Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$2.4M
-31.3% from 2023
Prescriptions
3,241
$747.43 per claim
Patients
652
600 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$2.4M
$3,715.36 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $2.4M for Tigecycline in 2024, for 3,241 prescriptions and refills to 652 patients (down 31.3% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $747.43.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Tigecycline in 2024: $519K for 609 claims, followed by Texas ($276K).
Clifford P Martin, infectious disease in Tucson, AZ, had the highest Medicare cost for Tigecycline in 2024: 47 claims costing $69K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford P Martin Tucson, AZ | Infectious Disease | 47 | Under 11 | $69K |
| James B Cutrell Dallas, TX | Infectious Disease | 44 | Under 11 | $67K |
| Joseph Sassine |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 501 | 2,419 | 549 | $3.0M |
| 2023 | 597 | 3,325 | 655 | $3.5M |
| 2024 | 600 | 3,241 | 652 | $2.4M |
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.
| Internal Medicine |
| 18 |
| Under 11 |
| $39K |
| Bachir K Younes Palm Desert, CA | Infectious Disease | 86 | 20 | $38K |
| Pamela J McShane Tyler, TX | Pulmonary Disease | 94 | Under 11 | $28K |
| Andres Rivero Hialeah, FL | Infectious Disease | 16 | Under 11 | $27K |
| Sophia Giscombe North Palm Beach, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 21 | Under 11 | $26K |
| Rebecca Witherell Naples, FL | Infectious Disease | 14 | Under 11 | $23K |
| Norman L Beatty Gainesville, FL | Infectious Disease | 24 | Under 11 | $21K |
| Henry H Rhee Centreville, VA | Infectious Disease | 13 | Under 11 | $20K |
| James C Demidovich Canfield, OH | Family Practice | 29 | Under 11 | $18K |
| Jose A Menajovsky West Palm Beach, FL | Infectious Disease | 26 | Under 11 | $17K |
| Gautam S Kalyatanda Gainesville, FL | Infectious Disease | 35 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Steven D O'Marro Springfield, IL | Infectious Disease | 13 | Under 11 | $16K |
| Natalia I Moguillansky Gainesville, FL | Critical Care (Intensivists) | 22 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Cyndee C Miranda Cleveland, OH | Infectious Disease | 25 | Under 11 | $15K |
| Mirella M Mircescu Phoenix, AZ | Infectious Disease | 28 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Kumara Singaravelu Phoenix, AZ | Infectious Disease | 21 | Under 11 | $14K |
| Anthony P Cannella Gainesville, FL | Infectious Disease | 16 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Thomas A Burkhead Cincinnati, OH | Infectious Disease | 14 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Edward A Hyndman III Mobile, AL | Infectious Disease | 14 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Marcelo J Filizzola Boca Raton, FL | Infectious Disease | 11 | Under 11 | $13K |
| Elizabeth B Nimmich West Columbia, SC | Infectious Disease | 22 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Joseph H Etienne Atlantis, FL | Family Practice | 13 | Under 11 | $12K |
| Thomas R Gallaher Greenville, NC | Infectious Disease | 23 | Under 11 | $12K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data