Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$260.2M
+88.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
210K
$1,240.64 per claim
Patients
45K
19,631 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$260.3M
$5,778.70 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $260.2M for Qulipta in 2024, for 209,764 prescriptions and refills to 45,031 patients (up 88.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,240.64.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Qulipta in 2024: $23.4M for 18,386 claims, followed by New York ($23.2M).
Sonia E Walker-Adamson, family practice in St. Albans, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Qulipta in 2024: 1,511 claims costing $1.6M.
Qulipta is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Abbvie US LLC.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonia E Walker-Adamson St. Albans, NY | Family Practice | 1,511 | 177 | $1.6M |
| Naga Lakshmana P Nidadavolu Saint Cloud, FL | Neurology | 500 | 138 | $594K |
| Farhad Kadkhodaei Elyaderani |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,820 | 43,538 | 12,182 | $51.3M |
| 2023 | 12,669 | 108,336 | 25,182 | $137.9M |
| 2024 | 19,631 | 209,764 | 45,031 | $260.2M |
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.
| Neurology |
| 453 |
| 106 |
| $477K |
| Robert Pearlman Birmingham, AL | Neurology | 424 | 82 | $448K |
| Dmitriy Grinshpun Brooklyn, NY | Neurology | 261 | 58 | $443K |
| Fernando Gonzales-Portillo Orlando, FL | Neurology | 387 | 78 | $422K |
| Adelle A Maynard - Watts Terre Haute, IN | Neurology | 296 | 42 | $403K |
| Jessica R Bussey Coventry Township, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 313 | 50 | $384K |
| Enawgaw B Mehari Dickson, TN | Neurology | 314 | 70 | $363K |
| Dwayne O Brown Manahawkin, NJ | Neurology | 333 | 54 | $352K |
| Christopher C Laganke Cullman, AL | Neurology | 305 | 55 | $335K |
| Susan C Sharifi Terre Haute, IN | Neurology | 204 | 38 | $322K |
| Marina Neystat Forest Hills, NY | Neurology | 296 | 54 | $316K |
| Scott Meyer Cincinnati, OH | Internal Medicine | 226 | 36 | $289K |
| Mantinderpreet Singh Hermiston, OR | Neurology | 271 | 40 | $284K |
| Abdelhakim A Hussein Dublin, OH | Neurology | 215 | 36 | $260K |
| Timothy R Olsen Lynchburg, VA | Physician Assistant | 200 | 34 | $250K |
| Caressa R Patel Bolivar, MO | Physician Assistant | 212 | 33 | $246K |
| Ernesto Alonso Lake City, FL | Neurology | 192 | 40 | $241K |
| Arnaldo N Da Silva West Palm Beach, FL | Neurology | 207 | 42 | $240K |
| Barry K Vaught Crab Orchard, WV | Neurology | 192 | 40 | $236K |
| Ruben Cintron Mc Lean, VA | Neurology | 162 | 32 | $236K |
| Lori Dupere Ocala, FL | Physician Assistant | 181 | 43 | $234K |
| Allan M Spiegel Palm Harbor, FL | Neurology | 150 | 42 | $231K |
| Paul G Mathew Cambridge, MA | Neurology | 178 | 24 | $230K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie US LLC ABBV | 209,816 | $260.3M |