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AT A GLANCE: THIS DRUG IN 2011
Medicare Part D Claims
Retail Cost
Cost by state
| State | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| California | 124,218 | $80.2M |
| Pennsylvania | 115,189 | $51.2M |
| Florida | 96,236 | $54.6M |
| Ohio | 90,935 | $39.9M |
| New York | 74,112 | $37.9M |
| North Carolina | 72,057 | $31.4M |
| New Jersey | 68,168 | $33.9M |
| Wisconsin | 54,505 | $23.6M |
| Tennessee | 52,603 | $30.7M |
| Missouri | 50,649 | $25M |
| Massachusetts | 47,750 | $22.2M |
| Arizona | 47,535 | $22.3M |
| Washington | 47,057 | $17.8M |
| Minnesota | 46,222 | $14.3M |
| Texas | 43,168 | $24.7M |
| Michigan | 42,114 | $25.3M |
| Indiana | 40,355 | $19.4M |
| Colorado | 38,914 | $15.3M |
| Georgia | 37,033 | $17.6M |
| Illinois | 34,255 | $15.8M |
| Alabama | 34,086 | $16.9M |
| Oregon | 33,858 | $13.6M |
| Virginia | 33,375 | $15.6M |
| Connecticut | 32,890 | $16M |
| Maryland | 32,336 | $13.2M |
| Kentucky | 31,134 | $14.5M |
| Oklahoma | 29,889 | $16.8M |
| South Carolina | 26,514 | $13.9M |
| Kansas | 19,724 | $8.89M |
| Maine | 17,786 | $7.82M |
| Iowa | 16,393 | $6.07M |
| Louisiana | 16,217 | $9.29M |
| Arkansas | 15,989 | $7.8M |
| New Hampshire | 15,595 | $6.16M |
| Rhode Island | 15,036 | $7.07M |
| New Mexico | 12,230 | $6.01M |
| Mississippi | 11,492 | $5.85M |
| Utah | 11,456 | $5.77M |
| Nebraska | 11,261 | $4.16M |
| West Virginia | 11,191 | $5.26M |
| Delaware | 9,728 | $4.56M |
| Nevada | 8,757 | $5.17M |
| Montana | 8,423 | $3.13M |
| Idaho | 8,388 | $3.76M |
| Vermont | 6,453 | $2.62M |
| South Dakota | 5,334 | $1.91M |
| Hawaii | 5,038 | $2.62M |
| North Dakota | 3,927 | $1.14M |
| Wyoming | 3,541 | $1.33M |
| Alaska | 3,265 | $1.43M |
| District of Columbia | 2,718 | $1.08M |
| Puerto Rico | 1,777 | $503K |
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 OXYCONTIN
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARK ELLIS MD |
Claims Filled1,055 |
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| RILEY LOVE MD |
Claims Filled959 |
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| GEORGE HOWELL MD |
Claims Filled945 |
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| JOSE PRIETO M D |
Claims Filled926 |
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| EUGENE GOSY |
Claims Filled853 |
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| PAUL MURATTA D.O. |
Claims Filled846 |
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| IQBAL SINGH M.D. |
Claims Filled814 |
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| MARTIN HALE M.D. |
Claims Filled811 |
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| JAY BAKER DO |
Claims Filled798 |
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| TOSHEIBA HOLMES MD |
Claims Filled771 |
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| GLENN DAVIS M.D. |
Claims Filled744 |
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| DONALD KIM M.D. |
Claims Filled725 |
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| BARBARA BRAUCH NP |
Claims Filled714 |
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| TEODORA NEAGU RN, APN, ACNP, BC |
Claims Filled657 |
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| JEROME YOKIEL M.D. |
Claims Filled655 |
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| HARVEY LANGEE MD |
Claims Filled655 |
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| JAYAM KRISHNA IYER M.D. |
Claims Filled654 |
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| KWADWO GYARTENG-DAKWA MD |
Claims Filled644 |
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| GABRIEL SOMORI M.D. |
Claims Filled637 |
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| SANDFORD SCHOCKET M.D. |
Claims Filled633 |
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| DOUGLAS PRITCHARD M.D. |
Claims Filled630 |
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| BRENDA FRIEND FNP |
Claims Filled624 |
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| GAVIN AWERBUCH MD, PLLC |
Claims Filled605 |
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| DONALD DOUGLAS PA |
Claims Filled605 |
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| LISA BANCHIK M.D. |
Claims Filled600 |