Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$25.1M
-37.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.3M
$19.49 per claim
Patients
220K
122,328 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$25.1M
$113.79 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $25.1M for Prazosin Hcl in 2024, for 1,287,099 prescriptions and refills to 220,430 patients (down 37.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $19.49.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Prazosin Hcl in 2024: $1.7M for 74,717 claims, followed by Texas ($1.3M).
Robert O Morton, psychiatry in Ada, OK, had the highest Medicare cost for Prazosin Hcl in 2024: 814 claims costing $18K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert O Morton Ada, OK | Psychiatry | 814 | 92 | $18K |
| Simon McClure Bridgeport, WV | Psychiatry | 650 | 134 | $18K |
| Mohamed A Kamel Elsayed |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 105,887 | 1,106,776 | 192,690 | $41.6M |
| 2023 | 114,338 | 1,186,832 | 205,888 | $40.4M |
| 2024 | 122,328 | 1,287,099 | 220,430 | $25.1M |
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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.
| Psychiatry |
| 317 |
| 46 |
| $16K |
| Gabriel Crawford Farmington, MO | Nurse Practitioner | 921 | 63 | $14K |
| Eric A Johnson Duluth, MN | Psychiatry | 260 | 46 | $13K |
| Christopher P Korsgaard Spokane, WA | Nurse Practitioner | 382 | 48 | $12K |
| Anthony C Erdmann Lynn, MA | Psychiatry | 367 | 132 | $11K |
| Toussaint Smith Sugar Land, TX | Cardiology | 309 | 78 | $11K |
| Ronald L McGavic Jr. Louisville, KY | Psychiatry | 159 | 41 | $10K |
| Lisa Wolf Brooksville, FL | Psychiatry | 247 | 62 | $10K |
| Armeen W Weber Oakland, CA | Neuropsychiatry | 168 | 44 | $9,790 |
| Marlon P Quinones San Antonio, TX | Psychiatry | 340 | 75 | $8,935 |
| Ernesto Zilberberg North Andover, MA | Psychiatry | 484 | 81 | $8,896 |
| Stephanie M Carpenter Lewiston, ID | Nurse Practitioner | 391 | 40 | $8,586 |
| Ravi Gupta Panorama City, CA | Cardiology | 169 | 57 | $8,541 |
| Michael Hartenstein Pueblo, CO | Nurse Practitioner | 292 | 21 | $8,254 |
| Tylr A Wagner Vancouver, WA | Nurse Practitioner | 221 | 18 | $8,219 |
| 1386639151 | Nurse Practitioner | 220 | 23 | $8,159 |
| Muhammad Y Ebrahim Spartanburg, SC | Nephrology | 371 | 130 | $8,145 |
| Tu N Truong San Diego, CA | Internal Medicine | 195 | 50 | $7,529 |
| Sylvia R Leaman Brooksville, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 174 | 40 | $7,426 |
| Sarah Phillips Tacoma, WA | Nurse Practitioner | 236 | 24 | $7,282 |
| Naveed J Mirza Dexter, MO | Psychiatry | 380 | 35 | $7,177 |
| Karl R Stammer Joplin, MO | Nurse Practitioner | 387 | 42 | $7,168 |
| Hala Saleem Tracy, CA | Specialist | 70 | 11 | $7,119 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Novitium/Ani Ph ANIP | 512,667 | $10.5M |
| Teva USA TEVA | 243,846 | $5.2M |
| Lifestar Pharma | 167,810 | $2.9M |
| Mylan VTRS | 110,360 | $2.2M |
| Biocon Pharma I BIOCON.NS | 89,502 | $1.6M |
| Alembic Pharmac | 51,480 | $1.1M |
| Prasco Labs | 40,894 | $670K |
| Aurobindo Pharm AUROPHARMA.NS | 26,170 | $566K |
| Exelan Pharmace | 31,207 | $133K |
| Granules Pharma GRANULES.NS | 6,838 | $116K |
| Greenstone/Pras VTRS | 4,542 | $69K |
| Mylan Instituti VTRS | 652 | $12K |
| Marlex Pharm. | 1,458 | $11K |
| Major Pharmaceu | 352 | $5,677 |