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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 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 | 35,217 | $3.62M |
| New York | 29,632 | $3.3M |
| Florida | 23,262 | $3.17M |
| Texas | 20,100 | $2.44M |
| Pennsylvania | 16,135 | $2.06M |
| Illinois | 11,626 | $1.44M |
| Ohio | 11,385 | $1.47M |
| Michigan | 9,822 | $1.31M |
| New Jersey | 9,765 | $1.31M |
| Massachusetts | 9,270 | $1.1M |
| Tennessee | 8,293 | $877K |
| Wisconsin | 7,942 | $840K |
| Georgia | 7,746 | $1.05M |
| North Carolina | 7,647 | $951K |
| Virginia | 6,592 | $769K |
| Missouri | 6,290 | $717K |
| Indiana | 5,772 | $852K |
| Washington | 5,734 | $747K |
| Minnesota | 5,627 | $656K |
| Arizona | 4,951 | $684K |
| Kentucky | 4,936 | $623K |
| Connecticut | 4,202 | $587K |
| Iowa | 4,132 | $558K |
| Oklahoma | 4,020 | $437K |
| Oregon | 3,960 | $476K |
| Louisiana | 3,817 | $394K |
| Alabama | 3,635 | $352K |
| Colorado | 3,334 | $425K |
| South Carolina | 2,778 | $389K |
| Kansas | 2,756 | $303K |
| Mississippi | 2,674 | $222K |
| Maryland | 2,509 | $332K |
| Hawaii | 2,302 | $278K |
| Arkansas | 2,277 | $267K |
| New Mexico | 2,207 | $208K |
| Nebraska | 2,001 | $210K |
| West Virginia | 1,948 | $241K |
| Nevada | 1,940 | $232K |
| Utah | 1,873 | $265K |
| Rhode Island | 1,565 | $210K |
| Idaho | 1,515 | $186K |
| Maine | 1,432 | $262K |
| New Hampshire | 1,314 | $180K |
| South Dakota | 1,006 | $115K |
| Montana | 840 | $75.9K |
| North Dakota | 787 | $97.7K |
| Alaska | 764 | $77.4K |
| Vermont | 764 | $110K |
| Delaware | 517 | $86.1K |
| Wyoming | 376 | $57.9K |
| District of Columbia | 207 | $21.8K |
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 URSODIOL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| REYNALDO GODINES MD |
Claims Filled217 |
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| JOSE FRANCO MD |
Claims Filled217 |
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| SUISUN CHAN M.D. |
Claims Filled216 |
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| PAUL KWO M.D. |
Claims Filled212 |
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| FEDERICO RODRIGUEZ PEREZ MD |
Claims Filled206 |
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| DAVID BERNSTEIN MD |
Claims Filled201 |
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| HENRY YEE MD |
Claims Filled199 |
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| CHONG KIM M.D. |
Claims Filled198 |
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| NANCY BACH MD |
Claims Filled195 |
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| EDWARD MENA M.D. |
Claims Filled193 |
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| MICHAEL SCHILSKY MD |
Claims Filled193 |
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| STACEY HODGES ACNP |
Claims Filled184 |
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| KAPIL CHOPRA M.D. |
Claims Filled174 |
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| CHARLES MYERS MD |
Claims Filled172 |
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| ANTHONY POST MD |
Claims Filled172 |
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| NANCY KEMENY MD |
Claims Filled170 |
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| SHIRISH AMIN MD |
Claims Filled170 |
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| POLINE YIU RPA-C |
Claims Filled169 |
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| MICHAEL GALAMBOS M.D. |
Claims Filled167 |
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| NIKUNJ SHAH MD |
Claims Filled166 |
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| LARRY DEFFENBAUGH D.O. |
Claims Filled166 |
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| GREGORY EVERSON MD |
Claims Filled166 |
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| BRIAN BERK M.D. |
Claims Filled164 |
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| BARBARA ROSADO MD |
Claims Filled163 |
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| CHRISTOPHER O'BRIEN M.D. |
Claims Filled163 |