Number of Medicare PDPs available by type U.S. 2022

According to the data, the average Medicare beneficiary has a choice from 24 stand-alone drug plans and 35 Medicare Advantage drug plans in 2023. This statistic depicts the number of Medicare plans offering drug coverage from 2007 to 2023, by plan type.

Average number of stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage drug plans offered to Medicare beneficiaries from 2007 to 2022, by plan type

Characteristic	Stand-alone PDPs	Medicare Advantage Drug Plans
2023	24	35
2022	23	31
2021	30	27
2020	28	24
2019	27	20
2018	23	17
2017	22	16
2016	26	16
2015	29	15
2014	35	15
2013	31	15
2012	31	15
2011	30	14
2010	47	21
2009	50	26
2008	55	26
2007	56	16

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Release date

November 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2007 to 2023

Supplementary notes

PDP is prescription drug plan. MA-PD is Medicare Advantage drug plan. Plan counts are beneficiary weighted. Number of PDPs is reported at the region level; number of MA-PD plans is reported at the county level and excludes Special Needs plans, Medicare-Medicaid plans, and MA plans without drug coverage.

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