Who Paid My Doc
Ziprasidone Mesylate
Open in the dashboardPart D claims
915
Drug cost
$187,760
Prescribers
49
In 2024, Medicare Part D recorded 915 claims for Ziprasidone Mesylate from 49 prescribers, at a total drug cost of $187,760 paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, patients and others.
Where it is prescribed
By the prescriber's state · 21 states and territories| State | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 5 | 98 | $49,602 | |
| UT | 4 | 97 | $3,013 | |
| TN | 6 | 86 | $7,350 | |
| GA | 3 | 84 | $27,852 | |
| VA | 3 | 63 | $11,242 | |
| CA | 4 | 60 | $7,977 | |
| OH | 2 | 57 | $15,081 | |
| LA | 2 | 56 | $13,139 | |
| MO | 2 | 55 | $13,062 | |
| AL | 3 | 44 | $8,444 | |
| KS | 2 | 36 | $9,819 | |
| WV | 2 | 29 | $2,000 | |
| IN | 1 | 25 | $5,242 | |
| TX | 2 | 24 | $2,197 | |
| MS | 2 | 22 | $1,238 |
The other 6 states and territories
| State | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 1 | 17 | $1,417 |
| NV | 1 | 15 | $799 |
| AR | 1 | 12 | $558 |
| IA | 1 | 12 | $1,810 |
| SC | 1 | 12 | $3,769 |
| MI | 1 | 11 | $2,150 |
The state is where the prescriber practices, not where the patient lives. Totals are Medicare Part D claims only.
Which specialties prescribe it
Top 12 of 12| Specialty | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse Practitioner | 17 | 312 | $80,717 | |
| Family Practice | 16 | 305 | $46,578 | |
| Internal Medicine | 4 | 88 | $19,237 | |
| Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | 1 | 45 | $11,864 | |
| Psychiatry | 3 | 38 | $4,985 | |
| General Practice | 2 | 30 | $6,464 | |
| Registered Nurse | 1 | 23 | $5,594 | |
| General Surgery | 1 | 18 | $3,583 | |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 | 16 | $3,754 | |
| Geriatric Psychiatry | 1 | 14 | $1,363 | |
| Pulmonary Disease | 1 | 14 | $1,962 | |
| Psychiatry & Neurology | 1 | 12 | $1,659 |
Specialty is the one printed on each prescriber's Medicare claims.
Largest prescribers
First 5 of 49 by claims · 2024Two separate records. Claims come from Medicare and related payments from Open Payments. They are shown in one row because they name the same product; they do not show that a payment affected a prescription.
| Prescriber | Specialty | State | Claims | Drug cost | Related payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Green | Family Practice | GA | 46 | $18,978 | None on record |
| Scott Galenski | Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | OH | 45 | $11,864 | None on record |
| Steven Monson | Family Practice | UT | 43 | $1,353 | None on record |
| Julie Waterbury | Nurse Practitioner | MO | 41 | $11,699 | None on record |
| Pat Bass | Internal Medicine | LA | 38 | $9,556 | None on record |
"No profile" means the prescriber has no Open Payments record here; "None on record" means no payment naming this product in the payment year. Related payments are general payments, and one that names several products is split evenly, so an amount is payments related to the product, not money paid for it. The list is the prescribers with the most claims, up to 100 per drug.
See more in the dashboard: 25 with a free account, all 49 with PatronOther names for ziprasidone mesylate
What this means
Medicare Part D is the part of Medicare that covers prescription drugs dispensed at a pharmacy. Each year CMS publishes, for every prescriber and drug, how many claims were dispensed and what they cost. This page adds those up for one drug.
A claim is one prescription filled, refills included. Drug cost is the total paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, the patient and anyone else; it is not money to the prescriber. CMS leaves out any prescriber with fewer than 11 claims of a drug, so the prescriber count is a floor and a missing prescriber does not mean none.
Part D covers drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries at a pharmacy. It does not include drugs given in a clinic or hospital, patients with other insurance, or the most recent year, which Medicare publishes about two years behind.