Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$3.38B
+13.1% from 2023
Prescriptions
133K
$25,424.15 per claim
Patients
25K
14,474 prescribers
Total spending
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All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $3.38B for Stelara in 2024, for 132,814 prescriptions and refills to 24,746 patients (up 13.1% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $25,424.15.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Stelara in 2024: $246.6M for 10,685 claims, followed by New York ($243.3M).
Maranda Dillon, nurse practitioner in Flowood, MS, had the highest Medicare cost for Stelara in 2024: 656 claims costing $18.0M.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maranda Dillon Flowood, MS | Nurse Practitioner | 656 | 100 | $18.0M |
| Donna P Ortiz Orlando, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 458 | 56 | $12.7M |
| Vanessa Mendez |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,308 | 96,952 | 19,964 | $2.34B |
| 2023 | 13,395 | 117,028 | 22,920 | $2.99B |
| 2024 | 14,474 | 132,814 | 24,746 | $3.38B |
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.
| Gastroenterology |
| 294 |
| 54 |
| $7.8M |
| Udayakumar Navaneethan Saint Petersburg, FL | Gastroenterology | 265 | 34 | $7.1M |
| Nitin Gupta Atlanta, GA | Gastroenterology | 245 | 43 | $6.7M |
| Douglas C Wolf Atlanta, GA | Gastroenterology | 241 | 32 | $6.6M |
| Elizabeth Harding Charleston, SC | Physician Assistant | 202 | 41 | $6.6M |
| Jason N Schairer Novi, MI | Gastroenterology | 253 | 34 | $6.5M |
| Parakkal Deepak Saint Louis, MO | Gastroenterology | 219 | 27 | $6.1M |
| Megan M Pearce Orlando, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 221 | 40 | $5.9M |
| Andrea Banty West Hollywood, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 203 | 32 | $5.7M |
| Alison P Kerekes Durham, NC | Physician Assistant | 214 | 35 | $5.5M |
| David P Hudesman New York, NY | Gastroenterology | 207 | 23 | $5.5M |
| Esther A Torres San Juan, PR | Gastroenterology | 194 | 34 | $5.3M |
| Matthew D McCoy Jackson, MS | Physician Assistant | 192 | 26 | $5.3M |
| Ellen J Scherl New York, NY | Gastroenterology | 187 | 28 | $5.2M |
| Vicki E Allen Charleston, SC | Physician Assistant | 158 | 31 | $5.1M |
| Amy Stuffelbeam Lexington, KY | Physician Assistant | 189 | 26 | $4.9M |
| Richard P Rood Saint Louis, MO | Gastroenterology | 176 | 26 | $4.9M |
| Heba N Iskandar Atlanta, GA | Gastroenterology | 179 | 24 | $4.9M |
| Joseph Feuerstein Boston, MA | Gastroenterology | 178 | 23 | $4.8M |
| Libby Wolf Palo Alto, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 154 | 20 | $4.8M |
| Mark G Lazarev Baltimore, MD | Gastroenterology | 164 | 22 | $4.8M |
| Erin M Forster Charleston, SC | Gastroenterology | 130 | 27 | $4.8M |
| Jean-Paul Achkar Cleveland, OH | Gastroenterology | 169 | 27 | $4.8M |