Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$59.8M
+303.9% from 2023
Prescriptions
3,741
$15,996.21 per claim
Patients
790
763 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$59.8M
$75,749.12 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $59.8M for Talzenna in 2024, for 3,741 prescriptions and refills to 790 patients (up 303.9% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $15,996.21.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Talzenna in 2024: $7.7M for 509 claims, followed by California ($5.3M).
Rafael A Arteta-Bulos, hematology-oncology in Weston, FL, had the highest Medicare cost for Talzenna in 2024: 41 claims costing $643K.
Talzenna is made by Pfizer Inc. (PFE), listed in the Medicare spending data as Pfizer US Pharm, Pfizer Labs..
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael A Arteta-Bulos Weston, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 41 | Under 11 | $643K |
| Jahan Aghalar Commack, NY | Medical Oncology | 40 | Under 11 | $514K |
| Robert S Alter |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92 | 430 | 81 | $6.4M |
| 2023 | 256 | 878 | 234 | $14.8M |
| 2024 | 763 | 3,741 | 790 | $59.8M |
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 |
| 24 |
| Under 11 |
| $441K |
| Ahsan U Shah Estero, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 23 | Under 11 | $417K |
| Jose A Ortega III Lake Worth, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 23 | Under 11 | $416K |
| Chelsea L Cramer Egg Harbor Township, NJ | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | Under 11 | $368K |
| Paul R Sieber Lancaster, PA | Urology | 24 | Under 11 | $367K |
| David Wilhelm Amarillo, TX | Urology | 20 | Under 11 | $356K |
| Neal Shore Myrtle Beach, SC | Urology | 29 | Under 11 | $356K |
| Muhammad H Imam Winter Park, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 20 | Under 11 | $350K |
| Mark D Greenberger Memphis, TN | Urology | 19 | Under 11 | $338K |
| Mike Cusnir Miami Beach, FL | Hematology-Oncology | 22 | Under 11 | $338K |
| Ashley N Miller Columbia, SC | Nurse Practitioner | 28 | Under 11 | $328K |
| Mark Druck Jersey City, NJ | Hematology-Oncology | 22 | Under 11 | $314K |
| Nader Javadi Calabasas, CA | Hematology-Oncology | 17 | Under 11 | $309K |
| Sukumar Ethirajan Overland Park, KS | Hematology | 17 | Under 11 | $308K |
| Joelle P Hamilton Homewood, AL | Medical Oncology | 17 | Under 11 | $302K |
| Vladimir Hugec Maplewood, MN | Hematology-Oncology | 19 | Under 11 | $282K |
| Song Zhao Seattle, WA | Medical Oncology | 25 | Under 11 | $276K |
| Antoine E Chahine Canfield, OH | Medical Oncology | 15 | Under 11 | $269K |
| Sara Capatanos Simi Valley, CA | Internal Medicine | 17 | Under 11 | $269K |
| Mark G Delworth Jr. Blue Ash, OH | Urology | 15 | Under 11 | $266K |
| Jessica K Deinert Houston, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 19 | Under 11 | $265K |
| Jigarkumar R Parikh Augusta, GA | Hematology-Oncology | 17 | Under 11 | $264K |
| David R Wise New York, NY | Medical Oncology | 14 | Under 11 | $256K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data