Medicare Quarterly Part B Spending by Drug
Description
The Medicare Quarterly Part B Spending by Drug dataset presents information on spending for drugs administered in doctors’ offices and other outpatient settings by physicians and other healthcare providers to Medicare Part B enrollees. It also includes consumer-friendly descriptions of the drug uses, clinical indications, and manufacturer(s).
Drug spending metrics for Part B drugs represent the full value of the product, including the Medicare payment and beneficiary liability. All Part B drug spending metrics are calculated at the HCPCS level.
This dataset reports preliminary data that goes beyond the latest date available in the annual Medicare Part B Spending by Drug dataset. The data are updated each quarter and may change with each new release due to claims lag. Once an entire year of data is available with a sufficient run-out period, that data will move out of the preliminary quarterly dataset and into the annual Medicare Part B Spending by Drug dataset. Due to the preliminary nature of the quarterly dataset, we advise using caution when comparing between the annual and quarterly datasets.
Resources
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latest |
https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/bf6a5b3b-31ee-4abb-b1ad-2607a1e7510a/data |
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8 |
QDD_PTB_EXP_QTR_QTD202501_111225.csv |
https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/dc48e673-18cb-42a9-a2c5-b7b6cd0e8a3f/QDD_PTB_EXP_QTR_QTD202501_111225.csv |
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21 |
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https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/5ab2d567-276c-4297-8b57-661d064d1b2a/data |
Tags
- drugs
- medicare
- original-medicare