Prescription drugs spending U.S. by payer 2013-2021 | Statista

This statistic describes the spending for prescription drugs in the United States from 2013 to 2021, sorted by payer. In 2021, approximately 151 billion U.S. dollars were paid by private health insurance for prescription drugs.

Prescription drugs spending in the United States from 2013 to 2021, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Private health insurance	Out-of-pocket	Other payers	Medicare	Medicaid	Other public health insurance
2013	117.9	45.9	2.5	74.6	21.2	8.9
2014	127.3	44.7	2	86.4	27.3	9.9
2015	139.8	45.5	2	94.1	31.8	11.4
2016	142.6	45	1.9	95.4	33.4	10.2
2017	140.1	46.7	1.8	100.9	33	11
2018	134.3	47.1	1.8	107.2	33.4	11.3
2019	164.6	53.7	4.3	104.6	31.4	11
2020	140.9	46.5	4.4	109.9	34.5	12.3
2021	151.7	49.8	4.5	119.9	39.6	12.4

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Release date

August 2023

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2013 to 2021

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This statistic was assembled from several editions of the CHCA report.

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