Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2021-2022 Statistical Brief #559 | February 2025 | Xue Wu, PhD, Asako S. Moriya, PhD, and G. Edward Miller, PhD

https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st559/stat559.shtml AHRQ Stats: Insurance Coverage for Opioid Prescriptions Medicare covered 43.9 percent of outpatient hydrocodone fills, 39 percent of oxycodone fills, and 49.5 percent of tramadol fills in 2021 and 2022, accounting for the highest portion covered by any insurer. (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #559, Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2021-2022.)