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    • Medicaid Spending by Drug

    Metadata Updated: December 11, 2025

    The Medicaid by Drug dataset presents information on spending for covered outpatient drugs prescribed to beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid by physicians and other healthcare professionals. 

    The dataset focuses on average spending per dosage unit and change in average spending per dosage unit over time. Units refer to the drug unit in the lowest dispensable amount. It also includes spending information for manufacturer(s) of the drugs as well as consumer-friendly information of drug uses and clinical indications.

    Drug spending metrics for Medicaid represent the total amount reimbursed by both Medicaid and non-Medicaid entities to pharmacies for the drug. Medicaid drug spending contains both the Federal and State reimbursement and is inclusive of any applicable dispensing fees. In addition, this total is not reduced or affected by Medicaid rebates paid to the states.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicaid-spending-by-drug-methodology

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/be64fce3-e835-4589-b46b-024198e524a6/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2025-12-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-05-29
    Category Medicaid
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicaid-spending-by-drug-data-dictionary
    Harvest Object Id ba71ae10-8d87-4b3d-8665-757f107e332b
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/summary-statistics-on-use-and-payments/medicare-medicaid-spending-by-drug/medicaid-spending-by-drug
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/resources/medicaid-spending-by-drug-methodology
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 72aa37ecad755aa3e6b9b6a3c381584a573ca8f7e852cf0cd7ec6ca494a3469b
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2023-01-01/2023-12-31

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