Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$15.6M
-9.8% from 2023
Prescriptions
28K
$556.01 per claim
Patients
3,975
4,224 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$15.6M
$3,918.34 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $15.6M for Tegretol Xr in 2024, for 28,012 prescriptions and refills to 3,975 patients (down 9.8% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $556.01.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Tegretol Xr in 2024: $1.5M for 2,897 claims, followed by California ($968K).
Deborah S Zielinski, nurse practitioner in Chicago, IL, had the highest Medicare cost for Tegretol Xr in 2024: 105 claims costing $70K.
Tegretol Xr is made by Novartis AG (NVS), listed in the Medicare spending data as Novartis.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah S Zielinski Chicago, IL | Nurse Practitioner | 105 | 15 | $70K |
| Caitlin McElroy-Cox New York, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 59 | 11 | $53K |
| James Tao |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,557 | 32,482 | 4,391 | $16.5M |
| 2023 | 4,337 | 29,228 | 4,122 | $17.3M |
| 2024 | 4,224 | 28,012 | 3,975 | $15.6M |
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.
| Neurology |
| 45 |
| Under 11 |
| $38K |
| Adithya Sivaraju New Haven, CT | Neurology | 54 | Under 11 | $37K |
| Evan K Sandok La Crosse, WI | Neurology | 23 | Under 11 | $36K |
| Rodney A Radtke Durham, NC | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $34K |
| Aamir Rasheed Vestal, NY | Neurology | 81 | Under 11 | $34K |
| Simon M Glynn Ann Arbor, MI | Neurology | 29 | Under 11 | $33K |
| Aline Herlopian New Haven, CT | Neurology | 100 | Under 11 | $32K |
| Cecilia A Olivas El Paso, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 35 | Under 11 | $29K |
| M. T Fraser Peoria, IL | Neurology | 36 | Under 11 | $29K |
| Melba Sotomayor Aguadilla, PR | Neurology | 116 | Under 11 | $28K |
| Nancy E Hammond Kansas City, KS | Neurology | 39 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Jennifer L Logan Detroit, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 29 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Timothy M Lynch Albany, NY | Neurology | 45 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Jeremy J Moeller New Haven, CT | Neurology | 26 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Richard H Mattson New Haven, CT | Neurology | 34 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Stephan Eisenschenk Gainesville, FL | Neurology | 16 | Under 11 | $25K |
| Edward H Bertram III Charlottesville, VA | Neurology | 36 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Scott A Riggins Billings, MT | Neurology | 34 | Under 11 | $24K |
| Laura A Buck Patchogue, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 40 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Allyson R Cunningham Ann Arbor, MI | Physician Assistant | 17 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Lynette N Todd Atlanta, GA | Nurse Practitioner | 28 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Thomas J Kwiatkowski Jr. Pittsfield, MA | Neurology | 41 | Under 11 | $22K |
| Patricia G Klein Westwood, NJ | Neurology | 24 | Under 11 | $21K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis NVS | 28,016 | $15.6M |