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| American Spending on Prescription Drugs, Sorted by Average Cost per Prescription |
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| State | Average cost per Rx |
Difference from national average | Avgerage # of prescriptions per capita | Average per capita spending on Rx drugs | Difference from national average | |||||
| Alabama | $44.91 | ($8.70) | 16% | below avg | 13.6 | $610.78 | $42.50 | 6.96% | above avg | |
| Arkansas | $45.72 | ($7.90) | 15% | below avg | 12.1 | $553.15 | ($15.13) | 2.73% | below avg | |
| South Dakota | $46.76 | ($6.85) | 13% | below avg | 10.8 | $505.01 | ($63.27) | 12.53% | below avg | |
| New Mexico | $48.34 | ($5.28) | 10% | below avg | 8.4 | $406.01 | ($162.27) | 39.97% | below avg | |
| West Virginia | $48.35 | ($5.26) | 10% | below avg | 15 | $725.25 | $156.97 | 21.64% | above avg | |
| Iowa | $48.51 | ($5.10) | 10% | below avg | 11.9 | $577.27 | $8.99 | 1.56% | above avg | |
| Kentucky | $48.76 | ($4.85) | 9% | below avg | 14.6 | $711.90 | $143.62 | 20.17% | above avg | |
| Mississippi | $49.00 | ($4.61) | 9% | below avg | 11.8 | $578.20 | $9.92 | 1.72% | above avg | |
| South Carolina | $49.51 | ($4.11) | 8% | below avg | 11.3 | $559.41 | ($8.87) | 1.59% | below avg | |
| Louisiana | $49.56 | ($4.05) | 8% | below avg | 13.4 | $664.10 | $95.82 | 14.43% | above avg | |
| New Hampshire | $49.76 | ($3.86) | 7% | below avg | 9.7 | $482.62 | ($85.66) | 17.75% | below avg | |
| Oregon | $49.82 | ($3.79) | 7% | below avg | 9.4 | $468.31 | ($99.97) | 21.35% | below avg | |
| Tennessee | $49.94 | ($3.68) | 7% | below avg | 16.7 | $833.91 | $265.63 | 31.85% | above avg | |
| Ohio | $49.95 | ($3.67) | 7% | below avg | 11.3 | $564.38 | ($3.90) | 0.69% | below avg | |
| Wyoming | $50.09 | ($3.53) | 7% | below avg | 9 | $450.77 | ($117.52) | 26.07% | below avg | |
| Arizona | $50.16 | ($3.46) | 6% | below avg | 8.6 | $431.33 | ($136.95) | 31.75% | below avg | |
| Montana | $50.37 | ($3.25) | 6% | below avg | 9.8 | $493.58 | ($74.70) | 15.14% | below avg | |
| Indiana | $50.47 | ($3.14) | 6% | below avg | 11.1 | $560.22 | ($8.06) | 1.44% | below avg | |
| Georgia | $50.55 | ($3.06) | 6% | below avg | 10.7 | $540.89 | ($27.40) | 5.06% | below avg | |
| North Dakota | $50.64 | ($2.97) | 6% | below avg | 12.2 | $617.81 | $49.53 | 8.02% | above avg | |
| Rhode Island | $50.76 | ($2.85) | 5% | below avg | 13.1 | $664.96 | $96.68 | 14.54% | above avg | |
| Nevada | $50.92 | ($2.69) | 5% | below avg | 8.6 | $437.91 | ($130.37) | 29.77% | below avg | |
| Vermont | $51.05 | ($2.57) | 5% | below avg | 10.5 | $535.97 | ($32.31) | 6.03% | below avg | |
| Colorado | $51.28 | ($2.34) | 4% | below avg | 8.3 | $425.58 | ($142.70) | 33.53% | below avg | |
| Hawaii | $51.46 | ($2.15) | 4% | below avg | 8.1 | $416.83 | ($151.45) | 36.34% | below avg | |
| Kansas | $51.51 | ($2.10) | 4% | below avg | 11.5 | $592.37 | $24.09 | 4.07% | above avg | |
| Pennsylvania | $51.58 | ($2.03) | 4% | below avg | 12.2 | $629.28 | $61.00 | 9.69% | above avg | |
| North Carolina | $51.68 | ($1.93) | 4% | below avg | 11.7 | $604.66 | $36.38 | 6.02% | above avg | |
| Utah | $51.72 | ($1.89) | 4% | below avg | 9.6 | $496.51 | ($71.77) | 14.45% | below avg | |
| Nebraska | $52.68 | ($0.94) | 2% | below avg | 11.9 | $626.83 | $58.55 | 9.34% | above avg | |
| Oklahoma | $52.91 | ($0.70) | 1% | below avg | 10.9 | $576.66 | $8.38 | 1.45% | above avg | |
| Maine | $53.17 | ($0.44) | 1% | below avg | 10.9 | $579.50 | $11.22 | 1.94% | above avg | |
| Idaho | $53.41 | ($0.20) | 0% | 8.8 | $469.96 | ($98.32) | 20.92% | below avg | ||
| Virginia | $53.55 | ($0.06) | 0% | 9.5 | $508.73 | ($59.56) | 11.71% | below avg | ||
| California | $54.04 | $0.42 | 1% | above average | 7.7 | $416.07 | ($152.21) | 36.58% | below avg | |
| Missouri | $54.33 | $0.72 | 1% | above average | 12.5 | $679.06 | $110.78 | 16.31% | above avg | |
| Illinois | $54.55 | $0.94 | 2% | above average | 10.2 | $556.36 | ($11.92) | 2.14% | below avg | |
| Michigan | $55.20 | $1.59 | 3% | above average | 11.9 | $656.82 | $88.54 | 13.48% | above avg | |
| Washington | $55.27 | $1.66 | 3% | above average | 8.8 | $486.33 | ($81.95) | 16.85% | below avg | |
| Wisconsin | $55.54 | $1.93 | 4% | above average | 10.7 | $594.22 | $25.94 | 4.37% | above avg | |
| Massachusetts | $55.55 | $1.94 | 4% | above average | 11.2 | $622.10 | $53.82 | 8.65% | above avg | |
| Texas | $55.96 | $2.35 | 4% | above average | 9.5 | $531.57 | ($36.71) | 6.91% | below avg | |
| Connecticut | $57.75 | $4.14 | 8% | above average | 11.2 | $646.80 | $78.52 | 12.14% | above avg | |
| Delaware | $58.28 | $4.67 | 9% | above average | 10.7 | $623.54 | $55.26 | 8.86% | above avg | |
| Minnesota | $58.34 | $4.72 | 9% | above average | 9.9 | $577.52 | $9.24 | 1.60% | above avg | |
| Florida | $59.10 | $5.49 | 10% | above average | 11.3 | $667.77 | $99.49 | 14.90% | above avg | |
| District of Columbia | $62.22 | $8.61 | 16% | above average | 13.2 | $821.30 | $253.02 | 30.81% | above avg | |
| Maryland | $62.47 | $8.86 | 17% | above average | 9.3 | $580.92 | $12.64 | 2.18% | above avg | |
| New York | $63.88 | $10.27 | 19% | above average | 10.9 | $696.29 | $128.01 | 18.38% | above avg | |
| New Jersey | $64.79 | $11.18 | 21% | above average | 10.5 | $680.30 | $112.02 | 16.47% | above avg | |
| Alaska | $66.46 | $12.85 | 24% | above average | 6.8 | $451.93 | ($116.35) | 25.75% | below avg | |
| NATIONAL AVERAGE | $53.61 | 10.6 | $568.28 | |||||||
KFF NOTE:
These data come from Verispan Scott Levin's Source(TM) Prescription Audit, which collects over 140 million prescriptions
on a monthly basis from nearly 37,000 retail stores including chains, independents, mass merchandisers and food stores. The
sample covers 71% of all retail dispensing activity nationwide and 1,300 regional zones to ensure the measures are not biased
by regional differences in the prescription marketplace (i.e. managed care penetration, PBMs, state-level controls).
Prescriptions: All products dispensed in retail pharmacies, including new prescriptions and refills. These products do not
include medicines purchased without a prescription (i.e., over the counter items).
Verispan Scott-Levin, Source(TM) Prescription Audit: Special Data Request, 2003.
