Average Sales Price For Top Medicare Drugs

Average Sales Price For Top Medicare Drugs
The following is a list of updated average sales prices for the top 31 prescription drugs covered by Medicare Part B. Reimbursement starting Jan. 1 will be based on manufacturers' data from the third quarter of 2004; the chart compares the updated data to second quarter prices. "The Pink Sheet" calculated average sales prices based on CMS' published reimbursement rates.
Drug	Dose	Third Quarter 2004 ASP	Second Quarter 2004 ASP	Percent Change
Adenoscan	30 mg	$66.04	$65.97	0.1%
Albuterol	1 mg	$0.07	$0.05	40%
Aranesp	5 mcg	$16.72	$17.41	-4%
Aredia	30 mg	$55.72	$54.37	2.5%
Botox	1 unit	$4.44	$4.44	-
Camptosar	20 mg	$118.47	$118.31	0.1%
Cellcept	250 mg	$2.37	$2.40	-1.2%
Factor VIII	1 IU	$0.87	$0.87	-
Gemzar	200 mg	$108.81	$108.74	0.1%
Herceptin	10 mg	$49.99	$49.09	1.8%
Hycamtin	4 mg	$697.82	$694.46	0.5%
Ipratropium	1 mg	$0.27	$0.43	-37%
Lupron, Eligard	7.5 mg	$238.80	$228.55	4.5%
Navelbine	10 mg	$65.18	$57.04	14.3%
Neulasta	6 mg	$2,145.22	$2,148.66	-0.2%
Neupogen	480 mcg	$266.42	$253.99	4.9%
Paraplatin	50 mg	$118.37	$126.63	-6.5%
Procrit	1000 units	$9.60	$9.75	-1.6%
Prograf	1 mg	$3.12	$3.12	-
Pulmicort	0.5 mg	$3.80	$3.76	1%
Remicade	10 mg	$50.08	$50.26	-0.4%
Rituxan	100 mg	$416.99	$413.57	0.8%
Sodium hyaluronate	20 mg	$104.03	$106.50	-2.3%
Synvisc	16 mg	$188.82	$179.94	4.9%
Taxol, Onxol	30 mg	$14.95	$16.83	-11.2%
Taxotere	20 mg	$280.74	$274.32	2.3%
Viadur	65 mg	$2,081.39	$2,072.98	0.4%
Visudyne	0.1 mg	$8.48	$8.31	2%
Winrho	100 IU	$12.64	$11.43	10.6%
Zometa	1 mg	$187.16	$186.13	0.6%
Zoladex	3.6 mg	$179.05	$203.87	-12.2%