Geospatial · Editorial dataviz
Where Medicaid's $100B prescription bill goes
A state-by-state read on the 2024 CMS Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data. 52 states & territories dispensed 724.8M prescriptions for $100.8B in reimbursement. Autoimmune biologics and GLP-1 diabetes drugs dominate — but the local picture is more interesting than the average.
Total Medicaid Rx spend
$100.8B
2024 · CMS SDUD
Prescriptions filled
724.8M
claim-level records
States & territories
52
incl. DC + US territories
Top spender
CA
$16.2B · Diabetes (GLP-1 / SGLT2)
State-level choropleth. Color = dominant drug class · alpha = prescription volume. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan, hover for detail.
Source: CMS Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data (2024) · refreshed quarterly by an Azure Container Apps Job (caj-medicaid-rx-gis-prod1) · data committed to stasiprod1eus2/healthcare-public.