Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$67.5M
-10.4% from 2023
Prescriptions
6.6M
$10.17 per claim
Patients
3.9M
468,853 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $67.5M for Triamcinolone Acetonide in 2024, for 6,641,163 prescriptions and refills to 3,902,557 patients (down 10.4% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $10.17.
California had the highest Medicare cost for Triamcinolone Acetonide in 2024: $8.5M for 851,555 claims, followed by New York ($6.3M).
Ricky P Lockett, physical medicine and rehabilitation in Saint Petersburg, FL, had the highest Medicare cost for Triamcinolone Acetonide in 2024: 206 claims costing $170K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky P Lockett Saint Petersburg, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 206 | 30 | $170K |
| Natella Yagoudaeva Rego Park, NY | Physician Assistant | 340 | 171 | $128K |
| John D Adams Jr. |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 429,808 | 5,870,131 | 3,412,784 | $73.8M |
| 2023 | 448,382 | 6,194,500 | 3,619,441 | $75.4M |
| 2024 | 468,853 | 6,641,163 | 3,902,557 | $67.5M |
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 |
| 472 |
| 70 |
| $58K |
| Geoffrey J Gibson Largo, FL | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 58 | Under 11 | $55K |
| Weining W Liang Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 386 | 91 | $52K |
| Keith Y Ko Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 251 | 136 | $49K |
| Peter Hu Brooklyn, NY | Physician Assistant | 221 | 107 | $47K |
| Larry M Neuman New York, NY | Internal Medicine | 212 | 56 | $45K |
| Hannah Okocha Humble, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 63 | 46 | $45K |
| Megan Robinson Buda, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 69 | 38 | $43K |
| Jian Cui Flushing, NY | Dermatology | 2,183 | 958 | $39K |
| David L Cohen Hewlett, NY | Dermatology | 1,470 | 727 | $35K |
| Zurab Abayev Brooklyn, NY | Internal Medicine | 167 | 53 | $33K |
| Dmitry Khasak New York, NY | Dermatology | 245 | 153 | $32K |
| Brianna Allain Elmhurst, NY | Internal Medicine | 358 | 167 | $32K |
| Rick J Lin McAllen, TX | Dermatology | 3,095 | 1,848 | $32K |
| Haiyin Hua Brooklyn, NY | Family Practice | 143 | 34 | $30K |
| Simon Li Brooklyn, NY | Family Practice | 430 | 117 | $29K |
| Xiaorong He Elmhurst, NY | Internal Medicine | 281 | 85 | $27K |
| Calvin T Sung Monterey Park, CA | Dermatology | 1,214 | 657 | $24K |
| Gil Y Cortes Aguadilla, PR | Dermatology | 1,309 | 639 | $22K |
| Xiangsheng Zheng Birmingham, AL | Internal Medicine | 409 | 86 | $21K |
| Xiandong Shi Flushing, NY | Internal Medicine | 284 | 89 | $21K |
| Fuad M Rahimee Dearborn Heights, MI | Internal Medicine | 58 | 16 | $19K |
| Sadia R Shah Bronx, NY | Podiatry | 91 | 56 | $19K |