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CLINDAMYCIN HCL
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AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2011
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| California | 128,216 | $2.27M |
| Texas | 104,616 | $1.92M |
| Florida | 95,417 | $1.34M |
| New York | 81,938 | $1.24M |
| Pennsylvania | 69,542 | $999K |
| Ohio | 61,490 | $879K |
| Illinois | 56,649 | $908K |
| North Carolina | 47,875 | $789K |
| Michigan | 47,722 | $737K |
| Tennessee | 39,156 | $639K |
| Georgia | 35,777 | $600K |
| Missouri | 32,916 | $589K |
| New Jersey | 32,022 | $464K |
| Puerto Rico | 31,506 | $361K |
| Wisconsin | 31,012 | $475K |
| Arizona | 29,478 | $482K |
| Indiana | 28,674 | $459K |
| Minnesota | 27,882 | $372K |
| Alabama | 27,364 | $448K |
| Virginia | 26,163 | $425K |
| Massachusetts | 26,068 | $424K |
| Louisiana | 24,686 | $398K |
| Washington | 24,021 | $417K |
| Mississippi | 24,003 | $415K |
| Kentucky | 21,819 | $385K |
| Oregon | 19,834 | $335K |
| Iowa | 18,851 | $224K |
| Oklahoma | 18,665 | $311K |
| Arkansas | 18,335 | $321K |
| Maryland | 17,887 | $322K |
| Colorado | 17,851 | $303K |
| South Carolina | 17,816 | $282K |
| Kansas | 16,244 | $249K |
| West Virginia | 11,605 | $188K |
| Connecticut | 11,329 | $165K |
| Nevada | 10,457 | $176K |
| Nebraska | 10,102 | $138K |
| New Mexico | 9,764 | $164K |
| Utah | 7,128 | $134K |
| Hawaii | 7,008 | $174K |
| Maine | 6,735 | $104K |
| Idaho | 5,376 | $93.1K |
| New Hampshire | 5,364 | $85.9K |
| Montana | 4,985 | $79.6K |
| South Dakota | 4,648 | $62.8K |
| Rhode Island | 4,338 | $70.9K |
| North Dakota | 4,145 | $51.8K |
| Delaware | 4,133 | $73.3K |
| Vermont | 3,070 | $46.1K |
| Wyoming | 2,605 | $42.5K |
| District of Columbia | 1,696 | $33.1K |
| Alaska | 1,629 | $36.7K |
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 CLINDAMYCIN HCL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| REX GALLEMORE M.D. |
Claims Filled126 |
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| NORMAN JOHNSON DDS |
Claims Filled126 |
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| CAMIL KREIT M.D. |
Claims Filled125 |
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| PAUL WIBBELS MD |
Claims Filled125 |
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| RICHARD HEEKIN MD |
Claims Filled124 |
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| VINOD BRAHMBHATT DDS |
Claims Filled124 |
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| A.C. LILES D.D.S. |
Claims Filled124 |
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| WILLIAM JACOBSEN MD |
Claims Filled122 |
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| MICHAEL KINNEBREW M.D., D.D.S. |
Claims Filled122 |
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| RANDALL PEYTON M.D. |
Claims Filled121 |
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| JON HAYS M.D. |
Claims Filled121 |
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| GRETEL VALLEDOR-ROMERO D.M.D |
Claims Filled121 |
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| NECDET OZDER DDS |
Claims Filled120 |
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| BRADLEY NEWBERRY DDS |
Claims Filled119 |
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| EUGENE GORSKI MD |
Claims Filled119 |
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| CHUR CHIU D.D.S. |
Claims Filled119 |
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| ROBERT JOHANSEN M.D. |
Claims Filled119 |
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| CAMERON LEE DMD |
Claims Filled117 |
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| MELVYN HUCKABY DDS |
Claims Filled116 |
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| BRIAN COHEN MD |
Claims Filled116 |
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| KATHERINE LEYES |
Claims Filled116 |
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| STEVEN TRAUB D.D.S. |
Claims Filled116 |
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| MICHAEL CRAWFORD M.D. |
Claims Filled115 |
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| ROBERT HOHM M.D. |
Claims Filled114 |
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| ALFRED FORD D.M.D. |
Claims Filled114 |