{"id":"us-medicare-drug-prices","title":"Medicare Part D Drug Spending (United States)","description":"Average Medicare Part D spending per dosage unit for the most-claimed prescription drugs in the United States, from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The figure is the weighted average Medicare spend per dosage unit — not a retail or cash price, and not a per-prescription cost.","url":"https://geraclinic.com/data/us-medicare-drug-prices","coverage":"United States — Medicare Part D","spatialCoverage":"United States","temporalCoverage":"2024","rowCount":100,"rowUnit":"drugs","provenance":{"source":"CMS Medicare Part D Spending by Drug","sourceUrl":"https://data.cms.gov/summary-statistics-on-use-and-payments/medicare-medicaid-spending-by-drug/medicare-part-d-spending-by-drug","publisher":"U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)","licence":"U.S. Government Works / Public Domain","licenceUrl":"https://www.usa.gov/government-works","attribution":"Source: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (release year 2026, data year 2024). U.S. Government Works / Public Domain.","asOf":"data year 2024","modified":"2026-06-25"},"methodology":"The headline metric is Avg_Spnd_Per_Dsg_Unt_Wghtd_2024 (weighted avg spending per dosage unit, USD), taken verbatim from the CMS Medicare Part D Spending by Drug release. Average Medicare Part D spending per dosage unit, not a retail/cash price or per-prescription cost. For information only; not medical advice.","keyFigures":[{"label":"Drugs covered","value":"100"},{"label":"Data year","value":"2024"},{"label":"Most-claimed drug","value":"Atorvastatin Calcium","note":"73,349,032 Part D claims (2024)"},{"label":"Metric","value":"Avg spend / dosage unit","note":"USD, Medicare-weighted"}],"columns":[{"name":"drug","description":"Drug name (generic)"},{"name":"avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD","description":"Weighted average Medicare spend per dosage unit (USD)"},{"name":"partDClaims2024","description":"Total Medicare Part D claims in 2024"}],"sampleRows":[{"drug":"Atorvastatin Calcium","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.1452,"partDClaims2024":73349032},{"drug":"Amlodipine Besylate","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.0848,"partDClaims2024":50204110},{"drug":"Levothyroxine Sodium","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.1694,"partDClaims2024":43253940},{"drug":"Gabapentin","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.1192,"partDClaims2024":36804628},{"drug":"Lisinopril","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.0889,"partDClaims2024":36247459},{"drug":"Losartan Potassium","avgSpendPerDosageUnitUSD":0.1256,"partDClaims2024":36240406}],"notice":"sampleRows is a verbatim sample, not the full snapshot. Open data re-published by GeraClinic; cite the original publisher above."}