Description
The data set includes the top 25 list for costliest prescribed drugs, most frequently prescribed drugs and the prescribed drugs with the highest monthly median out-of-pocket costs. Each of these top 25 lists are given for commercial plans and are broken out by brand or generic category (i.e., Brand or Generic, Brand, and Generic). The includes National Drug Code (NDC), Drug Name, number of prescriptions, number of individuals, total costs, cost per prescription and monthly median out-of-pocket costs for each NDC in each top 25 list.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Data Dictionary - Healthcare Payments Data (HPD): Fee-For-Service Drug Costs in the Commercial Market | CSV | The data set includes the top 25 list for costliest prescribed drugs, most frequently prescribed drugs and the prescribed drugs with the highest monthly median out-of-pocket costs. Each of these top 25 lists are given for commercial plans and are broken out by brand or generic category (i.e., Brand or Generic, Brand, and Generic). The includes National Drug Code (NDC), Drug Name, number of prescriptions, number of individuals, total costs, cost per prescription and monthly median out-of-pocket costs for each NDC in each top 25 list. | Open resource |
| Healthcare Payments Data (HPD): Fee-For-Service Drug Costs in the Commercial Market | CSV | This table includes the top 25 list for costliest prescribed drugs, most frequently prescribed drugs and the prescribed drugs with the highest monthly median out-of-pocket costs. Each of these top 25 lists are given for commercial plans and are broken out by brand or generic category (i.e., Brand or Generic, Brand, and Generic). The includes National Drug Code (NDC), Drug Name, number of prescriptions, number of individuals, total costs, cost per prescription and monthly median out-of-pocket costs for each NDC in each top 25 list. | Open resource |
| Healthcare Payments Data (HPD) Fee-For-Service Drug Costs by Commercial Plans Technical Note | hpd-tech-note-fee-for-service-drug-costs-in-the-commercial-market-2021.pdf | Open resource | |
| All resource data | ZIP | hpd-fee-for-service-drug-costs-in-the-commercial-market-gsblim0j.zip | Open resource |