Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$184.7M
+4.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
26K
$7,210.83 per claim
Patients
3,667
2,777 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$184.7M
$50,371.57 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $184.7M for Simponi in 2024, for 25,616 prescriptions and refills to 3,667 patients (up 4.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $7,210.83.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Simponi in 2024: $20.6M for 2,985 claims, followed by New York ($16.6M).
Anne Marie Holly, physician assistant in Rochester, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Simponi in 2024: 126 claims costing $846K.
Simponi is made by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), listed in the Medicare spending data as Janssen Biotech.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Marie Holly Rochester, NY | Physician Assistant | 126 | 23 | $846K |
| James E Gore Nashville, TN | Rheumatology | 84 | 12 | $625K |
| Sari Y Pomales San Juan, PR |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,541 | 23,373 | 3,360 | $162.8M |
| 2023 | 2,631 | 24,618 | 3,463 | $177.2M |
| 2024 | 2,777 | 25,616 | 3,667 | $184.7M |
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.
| Internal Medicine |
| 81 |
| Under 11 |
| $524K |
| Kyle Sinclair Fridley, MN | Rheumatology | 86 | Under 11 | $520K |
| Livia M Bermudez Fajardo, PR | Rheumatology | 86 | 12 | $516K |
| Srikanth Naramala Visalia, CA | Rheumatology | 43 | Under 11 | $485K |
| Noune Pashinian Glendale, CA | Rheumatology | 58 | Under 11 | $473K |
| Lawrence P Landrigan Jr. Wilmington, NC | Physician Assistant | 70 | Under 11 | $472K |
| Ellison L Smith Jr. Asheville, NC | Rheumatology | 76 | Under 11 | $468K |
| Asmita R Patel Jacksonville, FL | Rheumatology | 66 | 11 | $450K |
| David M Pugliese Wilkes Barre, PA | Rheumatology | 65 | Under 11 | $442K |
| Radames Sierra-Zorita San Juan, PR | Rheumatology | 71 | Under 11 | $428K |
| Luisana Gomez Monterey Park, CA | Physician Assistant | 74 | 12 | $426K |
| Eugenio M Capitle Jr. Hauppauge, NY | Allergy/ Immunology | 54 | Under 11 | $416K |
| Bikramjit S Ahluwalia Apple Valley, CA | Internal Medicine | 70 | Under 11 | $415K |
| Nicholas P Scarpa Jersey City, NJ | Rheumatology | 39 | Under 11 | $414K |
| Gregory S Rihacek Somerset, NJ | Internal Medicine | 70 | Under 11 | $413K |
| Eric C Gowing Neenah, WI | Rheumatology | 60 | Under 11 | $390K |
| Jolanta Sobotka-Czarnecki Flint, MI | Rheumatology | 58 | Under 11 | $382K |
| Wendy Marder Ann Arbor, MI | Rheumatology | 32 | Under 11 | $366K |
| Smitha Reddy Poway, CA | Rheumatology | 52 | 15 | $362K |
| Christopher G Meyer Asheville, NC | Rheumatology | 51 | Under 11 | $350K |
| Shriram A Lokare Peoria, IL | Rheumatology | 55 | 12 | $339K |
| Frederick Brandt Jersey City, NJ | Rheumatology | 57 | Under 11 | $335K |
| Ari J Schwartz Brockton, MA | Rheumatology | 45 | Under 11 | $325K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Janssen Biotech JNJ | 25,616 | $184.7M |