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CALCITRIOL
Treats low blood calcium in kidney dialysis patients and other patients. Calcitriol is a form of vitamin D. 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 | 92,707 | $4.27M |
| New York | 69,075 | $3.05M |
| Florida | 65,617 | $2.92M |
| Pennsylvania | 53,455 | $2.07M |
| Texas | 50,363 | $2.35M |
| Ohio | 47,974 | $2.08M |
| Illinois | 45,828 | $1.87M |
| Georgia | 40,259 | $1.56M |
| Michigan | 31,856 | $1.57M |
| Tennessee | 29,940 | $1.08M |
| North Carolina | 29,524 | $1.16M |
| Massachusetts | 27,302 | $1.06M |
| Virginia | 23,199 | $992K |
| Arizona | 21,545 | $911K |
| Wisconsin | 21,388 | $847K |
| Washington | 20,443 | $859K |
| Missouri | 20,038 | $736K |
| Minnesota | 19,438 | $836K |
| Indiana | 19,384 | $811K |
| New Jersey | 18,712 | $1.04M |
| Louisiana | 18,644 | $750K |
| South Carolina | 14,583 | $586K |
| Oregon | 13,446 | $537K |
| Maryland | 12,950 | $633K |
| Iowa | 12,175 | $444K |
| Connecticut | 11,379 | $496K |
| Alabama | 11,169 | $474K |
| Kentucky | 9,862 | $424K |
| Mississippi | 9,459 | $392K |
| Arkansas | 9,104 | $381K |
| West Virginia | 8,870 | $355K |
| Oklahoma | 8,757 | $362K |
| Colorado | 7,736 | $352K |
| Kansas | 6,248 | $254K |
| New Mexico | 5,859 | $239K |
| South Dakota | 5,793 | $192K |
| Nebraska | 5,539 | $199K |
| Nevada | 5,437 | $252K |
| Hawaii | 5,340 | $189K |
| Idaho | 4,318 | $183K |
| New Hampshire | 4,304 | $181K |
| Utah | 4,185 | $187K |
| Maine | 3,435 | $186K |
| Rhode Island | 3,190 | $128K |
| Montana | 2,888 | $113K |
| North Dakota | 2,446 | $96.2K |
| Delaware | 2,262 | $116K |
| Alaska | 1,669 | $48.2K |
| Vermont | 1,606 | $68.4K |
| District of Columbia | 1,537 | $66.2K |
| Wyoming | 1,325 | $47.8K |
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 CALCITRIOL
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAN NGUYEN MD |
Claims Filled1,768 |
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| BALRAM CHHAJWANI MD |
Claims Filled1,320 |
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| HONG LIANG M.D. |
Claims Filled1,227 |
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| STEVEN GABRIEL MD |
Claims Filled1,170 |
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| TONG SUN MD |
Claims Filled906 |
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| AARON NADA M.D. |
Claims Filled876 |
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| RITU KHURANA MD |
Claims Filled854 |
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| DANA BRANDYS D.O. |
Claims Filled837 |
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| LOUIS FLORES M.D. |
Claims Filled832 |
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| MOHAMMED AHMED M.D. |
Claims Filled820 |
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| SUSAN HOU MD |
Claims Filled775 |
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| JOSH WENG M.D. |
Claims Filled761 |
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| PIOTR LAZOWSKI M.D. |
Claims Filled735 |
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| LIEM OEI MD |
Claims Filled717 |
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| SURMEET BEDI M.D. |
Claims Filled709 |
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| NAWAR MANSOUR M.D. |
Claims Filled698 |
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| MIGUEL MOLINAS M.D. |
Claims Filled698 |
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| NUHAD KULAYLAT M.D. |
Claims Filled696 |
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| FREDRICK OSORIO M.D. |
Claims Filled696 |
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| JAMES BARR M.D., PH.D. |
Claims Filled684 |
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| AKRAM AL-MAKKI MD |
Claims Filled670 |
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| GREGORY SPIN D.O. |
Claims Filled666 |
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| SAMIR YASSA MD |
Claims Filled642 |
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| ERIK BERNSTEIN MD |
Claims Filled628 |
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| KAROLYN GABLE N.P. |
Claims Filled628 |