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NITROSTAT
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AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2011
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| California | 187,729 | $3.55M |
| Florida | 130,051 | $1.68M |
| Texas | 94,239 | $1.27M |
| New York | 90,855 | $1.42M |
| Pennsylvania | 81,978 | $1.05M |
| Ohio | 80,101 | $962K |
| North Carolina | 62,932 | $737K |
| Michigan | 58,721 | $825K |
| Tennessee | 55,861 | $633K |
| Illinois | 51,978 | $659K |
| Georgia | 49,303 | $623K |
| Indiana | 49,263 | $556K |
| Kentucky | 47,134 | $525K |
| Missouri | 46,662 | $525K |
| Minnesota | 41,661 | $479K |
| Massachusetts | 40,001 | $619K |
| Virginia | 38,906 | $475K |
| Washington | 37,882 | $493K |
| Wisconsin | 31,846 | $360K |
| Alabama | 31,505 | $359K |
| Louisiana | 31,477 | $396K |
| South Carolina | 29,460 | $356K |
| Arizona | 29,129 | $364K |
| Oregon | 28,247 | $401K |
| Iowa | 26,785 | $278K |
| Arkansas | 25,530 | $294K |
| New Jersey | 25,325 | $427K |
| Oklahoma | 25,185 | $315K |
| Puerto Rico | 25,137 | $291K |
| West Virginia | 24,268 | $270K |
| Mississippi | 23,763 | $285K |
| Maryland | 19,095 | $283K |
| Kansas | 18,006 | $197K |
| Colorado | 16,075 | $210K |
| Maine | 15,635 | $201K |
| Connecticut | 11,269 | $165K |
| New Mexico | 11,236 | $127K |
| Nebraska | 10,282 | $110K |
| Nevada | 8,609 | $116K |
| New Hampshire | 7,438 | $99.6K |
| Idaho | 7,358 | $83.8K |
| Rhode Island | 6,879 | $103K |
| South Dakota | 6,293 | $69.3K |
| Hawaii | 5,960 | $94.3K |
| Utah | 5,679 | $65.2K |
| North Dakota | 5,438 | $60.7K |
| Vermont | 5,281 | $61.4K |
| Montana | 4,156 | $46K |
| Delaware | 4,106 | $56.5K |
| Wyoming | 1,915 | $21.3K |
| Alaska | 1,850 | $27.2K |
| District of Columbia | 1,269 | $19.2K |
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 NITROSTAT
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAN CARROLL MD |
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| WLADYSLAW BOBAK MD |
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| MICHAEL SMITH MD |
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| JONATHAN ALBIN MD |
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| ITRI EREN MD |
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| GEORGE FARAH MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| DAVID GU D.O. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JANET RIPPY MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| MICHAEL RUBIN |
Claims Filled50 |
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| DAVID ZUEHLKE MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| MANUEL MAYOR MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ZAKI LABABIDI MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ROBERT MORRIS MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| SUHAIL ALLAQABAND MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| RAM PENMETSA MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| SHERRI DUMONT D.O. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| KISHORE CHALLA M.D., F.A.C.C. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| HOWARD SHERMAN M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JAMES SCHRAIDER PA |
Claims Filled50 |
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| WALTER GORTON M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| ALEXANDER MBAKWEM M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| AZHAR AMIL MD |
Claims Filled50 |
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| THOMAS SINSKY M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| IVOR LEWIS M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |
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| JOSEPH FORNEY M.D. |
Claims Filled50 |