Medicare Part D paid $27.0 billion for GLP‑1 medications in 2024
Medicare Part D drug cost for GLP-1 medications totalled $27.0 billion in the 2024 data year, the latest federal release. Every state listed with its total.
By Sam Reed · Founder and data leadVerified Aug 15, 2026
Before quoting this number
Total drug cost is what the Part D program recorded, before rebates, which CMS does not publish per drug.
The 2024 data year predates Medicare coverage of GLP-1s for obesity: the GLP-1 Bridge demonstration began 1 July 2026.
Medicare Part D covers a minority of GLP-1 use; commercial and cash prescriptions are not in this data.
Every record behind the figure (59)
The complete list, so the count can be checked rather than taken on trust. Names link to the page for that record where one is published.
| Record | What the register says |
|---|---|
| Texas | $2,348,071,595 total drug cost · 1,778,292 claims |
| California | $2,100,866,610 total drug cost · 1,785,154 claims |
| New York | $1,886,176,610 total drug cost · 1,448,438 claims |
| Florida | $1,828,736,172 total drug cost · 1,427,072 claims |
| Pennsylvania | $1,229,981,026 total drug cost · 999,720 claims |
| Ohio | $1,039,280,968 total drug cost · 827,596 claims |
| North Carolina | $1,031,833,815 total drug cost · 817,088 claims |
| Michigan | $982,651,478 total drug cost · 750,270 claims |
| Georgia | $958,392,258 total drug cost · 744,491 claims |
| Illinois | $889,903,007 total drug cost · 684,674 claims |
| Indiana | $720,877,581 total drug cost · 547,384 claims |
| Tennessee | $710,385,955 total drug cost · 566,020 claims |
| New Jersey | $657,746,280 total drug cost · 484,247 claims |
| Massachusetts | $637,867,443 total drug cost · 518,182 claims |
| Alabama | $621,412,614 total drug cost · 507,518 claims |
| Louisiana | $595,656,056 total drug cost · 492,880 claims |
| Missouri | $585,461,403 total drug cost · 470,144 claims |
| Virginia | $557,048,802 total drug cost · 431,005 claims |
| South Carolina | $547,240,375 total drug cost · 419,689 claims |
| Kentucky | $514,383,357 total drug cost · 426,136 claims |
| Arizona | $480,219,044 total drug cost · 358,204 claims |
| Wisconsin | $450,581,016 total drug cost · 361,926 claims |
| Oklahoma | $410,226,006 total drug cost · 344,082 claims |
| Washington | $409,681,142 total drug cost · 318,658 claims |
| Maryland | $400,586,821 total drug cost · 283,624 claims |
| Minnesota | $369,930,276 total drug cost · 288,238 claims |
| Connecticut | $350,207,268 total drug cost · 260,136 claims |
| Mississippi | $304,421,080 total drug cost · 243,134 claims |
| Colorado | $290,494,820 total drug cost · 226,020 claims |
| Arkansas | $285,777,239 total drug cost · 248,257 claims |
| Iowa | $261,803,388 total drug cost · 224,222 claims |
| West Virginia | $250,364,004 total drug cost · 191,062 claims |
| Oregon | $239,336,153 total drug cost · 194,441 claims |
| Kansas | $233,259,542 total drug cost · 198,913 claims |
| Nevada | $209,111,617 total drug cost · 152,303 claims |
| Utah | $156,192,619 total drug cost · 126,951 claims |
| New Mexico | $143,920,726 total drug cost · 115,449 claims |
| Nebraska | $140,586,733 total drug cost · 124,332 claims |
| Idaho | $136,669,933 total drug cost · 115,183 claims |
| Puerto Rico | $130,208,424 total drug cost · 121,175 claims |
| Maine | $128,279,225 total drug cost · 101,798 claims |
| New Hampshire | $104,383,794 total drug cost · 80,271 claims |
| Delaware | $99,074,293 total drug cost · 66,039 claims |
| Hawaii | $95,871,029 total drug cost · 61,290 claims |
| Rhode Island | $73,782,763 total drug cost · 65,940 claims |
| Montana | $64,894,676 total drug cost · 54,915 claims |
| South Dakota | $62,813,725 total drug cost · 54,454 claims |
| North Dakota | $58,972,545 total drug cost · 50,651 claims |
| Vermont | $48,794,764 total drug cost · 39,778 claims |
| District of Columbia | $44,391,423 total drug cost · 33,273 claims |
| Alaska | $43,194,125 total drug cost · 32,877 claims |
| Wyoming | $30,481,404 total drug cost · 26,201 claims |
| Virgin Islands | $2,613,605 total drug cost · 2,041 claims |
| Armed Forces Pacific | $1,847,910 total drug cost · 1,336 claims |
| Guam | $732,639 total drug cost · 672 claims |
| Foreign Country | $454,160 total drug cost · 405 claims |
| Unknown | $398,655 total drug cost · 334 claims |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $273,412 total drug cost · 283 claims |
| Armed Forces Europe | $240,009 total drug cost · 210 claims |