Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.29B
-14.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.4M
$947.62 per claim
Patients
472K
79,599 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$1.29B
$2,728.73 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.29B for Restasis in 2024, for 1,360,451 prescriptions and refills to 472,442 patients (down 14.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $947.62.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Restasis in 2024: $199.9M for 223,439 claims, followed by California ($156.2M).
Seung-Hee Choi, optometry in Palisades Park, NJ, had the highest Medicare cost for Restasis in 2024: 4,270 claims costing $4.0M.
Restasis is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Allergan Inc..
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seung-Hee Choi Palisades Park, NJ | Optometry | 4,270 | 789 | $4.0M |
| Gee Hyun Chun New York, NY | Optometry | 3,538 | 713 | $3.1M |
| Andrew S Cho Los Angeles, CA |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87,808 | 1,593,369 | 556,353 | $1.65B |
| 2023 | 81,957 | 1,430,410 | 492,232 | $1.50B |
| 2024 | 79,599 | 1,360,451 | 472,442 | $1.29B |
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.
| Ophthalmology |
| 3,485 |
| 970 |
| $3.0M |
| Keith C Chang New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,605 | 615 | $3.0M |
| Sok H Nam Los Angeles, CA | Ophthalmology | 3,327 | 777 | $2.7M |
| Edward W Lee Los Angeles, CA | Ophthalmology | 2,987 | 845 | $2.7M |
| Lisa K Law New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 3,073 | 532 | $2.4M |
| Joan Li Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 3,074 | 613 | $2.1M |
| Nancy N Tsai New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 3,221 | 826 | $2.1M |
| Wilson Ko Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 1,918 | 530 | $2.0M |
| Timothy Ip Fresh Meadows, NY | Optometry | 1,792 | 530 | $1.9M |
| Yun J Kim Buena Park, CA | Ophthalmology | 2,822 | 692 | $1.9M |
| Boris M Kapelnik Forest Hills, NY | Optometry | 2,609 | 460 | $1.9M |
| Kathy K Man-Wong Brooklyn, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,653 | 371 | $1.9M |
| Bokkwan Jun Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,502 | 500 | $1.8M |
| David H Lee Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 1,878 | 498 | $1.8M |
| Alexander C Wu Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,381 | 424 | $1.7M |
| Ted T Du Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,099 | 479 | $1.7M |
| Benjamin Mandel Montebello, CA | Ophthalmology | 2,201 | 775 | $1.7M |
| Amy Y Chen Flushing, NY | Optometry | 2,102 | 482 | $1.6M |
| Andrew Naing New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,359 | 443 | $1.6M |
| Fiona Pathay Bronx, NY | Ophthalmology | 1,488 | 446 | $1.5M |
| Edward A Braunstein New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 2,006 | 446 | $1.5M |
| John S Kim Fort Lee, NJ | Ophthalmology | 1,716 | 382 | $1.5M |
| Grant Lee Los Angeles, CA | Ophthalmology | 1,514 | 524 | $1.4M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Allergan Inc. ABBV | 1,360,998 | $1.29B |