Prescription drugs spending U.S. by payer 2013-2020 | Statista

This statistic describes the spending for prescription drugs in the United States from 2013 to 2020, sorted by payer. In 2020, approximately 141 billion U.S. dollars were paid by private health insurances for prescription drugs.

Prescription drugs spending in the United States from 2013 to 2020, 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

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Release date

October 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2013 to 2020

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

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