Patient out-of-pocket medicine cost increase

RecordSTO-MBX6PZTTY8-86X1JW9B6F-7RSTT7

6 billionUSD

United States · 2025

Patient out-of-pocket medicine cost increase in the United States was 6 billion USD in 2025 (IQVIA).

Original source

Medicine spending in United States: every year, the rank and how it is measured

Publisher
IQVIA
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
Key Findings
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Patient out-of-pocket costs reached a record $110Bn in 2025, increasing by $6Bn

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APA

IQVIA Institute. (2025). U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MBX6PZTTY886X1JW9B6F7RSTT7

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MLA
IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025, https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MBX6PZTTY886X1JW9B6F7RSTT7.
Chicago
IQVIA Institute. "U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026." 2025. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MBX6PZTTY886X1JW9B6F7RSTT7.
BibTeX
@misc{iqvia2025patient7rstt7, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_MBX6PZTTY886X1JW9B6F7RSTT7}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/us-medicine-use-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-MBX6PZTTY8-86X1JW9B6F-7RSTT7 T3 Research

Primary source

Publisher
IQVIA Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
U.S. Medicine Use Trends 2026
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Key Findings
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_MBX6PZTTY886X1JW9B6F7RSTT7