Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$348.0M
-2.0% from 2023
Prescriptions
5.0M
$69.75 per claim
Patients
1.1M
217,097 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$348.1M
$309.29 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $348.0M for Synthroid in 2024, for 4,988,655 prescriptions and refills to 1,124,957 patients (down 2.0% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $69.75.
Puerto Rico had the highest Medicare cost for Synthroid in 2024: $58.2M for 762,388 claims, followed by Florida ($29.2M).
Edna G Melendez Reyes, endocrinology in Caguas, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Synthroid in 2024: 6,223 claims costing $421K.
Synthroid is made by AbbVie Inc. (ABBV), listed in the Medicare spending data as Abbvie US LLC.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edna G Melendez Reyes Caguas, PR | Endocrinology | 6,223 | 1,034 | $421K |
| Carlos M Martinez Rivera Mayaguez, PR | Endocrinology | 5,342 | 996 | $406K |
| Carlos R Figueroa Nunez |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 209,634 | 4,878,816 | 1,082,749 | $353.1M |
| 2023 | 207,441 | 4,522,519 | 1,001,953 | $355.1M |
| 2024 | 217,097 | 4,988,655 | 1,124,957 | $348.0M |
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.
| Endocrinology |
| 5,408 |
| 1,045 |
| $363K |
| Cesar H Trabanco Ponce, PR | Endocrinology | 5,287 | 894 | $328K |
| Denise Caro Mayaguez, PR | Endocrinology | 3,139 | 745 | $318K |
| Manuel Alegre-Hernandez San Juan, PR | Endocrinology | 2,617 | 860 | $313K |
| Jessica I Rosa Carolina, PR | Endocrinology | 3,385 | 662 | $283K |
| Mirna Maldonado Vega Manati, PR | Endocrinology | 2,788 | 652 | $278K |
| Angelo Rosado Perez Caguas, PR | Endocrinology | 2,169 | 675 | $273K |
| Maria D Miranda Toa Baja, PR | Endocrinology | 2,695 | 650 | $264K |
| Nixzaliz Rodriguez Rivera Ponce, PR | Endocrinology | 4,069 | 635 | $238K |
| Jorge R Martinez Bayamon, PR | Endocrinology | 2,147 | 594 | $232K |
| Ivan E Laboy-Ortiz Caguas, PR | Endocrinology | 3,930 | 536 | $225K |
| Altagracia A Alcantara Gonzalez Bayamon, PR | Endocrinology | 3,604 | 537 | $224K |
| Sheila Mercado Manati, PR | Endocrinology | 3,830 | 622 | $224K |
| Ramon Ortiz Carrasquillo Manati, PR | Endocrinology | 1,774 | 535 | $198K |
| Naomi Collazo Gutierrez Manati, PR | Endocrinology | 1,904 | 574 | $191K |
| Dalitza M Alvarez Valentin San Juan, PR | Endocrinology | 1,766 | 520 | $189K |
| Francisco J Nadal Colon Ponce, PR | Endocrinology | 2,127 | 496 | $188K |
| Gilberto Vazquez Romero Carolina, PR | Endocrinology | 3,936 | 502 | $186K |
| Rafael A Gonzalez-Rosario Rio Piedras, PR | Internal Medicine | 2,912 | 507 | $182K |
| Suzette Toro San German, PR | Endocrinology | 3,060 | 473 | $178K |
| Luis A Paz Reyes Vega Baja, PR | General Practice | 1,671 | 415 | $176K |
| Luis R Ruiz Rivera Ponce, PR | Specialist | 1,563 | 463 | $176K |
| Gloria A Rodriguez San Juan, PR | Endocrinology | 2,175 | 400 | $168K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Abbvie US LLC ABBV | 4,990,576 | $348.1M |