Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.6M
+6.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
153K
$10.67 per claim
Patients
80K
41,728 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.6M for Sodium Fluoride in 2024, for 152,743 prescriptions and refills to 79,916 patients (up 6.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $10.67.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Sodium Fluoride in 2024: $161K for 14,334 claims, followed by Pennsylvania ($145K).
Natasha Pierre-Louis, dentist in Takoma Park, MD, had the highest Medicare cost for Sodium Fluoride in 2024: 363 claims costing $4,649.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natasha Pierre-Louis Takoma Park, MD | Dentist | 363 | 76 | $4,649 |
| Nelson Lowe Santa Ana, CA | Oral Surgery (Dentist only) | 189 | 74 | $3,736 |
| Sarah Vignola |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28,967 | 95,742 | 50,302 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | 35,614 | 127,848 | 66,169 | $1.5M |
| 2024 | 41,728 | 152,743 | 79,916 | $1.6M |
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.
| Dentist |
| 243 |
| 56 |
| $3,228 |
| Jonathan K Cole Du Bois, PA | Dentist | 150 | 62 | $1,962 |
| Judith Olshin Brookville, NY | Dentist | 166 | 50 | $1,933 |
| Thomas P Sollecito Radnor, PA | Maxillofacial Surgery | 130 | 62 | $1,848 |
| Jeffery C Markt Omaha, NE | Oral Surgery (Dentist only) | 224 | 57 | $1,669 |
| Joseph R Carpentieri White Plains, NY | Dentist | 72 | 46 | $1,432 |
| Douglas A Watson Endicott, NY | Dentist | 146 | 71 | $1,181 |
| Charles F Wright Pawleys Island, SC | Dentist | 128 | 67 | $1,175 |
| David M Hsieh Pittsburgh, PA | Dentist | 83 | 30 | $1,029 |
| Denise C Gay Naples, FL | Dentist | 93 | 42 | $983 |
| Lawrence J Giangreco Jr. Webster, NY | Dentist | 101 | 32 | $965 |
| Eric D Hanson Pittsford, NY | Dentist | 53 | 33 | $953 |
| Brad R Burks Springfield, MO | Dentist | 103 | 52 | $926 |
| David J Balestrini Lake Placid, NY | Dentist | 108 | 43 | $921 |
| Kevin Hendler Atlanta, GA | Dentist | 81 | 38 | $918 |
| William E Garver Oakmont, PA | Dentist | 68 | 46 | $907 |
| Timothy B Kaltaler Cicero, NY | Dentist | 30 | 21 | $882 |
| Laurie A Forest Montpelier, VT | Dentist | 75 | 44 | $881 |
| Christine A Fortmann San Juan Capistrano, CA | Dentist | 30 | 16 | $861 |
| Joseph Liu Irwin, PA | Dentist | 69 | 43 | $849 |
| Krista L Pauly Boston, MA | Dentist | 56 | 28 | $841 |
| Bernice Szafarek Columbia, CT | Dentist | 76 | 27 | $833 |
| James R Tague Alexandria Bay, NY | Dentist | 68 | 40 | $815 |