Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$10.2M
+6.7% from 2023
Prescriptions
187K
$54.35 per claim
Patients
55K
24,827 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$10.2M
$184.77 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $10.2M for Trimethoprim in 2024, for 186,947 prescriptions and refills to 54,982 patients (up 6.7% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $54.35.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Trimethoprim in 2024: $680K for 13,748 claims, followed by Ohio ($648K).
Scott A Macdiarmid, urology in Greensboro, NC, had the highest Medicare cost for Trimethoprim in 2024: 750 claims costing $36K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott A Macdiarmid Greensboro, NC | Urology | 750 | 191 | $36K |
| Thomas S Kowalkowski Ronceverte, WV | Urology | 522 | 140 | $33K |
| Howard W Beck |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25,188 | 183,174 | 55,067 | $9.1M |
| 2023 | 24,567 | 181,123 | 53,824 | $9.5M |
| 2024 | 24,827 | 186,947 | 54,982 | $10.2M |
Amount reimbursed by state Medicaid programs, all states
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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.
| Urology |
| 392 |
| 129 |
| $30K |
| Robert W Lobel Albany, NY | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 241 | 78 | $22K |
| Glenn E Kershen Saginaw, MI | Urology | 220 | 79 | $21K |
| Jennifer L Sobol West Bloomfield, MI | Urology | 261 | 92 | $20K |
| David F Meriwether Summersville, WV | Urology | 320 | 76 | $18K |
| Jennifer J Hughes Lakeland, FL | Physician Assistant | 295 | 84 | $18K |
| Willie W Smith III Ronceverte, WV | Physician Assistant | 240 | 64 | $17K |
| Carolyn G Kellaway Pinehurst, NC | Physician Assistant | 303 | 83 | $17K |
| Gregory A Chambers Columbia, SC | Physician Assistant | 222 | 87 | $17K |
| Joseph Mouchizadeh Ronceverte, WV | Urology | 263 | 87 | $16K |
| Thomas D Richardson Cedar Rapids, IA | Urology | 233 | 70 | $16K |
| Bradley A Boehm Alpena, MI | Urology | 167 | 48 | $14K |
| Gerard A Curtis Sarasota, FL | Urology | 315 | 126 | $14K |
| Michelle Buscemi Skokie, IL | Certified Nurse Midwife | 211 | 104 | $14K |
| Charles J Goodwin Jeffersonville, IN | Urology | 167 | 62 | $13K |
| Steven L Jensen Saginaw, MI | Urology | 132 | 44 | $13K |
| William S Bundrick Jr. Bossier City, LA | Urology | 184 | 57 | $13K |
| Robert L Humble Monroe, LA | Urology | 209 | 59 | $13K |
| Annelle C Dugas Hattiesburg, MS | Nurse Practitioner | 252 | 62 | $12K |
| Ashley J Leutze Springfield, OH | Physician Assistant | 162 | 79 | $12K |
| Nathan Boggs Huntington, WV | Nurse Practitioner | 207 | 66 | $12K |
| Barry R Lee Gastonia, NC | Urology | 206 | 66 | $12K |
| Nicole M Szell Largo, FL | Urology | 153 | 73 | $11K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data