Thalomid: cost and payments to doctors
What Medicare Part D paid pharmacies for Thalomid, and the payments that named it as the associated drug or biological under the Sunshine Act for program years 2019–2025.
What Thalomid costs under Medicare Part D
This is what Part D plans and patients paid pharmacies — not what you would pay, and not money the prescriber received. Your own cost depends on your plan and where you are in your benefit year. It excludes commercial insurance, Medicaid and Part B, and it is before the manufacturer rebates CMS does not publish.
The comparable unit
A year of therapy, if taken monthly
With 11+ claims; CMS suppresses fewer
- Active ingredient
- Thalidomide
- Claims (published)
- 1,293
- 30-day fills
- 1,294
- Total paid to pharmacies
- $9,541,887
Most prescribed by hematology-oncology, dermatology, medical oncology.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers — by Provider and Drug. Totals cover rows CMS published; prescriber-drug pairs with fewer than 11 claims are suppressed and are not counted here.
Was your doctor paid by Bristol Myers Squibb?
Bristol Myers Squibb reported the most payments naming Thalomid. Search your clinician to see whether they are among them — and what else they were paid for.
Finding a payment is not a finding of wrongdoing — most reported payments are a meal during a presentation. What matters is the kind, the size, and how it compares with their peers, which is what the profile shows.
- Total reported
- $383K
- Providers
- 0
- Transactions
- 9
- Average per transaction
- $42,574
The per-transaction average — $42,574 — is the number that tells you what kind of spending this is. A few dollars means meals at product presentations, reported by the thousand. Hundreds or thousands means consulting, speaking or royalty arrangements with a much smaller group of physicians. No payment naming this product was reported to an individual clinician. The Sunshine Act also covers payments to teaching hospitals as institutions — research funding, grants and device loans — and for this product that is all of it.
Companies reporting these payments
| Company | Total reported | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Myers Squibb | $383,170 | 100.0% |
Other products from Bristol Myers Squibb
The company that reported the most payments naming Thalomid also reports against these.