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METHYLPHENIDATE HCL
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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 | 30,018 | $793K |
| Pennsylvania | 27,359 | $569K |
| Michigan | 26,068 | $599K |
| Florida | 23,123 | $479K |
| Ohio | 22,829 | $471K |
| Illinois | 21,952 | $432K |
| Massachusetts | 21,904 | $455K |
| New York | 20,110 | $451K |
| Texas | 18,134 | $403K |
| North Carolina | 16,503 | $338K |
| Wisconsin | 16,104 | $360K |
| Minnesota | 14,649 | $337K |
| Washington | 13,863 | $335K |
| Virginia | 13,111 | $281K |
| Missouri | 13,102 | $254K |
| Indiana | 11,865 | $233K |
| Maine | 11,676 | $239K |
| Georgia | 10,975 | $223K |
| Tennessee | 10,267 | $225K |
| Colorado | 10,066 | $197K |
| Oregon | 10,025 | $237K |
| Arizona | 9,383 | $186K |
| Iowa | 8,970 | $175K |
| New Jersey | 8,642 | $153K |
| Maryland | 7,993 | $172K |
| Kansas | 7,931 | $153K |
| Alabama | 7,482 | $141K |
| Connecticut | 7,308 | $148K |
| Kentucky | 6,754 | $134K |
| South Carolina | 6,568 | $136K |
| Nebraska | 6,083 | $108K |
| Louisiana | 5,509 | $105K |
| New Hampshire | 5,323 | $108K |
| Utah | 5,008 | $103K |
| Oklahoma | 4,934 | $99.1K |
| West Virginia | 4,753 | $97.9K |
| Idaho | 4,443 | $98.2K |
| Arkansas | 4,415 | $93.2K |
| Vermont | 3,797 | $85.8K |
| Montana | 3,317 | $74.7K |
| New Mexico | 3,254 | $71.2K |
| Mississippi | 3,222 | $55.5K |
| Rhode Island | 2,902 | $57.4K |
| Nevada | 2,389 | $54.7K |
| South Dakota | 1,843 | $35.4K |
| North Dakota | 1,616 | $36.5K |
| Delaware | 1,392 | $29.8K |
| Wyoming | 1,235 | $25.2K |
| Hawaii | 1,064 | $27.2K |
| Alaska | 634 | $15.2K |
| District of Columbia | 587 | $10.8K |
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 METHYLPHENIDATE HCL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONALD MELVIN DO |
Claims Filled117 |
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| WALTER JENNINGS M.D. |
Claims Filled117 |
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| RAVIKUMAR KANNEGANTI M.D. |
Claims Filled117 |
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| ARTHUR DINGLEY D.O. |
Claims Filled117 |
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| CLAUDE CURRAN M.D. |
Claims Filled116 |
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| JORGE RAICHMAN MD |
Claims Filled116 |
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| ELLIOT KAUFMAN MD |
Claims Filled116 |
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| KENNETH RICKLER MD |
Claims Filled116 |
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| THOMAS SACHY M.D., M.SC., P.C. |
Claims Filled116 |
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| BERNARD SZYMANSKI RNCS |
Claims Filled115 |
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| JONATHAN PETERSON M.D. |
Claims Filled115 |
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| PAUL GROSS MD |
Claims Filled114 |
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| WILLIAM MERVA MD |
Claims Filled114 |
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| JOSEPH CHUPREVICH D.O. |
Claims Filled114 |
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| DIANE OUELLETTE PMHNP |
Claims Filled114 |
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| JAGDISH PATEL MD |
Claims Filled113 |
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| CHARLES LESTER MD |
Claims Filled113 |
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| ALEXANDER WEECH MD |
Claims Filled112 |
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| TERRENCE MILLETTE MD |
Claims Filled112 |
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| ROGER LEMMEN M.D. |
Claims Filled112 |
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| JONATHAN UECKER MD |
Claims Filled111 |
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| EUGENE SHAIKEN M.D. |
Claims Filled111 |
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| LINDA SMOTHERS MD |
Claims Filled111 |
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| PUNYABRATA ROY M.D. |
Claims Filled110 |
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| PHILLIP HOLMAN MD |
Claims Filled110 |