Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$183.8M
+108.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
41K
$4,454.49 per claim
Patients
6,217
3,711 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$183.8M
$29,549.01 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $183.8M for Tezspire in 2024, for 41,251 prescriptions and refills to 6,217 patients (up 108.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $4,454.49.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Tezspire in 2024: $17.9M for 4,029 claims, followed by New York ($15.6M).
Daniel E Laurie, pulmonary disease in Columbia, SC, had the highest Medicare cost for Tezspire in 2024: 175 claims costing $759K.
Tezspire is made by Amgen Inc. (AMGN), listed in the Medicare spending data as Amgen.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel E Laurie Columbia, SC | Pulmonary Disease | 175 | 38 | $759K |
| Njira L Lugogo Ann Arbor, MI | Pulmonary Disease | 168 | 21 | $736K |
| Karlene H Bert |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,046 | 6,512 | 1,530 | $25.8M |
| 2023 | 2,256 | 20,159 | 3,450 | $88.2M |
| 2024 | 3,711 | 41,251 | 6,217 | $183.8M |
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.
| Nurse Practitioner |
| 187 |
| 24 |
| $727K |
| Yevgeniya Brodskaya Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 169 | 21 | $717K |
| Zulfiqar Ali Johnstown, PA | Pulmonary Disease | 155 | 21 | $694K |
| Abhaya P Trivedi Chicago, IL | Pulmonary Disease | 159 | 21 | $684K |
| Maureen R Dziura Boston, MA | Pulmonary Disease | 132 | 16 | $569K |
| Katherine M Johnson Knoxville, TN | Nurse Practitioner | 129 | 26 | $560K |
| Kristen M Wells Corbin, KY | Physician Assistant | 106 | 13 | $549K |
| Isabel Y Lee Dinuba, CA | Nurse Practitioner | 128 | 24 | $530K |
| Arjun Mohan Ann Arbor, MI | Pulmonary Disease | 115 | 20 | $499K |
| Jorge M Mercado Erie, PA | Pulmonary Disease | 109 | 11 | $498K |
| James S Pope Hartford, CT | Pulmonary Disease | 101 | 13 | $478K |
| Shyamsunder Subramanian Tracy, CA | Pulmonary Disease | 105 | 17 | $456K |
| Anne Marie Holly Rochester, NY | Physician Assistant | 86 | 16 | $437K |
| David H Tottori Las Vegas, NV | Allergy/ Immunology | 99 | 20 | $411K |
| Ashley Foreman Hampton, VA | Nurse Practitioner | 96 | 16 | $410K |
| Eric J Kozlow Asheboro, NC | Allergy/ Immunology | 93 | 12 | $393K |
| Steven J Louie Atlantis, FL | Allergy/ Immunology | 90 | Under 11 | $377K |
| Manuel S Cunanan Millville, NJ | Pulmonary Disease | 86 | 17 | $372K |
| Amy Wagelie Steffen Tucson, AZ | Allergy/ Immunology | 86 | Under 11 | $359K |
| Abraham M Ishaaya Los Angeles, CA | Pulmonary Disease | 84 | 15 | $347K |
| Praveen Akuthota San Diego, CA | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 80 | Under 11 | $343K |
| Naresh Nagella Pennington, NJ | Pulmonary Disease | 76 | Under 11 | $337K |
| Akram M Shibani Jacksonville, FL | Pulmonary Disease | 77 | 11 | $326K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen AMGN | 41,254 | $183.8M |