Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$2.1M
+4.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
610
$3,518.88 per claim
Patients
294
185 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$2.1M
$7,301.08 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $2.1M for Relafen Ds in 2024, for 610 prescriptions and refills to 294 patients (up 4.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $3,518.88.
Texas had the highest Medicare cost for Relafen Ds in 2024: $963K for 222 claims, followed by New Jersey ($433K).
John A Fritz, family practice in Jersey City, NJ, had the highest Medicare cost for Relafen Ds in 2024: 21 claims costing $188K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John A Fritz Jersey City, NJ | Family Practice | 21 | Under 11 | $188K |
| Megan Robinson Buda, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 18 | 14 | $133K |
| Javier R Ponce Newark, NJ |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 148 | 580 | 203 | $1.7M |
| 2023 | 177 | 653 | 252 | $2.1M |
| 2024 | 185 | 610 | 294 | $2.1M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
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.
| Podiatry |
| 23 |
| Under 11 |
| $74K |
| Teih L Taylor Houston, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 11 | 11 | $72K |
| Lee A Brock Dallas, TX | Interventional Pain Management | 16 | Under 11 | $52K |
| Ashish K Vala Sugar Land, TX | Sports Medicine | 13 | Under 11 | $39K |
| Cynthia A Campbell Alliance, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $38K |
| Robert D Kavelman Franklin, IN | Family Practice | 11 | Under 11 | $36K |
| Scott M Andes Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $31K |
| Rehan Memon Dickinson, TX | Anesthesiology | 19 | Under 11 | $30K |
| Richard Haddad Red Bank, NJ | Rheumatology | 17 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Kumar M Ramdas Maplewood, NJ | Internal Medicine | 14 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Imran Haque High Point, NC | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $18K |
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Carwin Associat | 610 | $2.1M |