Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$1.5M
-16.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
26K
$57.98 per claim
Patients
3,241
3,865 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$1.5M
$467.37 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $1.5M for Thioridazine Hcl in 2024, for 26,131 prescriptions and refills to 3,241 patients (down 16.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $57.98.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Thioridazine Hcl in 2024: $147K for 2,332 claims, followed by California ($117K).
Sophia Bezirganian, psychiatry in Elmira, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Thioridazine Hcl in 2024: 162 claims costing $10K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Bezirganian Elmira, NY | Psychiatry | 162 | Under 11 | $10K |
| Martin Weinapple Princeton, NJ | Psychiatry & Neurology | 160 | Under 11 | $9,750 |
| John N Julian |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,505 | 30,982 | 3,821 | $2.0M |
| 2023 | 4,281 | 28,735 | 3,594 | $1.8M |
| 2024 | 3,865 | 26,131 | 3,241 | $1.5M |
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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.
| Neuropsychiatry |
| 196 |
| Under 11 |
| $7,686 |
| Russell S Blackwelder Charleston, SC | Family Practice | 81 | Under 11 | $7,173 |
| Richard S Pannel Oxford, MS | Psychiatry | 127 | Under 11 | $6,997 |
| Sankar R Kodidhi Belton, MO | Geriatric Psychiatry | 54 | Under 11 | $6,349 |
| Michele Meier Schenectady, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 70 | Under 11 | $5,059 |
| Mary Ellen Papandrea Delmar, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 23 | Under 11 | $4,712 |
| Mark L Silverman Birmingham, MI | Psychiatry | 11 | Under 11 | $4,219 |
| Janine Quinlan Lyons, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 79 | Under 11 | $4,205 |
| Erin E Rivera Fort Wayne, IN | Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | 12 | Under 11 | $4,177 |
| Michael S Miller Indianapolis, IN | General Surgery | 34 | Under 11 | $4,152 |
| Michael M Newman Whitefish, MT | Psychiatry | 12 | Under 11 | $4,088 |
| Robert R Hart Stockton, CA | Psychiatry | 95 | Under 11 | $3,924 |
| Daniel Uwah New Hartford, NY | Psychiatry & Neurology | 11 | Under 11 | $3,691 |
| Heidi H Vandeusen Gloversville, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 21 | Under 11 | $3,674 |
| Robert L Wood Madisonville, KY | Family Practice | 13 | Under 11 | $3,564 |
| Laurie Warren Sioux City, IA | Physician Assistant | 41 | Under 11 | $3,401 |
| Scott M Holbrook Marcy, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 52 | Under 11 | $3,330 |
| Akiva Bronstein Farmington, CT | Physician Assistant | 23 | Under 11 | $3,318 |
| Thomas O Yee Jr. Provo, UT | Nurse Practitioner | 156 | Under 11 | $3,298 |
| Penumetsa B Raju Waterloo, IA | Psychiatry | 25 | Under 11 | $3,228 |
| Steven W Ortell Elkhorn, WI | Psychiatry | 97 | 17 | $3,137 |
| Krisanne M Cravens Kalamazoo, MI | Nurse Practitioner | 48 | Under 11 | $3,119 |
| Taylor J Countryman Kingston, NY | Nurse Practitioner | 12 | Under 11 | $3,114 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data