Diabetes Drugs: Medicare Part D Spending

What Medicare Part D spent on the medicines used for this topic, how many people used them, and the cost per unit.

Each number has its full source under its own list below.

Medicare Part D spending

34 medicines (calendar year 2024). Medicines whose FDA label lists a use on this topic, by what Part D spent on them in total. Many medicines have more than one use, so the totals are not added up.

At the source
  1. 1FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol · $18.31 per unit$5.3 billion
  2. 2Victoza 3-PakLiraglutide · $86.21 per unit$203.1 million
  3. 3DapagliflozinDapagliflozin Propanediol · $16.24 per unit$201.9 million
  4. 4PregabalinPregabalin · $0.31 per unit$199.2 million
  5. 5Metformin HClMetformin HCl · $0.06 per unit$188.1 million
  6. 6Metformin HCl ERMetformin HCl · $0.06 per unit$101.5 million
  7. 7Metformin ER GastricMetformin HCl · $12.37 per unit$85.9 million
  8. 8Victoza 2-PakLiraglutide · $91.45 per unit$77.8 million
  9. 9LyricaPregabalin · $9.67 per unit$62 million
  10. 10Sandostatin Lar DepotOctreotide Acetate,Mi-Spheres · $5,143.25 per unit$56.5 million
  11. 11LiraglutideLiraglutide · $75.15 per unit$48.1 million
  12. 12Glipizide ERGlipizide · $0.15 per unit$47.2 million
  13. 13GlipizideGlipizide · $0.08 per unit$43.2 million
  14. 14Pioglitazone HClPioglitazone HCl · $0.18 per unit$42.4 million
  15. 15GlimepirideGlimepiride · $0.09 per unit$41.4 million

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Part D Spending by Drug, calendar year 2024. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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