Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$71.7M
+91.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
90K
$792.93 per claim
Patients
28K
11,935 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$71.7M
$2,524.96 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $71.7M for Tyrvaya in 2024, for 90,439 prescriptions and refills to 28,398 patients (up 91.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $792.93.
New York had the highest Medicare cost for Tyrvaya in 2024: $8.7M for 11,828 claims, followed by California ($8.3M).
Charles I Gold, optometry in New York, NY, had the highest Medicare cost for Tyrvaya in 2024: 1,107 claims costing $786K.
All plans and makers
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles I Gold New York, NY | Optometry | 1,107 | 293 | $786K |
| Scott H Schecter Fort Lauderdale, FL | Optometry | 877 | 346 | $728K |
| Triet M Nguyen Westminster, CA |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,648 | 17,702 | 7,058 | $11.6M |
| 2023 | 7,421 | 47,614 | 17,871 | $37.4M |
| 2024 | 11,935 | 90,439 | 28,398 | $71.7M |
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.
| Ophthalmology |
| 869 |
| 179 |
| $628K |
| Cuong-Dung T DO Westminster, CA | Ophthalmology | 759 | 125 | $502K |
| Kathy K Man-Wong Brooklyn, NY | Ophthalmology | 585 | 85 | $388K |
| Trung M Nguyen Fountain Valley, CA | Ophthalmology | 263 | 68 | $266K |
| Edward A Braunstein New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 372 | 92 | $227K |
| Sunmin Park Los Angeles, CA | Ophthalmology | 281 | 87 | $216K |
| Ngoc Nguyen San Jose, CA | Ophthalmology | 192 | 63 | $205K |
| Andrew Naing New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 278 | 74 | $185K |
| Matthew S Edwards Ahoskie, NC | Optometry | 265 | 108 | $183K |
| Joshua J Hanen Minneapolis, MN | Optometry | 215 | 50 | $176K |
| Lisa K Law New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 168 | 36 | $162K |
| Gregory K Harmon New York, NY | Ophthalmology | 131 | 35 | $151K |
| Ligaya Prystowsky Nutley, NJ | Ophthalmology | 140 | 57 | $146K |
| Gitane Patel San Diego, CA | Ophthalmology | 158 | 43 | $144K |
| Jeffrey Tran Suwanee, GA | Ophthalmology | 125 | 45 | $143K |
| David H Lee Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 210 | 50 | $141K |
| John P Fang Ventura, CA | Ophthalmology | 186 | 62 | $140K |
| Harout Khanjian Van Nuys, CA | Optometry | 222 | 58 | $133K |
| Randal T Pham San Jose, CA | Ophthalmology | 126 | 60 | $129K |
| Robert L Schultze Slingerlands, NY | Ophthalmology | 167 | 35 | $129K |
| Thanh-Lan T Quan Westminster, CA | Ophthalmology | 187 | 42 | $127K |
| Xiaolin Zhang Westlake Village, CA | Ophthalmology | 156 | 50 | $119K |
| Yufei Tu Flushing, NY | Ophthalmology | 176 | 51 | $113K |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Oyster Point Ph | 90,460 | $71.7M |