Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$4.6M
-37.6% from 2023
Prescriptions
364
$12,690.46 per claim
Patients
78
89 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$4.6M
$59,222.16 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $4.6M for Sutent in 2024, for 364 prescriptions and refills to 78 patients (down 37.6% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $12,690.46.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Sutent in 2024: $1.3M for 91 claims, followed by Massachusetts ($398K).
Chien-Shing Chen, medical oncology in Loma Linda, CA, had the highest Medicare cost for Sutent in 2024: 12 claims costing $258K.
Sutent is made by Pfizer Inc. (PFE), listed in the Medicare spending data as Pfizer US Pharm.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chien-Shing Chen Loma Linda, CA | Medical Oncology | 12 | Under 11 | $258K |
| Kenneth D Bishop Attleboro, MA | Medical Oncology | 12 | Under 11 | $237K |
| Jeanette C Yu |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 367 | 1,442 | 339 | $17.6M |
| 2023 | 143 | 632 | 124 | $7.4M |
| 2024 | 89 | 364 | 78 | $4.6M |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
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.
| Hematology-Oncology |
| 11 |
| Under 11 |
| $232K |
| Natalia Cherkassky Fair Lawn, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 11 | Under 11 | $160K |
| James M Randall Jr. San Diego, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 11 | Under 11 | $108K |
| David L Hinton Tuscaloosa, AL | Medical Oncology | 18 | Under 11 | $103K |
| Mustafa G Boxwala Farmington Hills, MI | Medical Oncology | 13 | Under 11 | $52K |
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer US Pharm PFE | 364 | $4.6M |