Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$19.4M
-7.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
11K
$1,825.06 per claim
Patients
1,547
1,747 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$19.4M
$12,547.87 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $19.4M for Trileptal in 2024, for 10,629 prescriptions and refills to 1,547 patients (down 7.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $1,825.06.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Trileptal in 2024: $2.1M for 1,217 claims, followed by Texas ($1.4M).
Sunitha Mathew, nurse practitioner in Houston, TX, had the highest Medicare cost for Trileptal in 2024: 18 claims costing $130K.
Trileptal is made by Novartis AG (NVS), listed in the Medicare spending data as Novartis.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunitha Mathew Houston, TX | Nurse Practitioner | 18 | Under 11 | $130K |
| Ignacio L Pita Garcia Guaynabo, PR | Neurology | 97 | Under 11 | $120K |
| Kimberly A Konieczki |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,886 | 12,464 | 1,696 | $20.0M |
| 2023 | 1,824 | 11,428 | 1,611 | $21.0M |
| 2024 | 1,747 | 10,629 | 1,547 | $19.4M |
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.
| Nurse Practitioner |
| 65 |
| Under 11 |
| $106K |
| Daniel J Luciano New York, NY | Neurology | 57 | Under 11 | $103K |
| Simon M Glynn Ann Arbor, MI | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $66K |
| Meng Lan Cheung Gan Portland, OR | Nurse Practitioner | 20 | Under 11 | $65K |
| Vibhangini S Wasade Royal Oak, MI | Neurology | 21 | Under 11 | $63K |
| David E Friedman Mineola, NY | Neurology | 27 | Under 11 | $59K |
| Kristen K Batson Orlando, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 20 | Under 11 | $57K |
| Lucretia Long Columbus, OH | Nurse Practitioner | 17 | Under 11 | $57K |
| Yeeck Sim Tucson, AZ | Neurology | 16 | Under 11 | $54K |
| Khalil Husari Baltimore, MD | Neurology | 17 | Under 11 | $54K |
| Leslyn Q Brouillette Overland Park, KS | Nurse Practitioner | 41 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Kelly A Geary Norristown, PA | Neurology | 13 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Julie E Hanna Roseville, MN | Neurology | 25 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Martin I Belkin Farmington Hills, MI | Neurology | 14 | Under 11 | $53K |
| Marcelo E Lancman White Plains, NY | Neurology | 33 | Under 11 | $52K |
| James A Fry Nashville, TN | Psychiatry & Neurology | 36 | Under 11 | $51K |
| Maria Stefanidou Boston, MA | Neurology | 21 | Under 11 | $48K |
| Piotr W Olejniczak New Orleans, LA | Neurology | 22 | Under 11 | $48K |
| Manoj Raghavan Milwaukee, WI | Neurology | 17 | Under 11 | $47K |
| Vicenta Salanova Indianapolis, IN | Neurology | 18 | Under 11 | $47K |
| Laura G Schoenberg New Hyde Park, NY | Neurology | 16 | Under 11 | $47K |
| Sherrell L Roberts Monticello, KY | Internal Medicine | 19 | Under 11 | $46K |
| Kyusang S Lee New York, NY | Neurology | 20 | Under 11 | $46K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis NVS | 10,640 | $19.4M |