CMS Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data

Medicaid drug spending by state

What each state's Medicaid program paid for outpatient prescriptions, every year since 2016: every drug (FDA generic name and top brand), prescriptions, amounts before rebates, and 9 drug groups (GLP-1s, SGLT2s, insulins, statins, blood thinners, ADHD stimulants, antidepressants, opioid-addiction treatment, dementia).

Published by CMS Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data Finest detail state Tables 3

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State × drug group × year Sample of 25 rows out of about 5,175 · 6 columns

year	state	grp	prescriptions	amount_total	amount_medicaid
2016	AK	adhd_stimulant	12895	1906270.13	1738631.45
2016	AK	antidepressant	76780	1717150.98	1698043.09
2016	AK	blood_thinner	3446	688529.33	677426.3
2016	AK	dementia	539	7916.08	7916.08
2016	AK	glp1	1242	729898.96	718096.5
2016	AK	insulin	12896	5545241.93	5399751.61
2016	AK	oud_treatment	10231	3077943.47	3054346.16
2016	AK	sglt2	639	220936.3	220576.79
2016	AK	statin	13710	218116.39	217907.66
2016	AL	adhd_stimulant	320154	76716685.13	73951077.34
2016	AL	antidepressant	287102	6438276.3	5318970.76
2016	AL	blood_thinner	18274	2021725.16	1928684.48
2016	AL	dementia	3145	77321.81	50904.1
2016	AL	glp1	3640	2330254.23	2246402.07
2016	AL	insulin	79332	35190691.43	33910100.13
2016	AL	oud_treatment	23712	9910930.28	9731893.95
2016	AL	sglt2	3344	1309574.6	1282444.57
2016	AL	statin	69638	1343811.64	1060965.12
2016	AR	adhd_stimulant	216556	56272946.05	55026029.94
2016	AR	antidepressant	297559	4140974.07	4119460.55
2016	AR	blood_thinner	13258	2017800.26	1968324.28
2016	AR	dementia	1548	84934.44	84453.21
2016	AR	glp1	482	286255.76	286255.76
2016	AR	insulin	46136	21248663.47	20726787.0
2016	AR	oud_treatment	3376	1241052.51	1237383.31

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