0M |
| 2024 | 463,473 | 14,476,110 | 3,572,563 | $290.8M |
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 |
| 2,925 |
| 409 |
| $97K |
| Leon E Butler Jr. Louisville, KY | Internal Medicine | 3,233 | 475 | $83K |
| Timothy D Estes Jackson, MS | Family Practice | 4,131 | 320 | $81K |
| Srinath Tadakamalla Harrisonville, MO | Family Practice | 2,862 | 498 | $78K |
| Clay W Ferguson Nashville, AR | Family Practice | 3,207 | 545 | $77K |
| Jack H Brown Jr. Sand Springs, OK | Family Practice | 3,676 | 559 | $73K |
| Rajesh Agarwal Mayfield Heights, OH | Internal Medicine | 2,646 | 467 | $70K |
| Tamara L McCue Wellington, KS | General Practice | 2,482 | 339 | $69K |
| Michael D Satchell Albany, GA | Family Practice | 6,101 | 333 | $68K |
| Todd L Fulcher Jackson, MS | Family Practice | 2,647 | 250 | $65K |
| Ron K Rankin Amarillo, TX | Family Practice | 2,894 | 416 | $62K |
| Daniel Keck Wakarusa, KS | Nurse Practitioner | 172 | 19 | $61K |
| Michael T Peacock Eastman, GA | Internal Medicine | 2,771 | 341 | $60K |
| Dirk N Juschka Westerville, OH | Geriatric Medicine | 2,415 | 351 | $60K |
| Kari D Shields Ashland, KY | Family Practice | 2,161 | 338 | $58K |
| Pragneshkumar N Radadiya Indianapolis, IN | Family Practice | 2,024 | 324 | $58K |
| Donald E Vollmer II Hendersonville, TN | Family Practice | 6,019 | 417 | $58K |
| Kevin D Neese Indianapolis, IN | Internal Medicine | 2,717 | 344 | $57K |
| Halley C Anderson Quincy, IL | Geriatric Medicine | 957 | 115 | $56K |
| Axel E Martinez Irizarry Ocala, FL | Family Practice | 2,479 | 449 | $56K |
| Ibrar F Paracha Indianapolis, IN | Hospitalist | 2,300 | 326 | $56K |
| Andrew J Offerle Fort Wayne, IN | Emergency Medicine | 2,753 | 314 | $55K |
| Albert Warren Jr. Columbia, SC | Family Practice | 5,154 | 361 | $55K |