Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$13.5M
+38.2% from 2023
Prescriptions
1.7M
$7.80 per claim
Patients
590K
150,646 prescribers
Total spending, 2024
$13.5M
$22.89 per patient
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $13.5M for Vitamin D2 in 2024, for 1,730,931 prescriptions and refills to 589,649 patients (up 38.2% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $7.80.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Vitamin D2 in 2024: $2.3M for 440,308 claims, followed by Texas ($2.1M).
Mubashir Mahmood, endocrinology in Knoxville, TN, had the highest Medicare cost for Vitamin D2 in 2024: 711 claims costing $17K.
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Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mubashir Mahmood Knoxville, TN | Endocrinology | 711 | 362 | $17K |
| Jesus G Garcia-Gallegos San Antonio, TX | Family Practice | 1,048 | 422 | $14K |
| Eugenio Angueira-Serrano |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 119,532 | 1,204,732 | 403,909 | $7.9M |
| 2023 | 138,994 | 1,550,641 | 523,447 | $9.8M |
| 2024 | 150,646 | 1,730,931 | 589,649 | $13.5M |
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.
| Endocrinology |
| 2,328 |
| 670 |
| $11K |
| Inderjit Singh Saint Louis, MO | Internal Medicine | 854 | 260 | $9,830 |
| Jose A Rosales Carrazana North Miami, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 2,481 | 290 | $8,064 |
| Adam K Kakar The Villages, FL | Family Practice | 611 | 236 | $7,903 |
| Ana M Ballester-Fiallo San Antonio, TX | Rheumatology | 465 | 218 | $7,548 |
| Wasim E Deeb Jacksonville, FL | Endocrinology | 641 | 232 | $7,350 |
| Mustafa M Moazam El Paso, TX | Internal Medicine | 572 | 201 | $7,328 |
| Alejandro Rocha Jr. El Paso, TX | Family Practice | 489 | 210 | $7,142 |
| Dennis Pangtay Irving, TX | Family Practice | 499 | 191 | $6,703 |
| John S Litton Jr. Pennington Gap, VA | Family Practice | 447 | 123 | $6,532 |
| Jorge M Venereo Doral, FL | Internal Medicine | 1,502 | 274 | $6,107 |
| Joel Gomez Leon Hialeah, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 2,846 | 352 | $6,056 |
| Jacobo S Morales-Mendez San Antonio, TX | Family Practice | 505 | 193 | $5,989 |
| Yoel Enriquez Miami, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 1,882 | 259 | $5,980 |
| Rafael Junco Hialeah, FL | Family Practice | 2,415 | 334 | $5,935 |
| Sergio Calixto-Montanez Dallas, TX | Family Practice | 438 | 196 | $5,803 |
| Ovadi Aleman Gonzalez Miami, FL | General Practice | 2,613 | 319 | $5,600 |
| Alejandro Serralvo Fuentes Hialeah, FL | Family Practice | 2,642 | 263 | $5,600 |
| Justin W Mansfield Ogden, UT | Internal Medicine | 225 | 74 | $5,544 |
| Alexander B de Varona Hialeah, FL | Nurse Practitioner | 1,313 | 334 | $5,373 |
| Mario A Delgado-Fernandez Coral Gables, FL | Internal Medicine | 471 | 137 | $5,205 |
| K. G Thampy Saint Louis, MO | Endocrinology | 597 | 182 | $5,179 |
| Gustavo H Day Dallas, TX | Internal Medicine | 311 | 118 | $4,948 |
Spending by manufacturer as listed in the spending data
| Manufacturer | Claims | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Pharma LLC | 750,293 | $7.4M |
| Strides Pharma STAR.NS | 386,120 | $3.6M |
| Bionpharma Inc. | 538,610 | $2.3M |
| Avet Pharmaceut | 53,649 | $215K |
| Alembic Pharmac | 2,123 | $4,927 |
| Rising Pharm | 580 | $2,466 |
| Chartwell Rx Ll | 146 | $1,104 |
| Caraco/Sun Phar | 49 | $165 |