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URSODIOL
Dissolves certain kinds of gallstones in the body when they cannot be removed by surgery. Also treats primary biliary cirrhosis, a liver disorder. More info »
AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2011
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| California | 32,986 | $3.71M |
| New York | 27,217 | $3.12M |
| Florida | 21,914 | $3.06M |
| Texas | 19,496 | $2.4M |
| Pennsylvania | 15,989 | $2.06M |
| Illinois | 10,892 | $1.38M |
| Ohio | 10,618 | $1.42M |
| Massachusetts | 8,603 | $1.1M |
| Michigan | 8,264 | $1.15M |
| Tennessee | 8,024 | $843K |
| New Jersey | 7,997 | $1.05M |
| North Carolina | 7,390 | $921K |
| Georgia | 7,258 | $981K |
| Wisconsin | 7,151 | $760K |
| Virginia | 6,176 | $712K |
| Missouri | 5,937 | $681K |
| Washington | 5,313 | $726K |
| Minnesota | 5,239 | $626K |
| Indiana | 5,236 | $752K |
| Kentucky | 4,512 | $611K |
| Arizona | 4,409 | $633K |
| Iowa | 3,914 | $546K |
| Puerto Rico | 3,734 | $312K |
| Oklahoma | 3,721 | $422K |
| Connecticut | 3,568 | $473K |
| Louisiana | 3,499 | $388K |
| Oregon | 3,489 | $430K |
| Alabama | 3,428 | $365K |
| Colorado | 3,105 | $411K |
| Kansas | 2,755 | $269K |
| Mississippi | 2,733 | $235K |
| South Carolina | 2,543 | $346K |
| Maryland | 2,402 | $334K |
| Hawaii | 2,330 | $294K |
| New Mexico | 2,224 | $225K |
| West Virginia | 2,029 | $228K |
| Arkansas | 2,025 | $251K |
| Nebraska | 2,013 | $213K |
| Nevada | 1,732 | $216K |
| Utah | 1,649 | $234K |
| Rhode Island | 1,592 | $237K |
| Maine | 1,421 | $245K |
| Idaho | 1,394 | $160K |
| New Hampshire | 1,285 | $172K |
| South Dakota | 1,017 | $118K |
| Montana | 779 | $85.5K |
| Alaska | 715 | $59K |
| North Dakota | 711 | $89.2K |
| Vermont | 704 | $109K |
| Delaware | 527 | $82.2K |
| Wyoming | 399 | $64K |
| District of Columbia | 204 | $24.4K |
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 URSODIOL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAREEM ABU-ELMAGD MD |
Claims Filled203 |
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| NIKOLAOS PYRSOPOULOS MD,PHD |
Claims Filled195 |
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| REYNALDO GODINES MD |
Claims Filled195 |
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| SUISUN CHAN M.D. |
Claims Filled192 |
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| STEVEN-HUY HAN MD |
Claims Filled191 |
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| CONSUELO SOLDEVILA-PICO MD |
Claims Filled190 |
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| MICHAEL DAO M.D. |
Claims Filled188 |
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| NANCY BACH MD |
Claims Filled187 |
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| BORYS BUNIAK MD |
Claims Filled186 |
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| PAUL KWO M.D. |
Claims Filled181 |
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| SIMON CHAN M.D. |
Claims Filled179 |
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| MARSHALL KAPLAN MD |
Claims Filled178 |
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| PATRICIA SHEINER MD |
Claims Filled176 |
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| PAULO FONTES MD |
Claims Filled174 |
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| JEFFREY FENYVES M.D. |
Claims Filled174 |
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| EDDYS DISLA M.D. |
Claims Filled173 |
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| NANCY KEMENY MD |
Claims Filled172 |
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| CHRISTOPHER O'BRIEN M.D. |
Claims Filled170 |
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| LAURIE WILLIAMS N.P. |
Claims Filled165 |
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| NIGEL GIRGRAH MD PHD |
Claims Filled164 |
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| ANTHONY POST MD |
Claims Filled163 |
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| JOSE RODRIGUEZ MD |
Claims Filled160 |
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| ELEONORA FEDONENKO M.D. |
Claims Filled159 |
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| SHIRISH AMIN MD |
Claims Filled159 |
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| EDWARD MENA M.D. |
Claims Filled158 |