Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$21.0M
+20.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
20K
$1,049.53 per claim
Patients
4,005
3,071 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$21.0M
$5,247.23 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $21.0M for Sunosi in 2024, for 20,023 prescriptions and refills to 4,005 patients (up 20.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,049.53.
Ohio had the highest Medicare cost for Sunosi in 2024: $1.4M for 1,322 claims, followed by California ($1.2M).
Rosanne S Barker, neurology in Knoxville, TN, had the highest Medicare cost for Sunosi in 2024: 81 claims costing $114K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosanne S Barker Knoxville, TN | Neurology | 81 | 15 | $114K |
| Michael J Labanowski Dothan, AL | Sleep Medicine | 94 | 21 | $101K |
| Oluwole O Onadeko |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,410 | 14,509 | 2,929 | $13.7M |
| 2023 | 2,685 | 16,765 | 3,389 | $17.5M |
| 2024 | 3,071 | 20,023 | 4,005 | $21.0M |
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.
| Pulmonary Disease |
| 64 |
| 13 |
| $70K |
| Steven P Gradney Springfield, MO | Sleep Medicine | 79 | 14 | $68K |
| John C Carter Cleveland, OH | Pulmonary Disease | 53 | Under 11 | $64K |
| Domingo Rodriguez-Cue Garner, NC | Family Practice | 71 | 11 | $63K |
| Vladislav L Yeganov Dallas, TX | Psychiatry | 44 | Under 11 | $61K |
| William Bara-Jimenez Kensington, MD | Neurology | 56 | 11 | $61K |
| Robert C Doekel Jr. Birmingham, AL | Sleep Medicine | 59 | 13 | $61K |
| Arun Ramachandran Los Angeles, CA | Neurology | 39 | Under 11 | $55K |
| Richard K Bogan Columbia, SC | Pulmonary Disease | 64 | 14 | $54K |
| Michael J Thorpy Bronx, NY | Neurology | 45 | Under 11 | $54K |
| Konrad W Bakker Frederick, MD | Neurology | 41 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Ajitesh Rai Alton, IL | Neurology | 62 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Mustafa Albakour Burlington, MA | Hospitalist | 47 | Under 11 | $52K |
| Naeem A Lughmani Sylvania, OH | Pulmonary Disease | 55 | 13 | $52K |
| Louis A Tartaglia Maumee, OH | Sleep Medicine | 42 | Under 11 | $51K |
| Abhinav Singh Greenwood, IN | Internal Medicine | 54 | 11 | $50K |
| Faheem A Abbasi Indianapolis, IN | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 61 | Under 11 | $48K |
| Prasanth Manthena Los Angeles, CA | Neurology | 28 | Under 11 | $47K |
| Brandy R Stepney Torrington, CT | Nurse Practitioner | 38 | Under 11 | $45K |
| Christina M Finnerty Idaho Falls, ID | Nurse Practitioner | 41 | Under 11 | $44K |
| James H Hunter Mobile, AL | Pulmonary Disease | 51 | Under 11 | $43K |
| Jamie M Simmons East Lansing, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 35 | Under 11 | $42K |
| Neil Mushlin Lansdale, PA | Pulmonary Disease | 43 | Under 11 | $42K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data