Medicare prescription drug cost, prescriptions and prescribers, 2024
Medicare cost, 2024
$50.1M
-17.5% from 2023
Prescriptions
7.5M
$6.64 per claim
Patients
1.5M
307,386 prescribers
Total spending
-
All plans
Medicare prescription drug plans paid $50.1M for Zolpidem Tartrate in 2024, for 7,545,229 prescriptions and refills to 1,482,514 patients (down 17.5% from 2023). The average cost per claim was $6.64.
Florida had the highest Medicare cost for Zolpidem Tartrate in 2024: $5.1M for 646,739 claims, followed by California ($4.1M).
Jose R Rodriguez Cay, psychiatry in Caguas, PR, had the highest Medicare cost for Zolpidem Tartrate in 2024: 3,241 claims costing $30K.
Where the prescribers practice, 2024
By Medicare drug cost
| Prescriber | Type | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose R Rodriguez Cay Caguas, PR | Psychiatry | 3,241 | 388 | $30K |
| Reinaldo J Rodriguez Cruz Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 1,725 | 224 | $16K |
| Milagros Ortiz |
| Year | Prescribers | Claims | Patients | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 298,554 | 7,342,584 | 1,414,066 | $61.5M |
| 2023 | 302,127 | 7,392,017 | 1,434,792 | $60.8M |
| 2024 | 307,386 | 7,545,229 | 1,482,514 | $50.1M |
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.
| Psychiatry |
| 1,828 |
| 234 |
| $15K |
| Jorge L Valentin Mayaguez, PR | Psychiatry | 1,387 | 166 | $15K |
| Luis C Rojas Sr. Rio Piedras, PR | Psychiatry | 1,627 | 225 | $13K |
| Norberto Pellot Bayamon, PR | Psychiatry | 1,415 | 176 | $13K |
| Raul Benitez Manati, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 1,471 | 182 | $13K |
| Carmelo E Herrero Lugo Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 1,335 | 173 | $13K |
| Eduardo Rentas Jr. Kissimmee, FL | Psychiatry | 1,686 | 199 | $12K |
| Angel Loyola Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 1,817 | 247 | $11K |
| Arturo L Arroba Carpio Manati, PR | Psychiatry | 1,296 | 157 | $11K |
| David A Flores Cayey, PR | Psychiatry | 1,315 | 165 | $11K |
| Giovanny M Nunez New York, NY | Psychiatry | 3,321 | 394 | $10K |
| Zaleskie Ruiz Cabo Rojo, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 1,082 | 127 | $10K |
| Carlos O Perez-Cortes Humacao, PR | Psychiatry & Neurology | 1,255 | 167 | $10K |
| Armando Fortuno 00612, PR | Psychiatry | 947 | 120 | $9,849 |
| Edward B Laub Trenton, NJ | Internal Medicine | 56 | 24 | $9,563 |
| Dawn E Gunter Tucson, AZ | Psychiatry & Neurology | 98 | 19 | $9,489 |
| Vivian I Acevedo Toa Baja, PR | Psychiatry | 872 | 126 | $8,947 |
| Damaso A Oliva Jr. San Antonio, TX | Psychiatry | 540 | 69 | $8,887 |
| Nicholas Tobin Longmeadow, MA | Nurse Practitioner | 735 | 88 | $8,796 |
| Melvin J Velazquez Munoz Humacao, PR | Psychiatry | 764 | 110 | $8,751 |
| Edgardo J Prieto Agostini Coquas, PR | Psychiatry | 851 | 105 | $8,743 |
| Ramon V Sanchez San Antonio, TX | Psychiatry | 1,092 | 110 | $8,568 |
| David G Edelson New Hyde Park, NY | Internal Medicine | 122 | 18 | $8,008 |