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LISINOPRIL
Treats high blood pressure and heart failure. A lower blood pressure will reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Also used in the first few days after a heart attack to help reduce the risk of death. This medicine is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. More info »
AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2012
Totals only include the 50 U.S. States and Washington D.C.
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3,225,239 | $31.8M |
| Florida | 2,378,731 | $19.6M |
| Texas | 2,025,733 | $17M |
| Pennsylvania | 1,820,714 | $14.3M |
| New York | 1,661,019 | $15M |
| Ohio | 1,592,147 | $15M |
| Illinois | 1,236,972 | $10.7M |
| North Carolina | 1,085,839 | $8.74M |
| Massachusetts | 1,064,817 | $8.46M |
| Michigan | 1,044,238 | $9.53M |
| Georgia | 988,814 | $8.05M |
| Missouri | 971,804 | $7.9M |
| Tennessee | 918,267 | $6.84M |
| Kentucky | 797,661 | $6.73M |
| Arizona | 770,519 | $6.77M |
| Virginia | 760,654 | $6.92M |
| Washington | 758,541 | $6.5M |
| Indiana | 711,798 | $6.51M |
| Minnesota | 694,677 | $6.7M |
| Wisconsin | 639,072 | $5.81M |
| Alabama | 544,976 | $3.97M |
| Oregon | 540,879 | $4.42M |
| Louisiana | 516,542 | $3.75M |
| New Jersey | 490,721 | $4.12M |
| Oklahoma | 473,217 | $4.18M |
| Colorado | 464,811 | $4.09M |
| South Carolina | 458,477 | $3.64M |
| Arkansas | 434,773 | $3.04M |
| Iowa | 429,035 | $3.22M |
| Maryland | 407,839 | $3.88M |
| Mississippi | 388,490 | $2.66M |
| Connecticut | 376,643 | $3.3M |
| Kansas | 341,655 | $2.87M |
| West Virginia | 325,347 | $2.58M |
| Nevada | 273,379 | $2.32M |
| New Mexico | 263,042 | $2.52M |
| Nebraska | 197,868 | $1.46M |
| Rhode Island | 195,501 | $1.48M |
| Maine | 195,436 | $2.03M |
| Utah | 165,553 | $1.33M |
| Idaho | 155,857 | $1.45M |
| Hawaii | 139,824 | $1.53M |
| New Hampshire | 134,697 | $1.28M |
| Montana | 119,667 | $1M |
| South Dakota | 111,643 | $942K |
| North Dakota | 94,291 | $801K |
| Delaware | 76,931 | $768K |
| Vermont | 74,875 | $631K |
| District of Columbia | 66,402 | $555K |
| Wyoming | 52,754 | $428K |
| Alaska | 45,984 | $402K |
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 2012 includes more than 1.2 billion prescriptions written by nearly 1.5 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 382,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. Almost three-fourths went to patients 65 and older; the rest were for disabled patients. Methodology »
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Top prescribers for LISINOPRIL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINDA STROPES MD |
Claims Filled3,986 |
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| DANIEL HURLEY M.D. |
Claims Filled3,815 |
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| FADI SABA M.D. |
Claims Filled3,157 |
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| TERENCE FRINKS M.D. |
Claims Filled3,025 |
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| JOHN RICHARD M.D. |
Claims Filled2,907 |
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| ROBERT PEARLSTEIN D.O. |
Claims Filled2,678 |
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| LUIS FELIPE M.D. |
Claims Filled2,470 |
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| ABDULLAH ARSHAD MD |
Claims Filled2,442 |
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| FREDRICK SHORT DO |
Claims Filled2,371 |
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| ROY HINMAN MD PA |
Claims Filled2,328 |
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| CARLA FRIDMAN |
Claims Filled2,302 |
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| DAN WATERS MD |
Claims Filled2,265 |
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| LOWELL CLARK M.D. |
Claims Filled2,252 |
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| R BRYANT MD |
Claims Filled2,238 |
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| ADOLPHUS LEWIS DO |
Claims Filled2,237 |
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| VINCENT DILELLA DO |
Claims Filled2,215 |
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| LAURENCE PETTY M.D. |
Claims Filled2,197 |
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| WILLIAM SILVERSTONE D.O. |
Claims Filled2,182 |
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| OSMANY RODRIGUEZ M.D. |
Claims Filled2,157 |
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| DREW COOPER MD |
Claims Filled2,145 |
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| CHRISTOPHER LABONTE MD |
Claims Filled2,128 |
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| CIRILO GONZALEZ MD |
Claims Filled2,059 |
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| JOAQUIN NEGRETTE |
Claims Filled2,050 |
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| RAJA PASPULA M.D. |
Claims Filled2,025 |
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| ALBERTO HERNANDEZ M.D. |
Claims Filled2,006 |