Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$26.6M
+14.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
3,028
$8,776.05 per claim
Patients
285
314 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$26.6M
$93,241.69 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $26.6M for Thiola Ec in 2024, for 3,028 prescriptions and refills to 285 patients (up 14.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $8,776.05.
Tennessee had the highest Medicare cost for Thiola Ec in 2024: $1.9M for 154 claims, followed by Florida ($1.8M).
Julia Lewis, nephrology in Nashville, TN, had the highest Medicare cost for Thiola Ec in 2024: 23 claims costing $638K.
Thiola Ec is made by Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (TVTX), listed in the Medicare spending data as Travere Therape.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Lewis Nashville, TN | Nephrology | 23 | Under 11 | $638K |
| Margaret S Pearle Dallas, TX | Urology | 58 | Under 11 | $480K |
| James E Lingeman Indianapolis, IN |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 259 | 2,545 | 243 | $21.9M |
| 2023 | 289 | 2,679 | 261 | $23.2M |
| 2024 | 314 | 3,028 | 285 | $26.6M |
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.
| Urology |
| 47 |
| Under 11 |
| $416K |
| Bruce E Woodworth Knoxville, TN | Urology | 36 | Under 11 | $393K |
| Yonghong Huan Philadelphia, PA | Nephrology | 22 | Under 11 | $339K |
| Frank M Casey Jr. Macon, GA | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $303K |
| Richard B Antosek Sunrise, FL | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $275K |
| Joseph C Mihindukulasuriya Glens Falls, NY | Nephrology | 25 | Under 11 | $251K |
| Suneeta Gadde Richmond, VA | Nephrology | 12 | Under 11 | $249K |
| Corey Passman Lynchburg, VA | Urology | 16 | Under 11 | $237K |
| Geoffrey S Gaunay Lancaster, PA | Urology | 25 | Under 11 | $216K |
| Mark A Sutton Houston, TX | Urology | 22 | Under 11 | $197K |
| Tariq S Hakky Atlanta, GA | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $191K |
| Leonil A Gan Lim Tupelo, MS | Internal Medicine | 12 | Under 11 | $187K |
| Majid Mirzazadeh Winston Salem, NC | Urology | 24 | Under 11 | $187K |
| Michael S Borofsky Indianapolis, IN | Urology | 24 | Under 11 | $183K |
| Joseph Steinberg Morristown, NJ | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $183K |
| Michael S Katz Atlanta, GA | Nephrology | 12 | Under 11 | $183K |
| Shaheen B Rahman Schenectady, NY | Urology | 12 | Under 11 | $183K |
| Claudia H Methvin Woodstock, VA | Family Practice | 12 | Under 11 | $183K |
| Surafel K Gebreselassie Weston, FL | Nephrology | 12 | Under 11 | $183K |
| David S Goldfarb New York, NY | Nephrology | 16 | Under 11 | $178K |
| Mohamed Amin Kadoura Toledo, OH | Nephrology | 11 | Under 11 | $175K |
| Roy Jhagroo Madison, WI | Nephrology | 22 | Under 11 | $167K |
| Siddharth P Shah Philadelphia, PA | Nephrology | 11 | Under 11 | $167K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Travere Therape TVTX | 3,028 | $26.6M |