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CRESTOR
Lowers high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (fats) in your blood. Helps keep atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) from getting worse. Lowers the risk of stroke and heart attack in people who have certain risk factors. This medicine is an HMG-CoA inhibitor, also called a statin. More info »
AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2011
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 781,074 | $139M |
| New York | 727,017 | $130M |
| Texas | 577,770 | $110M |
| California | 538,522 | $96M |
| Pennsylvania | 349,829 | $62.8M |
| North Carolina | 315,033 | $51.5M |
| Illinois | 298,940 | $55.6M |
| Ohio | 293,689 | $57M |
| Georgia | 250,391 | $42.2M |
| New Jersey | 226,600 | $46.4M |
| Kentucky | 205,004 | $34.6M |
| Tennessee | 201,182 | $34M |
| Missouri | 171,017 | $28.4M |
| Indiana | 169,224 | $31.1M |
| Louisiana | 162,255 | $27M |
| South Carolina | 158,182 | $27.2M |
| Massachusetts | 154,327 | $28.8M |
| Alabama | 151,425 | $24.9M |
| Virginia | 150,936 | $28.3M |
| Michigan | 135,279 | $30.2M |
| Washington | 131,468 | $24.4M |
| Wisconsin | 110,787 | $19.9M |
| Arizona | 109,126 | $23.4M |
| Mississippi | 108,192 | $16.7M |
| West Virginia | 107,542 | $19.4M |
| Connecticut | 93,133 | $18.3M |
| Puerto Rico | 92,835 | $13.9M |
| Oklahoma | 92,422 | $16.7M |
| Iowa | 86,729 | $13.6M |
| Maryland | 86,368 | $19.7M |
| Minnesota | 84,620 | $17.6M |
| Arkansas | 81,317 | $12.8M |
| Oregon | 76,494 | $14.2M |
| Kansas | 66,723 | $11.6M |
| Colorado | 60,253 | $11.4M |
| Nebraska | 56,606 | $8.84M |
| Maine | 36,331 | $7.53M |
| New Mexico | 35,689 | $7.31M |
| Rhode Island | 31,283 | $5.08M |
| Utah | 30,857 | $5.9M |
| New Hampshire | 29,242 | $5.53M |
| South Dakota | 27,359 | $4.34M |
| Idaho | 25,340 | $4.51M |
| Delaware | 24,501 | $5.94M |
| Nevada | 24,116 | $4.74M |
| Hawaii | 23,927 | $4.28M |
| North Dakota | 21,323 | $3.29M |
| Montana | 17,733 | $3.03M |
| Vermont | 11,377 | $2.37M |
| Wyoming | 8,414 | $1.49M |
| District of Columbia | 8,286 | $1.53M |
| Alaska | 6,643 | $1.04M |
About This Data
ProPublica obtained prescribing data from Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, under the Freedom of Information Act. The data for 2011 includes nearly 1.2 billion prescriptions written by 1.6 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 364,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. About three-fourths went to patients 65 and older; the rest were for disabled patients. Methodology »
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Top prescribers for CRESTOR
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEW QUON M.D. |
Claims Filled5,250 |
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| HENRY YEE MD |
Claims Filled1,931 |
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| BORIS GUREVICH M.D. |
Claims Filled1,851 |
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| GEORGE PIZARRO M.D. |
Claims Filled1,647 |
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| ARMINE NAZARYAN M.D. |
Claims Filled1,595 |
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| ANTONIO PINERA MD |
Claims Filled1,516 |
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| VALERIO TOYOS-OLASCOAGA M.D. |
Claims Filled1,510 |
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| KLAUDIYA RUVINSKY M.D. |
Claims Filled1,510 |
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| LAN NGUYEN MD |
Claims Filled1,508 |
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| KARELIA RUIZ MD |
Claims Filled1,481 |
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| GILBERTO GASTELL M.D. |
Claims Filled1,449 |
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| YANINA BELOTSERKOVSKAYA M.D. |
Claims Filled1,449 |
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| SIMA MUSTER |
Claims Filled1,442 |
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| JON LELEUX MD |
Claims Filled1,351 |
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| DUSTIN NGUYEN MD |
Claims Filled1,338 |
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| JUAN BARROSO M.D. |
Claims Filled1,328 |
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| INNA PILDYSH DO |
Claims Filled1,273 |
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| HECTOR DELGADO D.O. |
Claims Filled1,270 |
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| JOHN WOOD MD |
Claims Filled1,244 |
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| ZOILO ABAD MD |
Claims Filled1,206 |
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| GARY REZNIK MD |
Claims Filled1,185 |
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| BENJAMIN BENNOV MD |
Claims Filled1,150 |
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| VINCENT MURPHY M. D. |
Claims Filled1,146 |
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| MAHESH CHANGLANI MD |
Claims Filled1,141 |
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| GUARI MASCARO M.D |
Claims Filled1,129 |