Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$907K
-11.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
33K
$27.08 per claim
Patients
24K
13,063 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $907K for Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate in 2024, for 33,498 prescriptions and refills to 24,247 patients (down 11.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $27.08.
Puerto Rico had the highest Medicare cost for Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate in 2024: $299K for 11,473 claims, followed by Florida ($59K).
Hector A Correa Colon, clinic/center in Gurabo, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Prednisolone Sodium Phosphate in 2024: 905 claims costing $20K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector A Correa Colon Gurabo, PR | Clinic/Center | 905 | 569 | $20K |
| Pedro R Cordova Amador Sr. San Sebastian, PR | General Practice | 324 | 305 | $15K |
| Lourdes M Correa |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,664 | 23,049 | 16,214 | $919K |
| 2023 | 14,023 | 30,366 | 21,638 | $1.0M |
| 2024 | 13,063 | 33,498 | 24,247 | $907K |
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.
| General Practice |
| 415 |
| 294 |
| $9,334 |
| Frank Rodriguez Serrano Carolina, PR | General Practice | 145 | 128 | $7,525 |
| Manuel H Rivera Caguas, PR | General Practice | 163 | 132 | $5,199 |
| Fernando Lucca Pelaez San Juan, PR | Family Practice | 213 | 146 | $4,997 |
| Andres Pinto Cleveland, OH | Maxillofacial Surgery | 78 | 22 | $4,757 |
| Hector R Rosado-Toledo Ponce, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 233 | 157 | $4,713 |
| Luis F Velez-Quinones Arecibo, PR | Internal Medicine | 238 | 160 | $3,907 |
| Rafael E Franjul Juliao San Juan, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 133 | 92 | $3,669 |
| Arnulfo N Santana Caguas, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 129 | 107 | $3,473 |
| Jose A Curet Ramos Gurabo, PR | Internal Medicine | 134 | 109 | $3,290 |
| Norma V Delgado Buther San Juan, PR | Internal Medicine | 168 | 127 | $3,008 |
| Jose Caldera Nieves Guaynabo, PR | Internal Medicine | 106 | 81 | $2,999 |
| Raul A Rios Mollineda Bayamon, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 52 | 36 | $2,760 |
| Jahaira L Serrano Dominguez Arecibo, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 55 | 46 | $2,459 |
| Arturo Cedeno-Llorens Aguadilla, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 93 | 66 | $2,436 |
| Jose A Zayas San Juan, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 66 | 42 | $2,432 |
| Jack I Newcomer Wellington, FL | Family Practice | 125 | 71 | $2,425 |
| Carlos I Maldonado Juncos, PR | Internal Medicine | 75 | 58 | $2,339 |
| 1487652939 | Pulmonary Disease | 75 | 67 | $2,052 |
| Sandra E Rosario Lebron San Juan, PR | Pulmonary Disease | 67 | 57 | $1,941 |
| Dorian Noguera Bayamon, PR | General Practice | 76 | 65 | $1,905 |
| Mircia A Vallenilla Marte Rio Grande, PR | General Practice | 67 | 64 | $1,842 |
| Yolanda Mas de Leon Fajardo, PR | Internal Medicine | 58 | 40 | $1,818 |