Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.0M
-10.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
51K
$58.82 per claim
Patients
29K
16,833 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.0M for Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in 2024, for 50,758 prescriptions and refills to 29,096 patients (down 10.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $58.82.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in 2024: $534K for 8,609 claims, followed by Puerto Rico ($423K).
Angel Sanchez, nephrology in Fajardo, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate in 2024: 155 claims costing $15K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Sanchez Fajardo, PR | Nephrology | 155 | 36 | $15K |
| Caprice L Cadacio Philadelphia, PA | Neurology | 93 | 42 | $12K |
| Ferdinand Rivera Ortiz |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,366 | 52,650 | 30,915 | $3.4M |
| 2023 | 17,295 | 49,974 | 29,243 | $3.3M |
| 2024 | 16,833 | 50,758 | 29,096 | $3.0M |
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.
| Nephrology |
| 100 |
| 29 |
| $11K |
| Rodolfo Troche San Juan, PR | Nephrology | 54 | 24 | $9,335 |
| Adnan Ahmed Clermont, FL | Nephrology | 86 | 46 | $9,285 |
| Avid J Muniz Santurce, PR | Nephrology | 84 | 30 | $9,060 |
| Kevin Pham Orange, CA | Nephrology | 144 | 60 | $8,975 |
| Thanh Cao Fountain Valley, CA | Nephrology | 117 | 51 | $8,713 |
| Suzanne G Martin Worcester, MA | Nephrology | 158 | 35 | $8,671 |
| Jambur E Chandrashekar Indio, CA | Internal Medicine | 64 | 28 | $8,131 |
| Angel B Rivera Santos Ponce, PR | Nephrology | 68 | 24 | $8,087 |
| Kevin E Vitting Wayne, NJ | Nephrology | 94 | 44 | $7,773 |
| Deniz E Garcia-de la Rosa Rio Piedras, PR | Nephrology | 64 | 23 | $7,458 |
| Tiffany C Wong Honolulu, HI | Nephrology | 73 | 38 | $7,269 |
| William O Hurtado-Santiago Mayaguez, PR | Nephrology | 60 | 18 | $7,259 |
| Francis Vazquez Roura Ponce, PR | Nephrology | 63 | 22 | $7,034 |
| Jayesh S Shah Tampa, FL | Nephrology | 56 | 26 | $6,618 |
| Robert Chang Corona, CA | Nephrology | 83 | 46 | $6,412 |
| Jose L Nieves-Rivera San Juan, PR | Nephrology | 39 | 14 | $6,124 |
| Rafael Khaim New York, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 82 | 25 | $5,979 |
| Francisco J Bernal Perez Pembroke Pines, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 48 | 44 | $5,921 |
| Chandrika Chitturi Bakersfield, CA | Nephrology | 79 | 31 | $5,521 |
| Nirupama Vemuri Porterville, CA | Internal Medicine | 43 | 12 | $5,114 |
| Mariela C Rodriguez Suarez Cayey, PR | Nephrology | 52 | 17 | $5,113 |
| Wajdi Al Shweiat Flint, MI | Nephrology | 35 | 14 | $5,107 |