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ESTRADIOL

Replaces estrogen that decreases with menopause or removal of the ovaries. Source: National Library of Medicine

At a Glance: This Drug in 2015

1.85M
Medicare Part D Claims

Rank: 160 of 3395

$49.4M
Retail Cost

Rank: 433 of 3395

414,192
Patients

Rank: 181 of 3395

140,058
Prescribers

Rank: 182 of 3395

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Alternatives:

Premarin Premarin Vaginal Cream Prempro Provera Vivelle-Dot Climara Estring Estradiol Norethindrone Divigel

This Drug's History

Claims

The number of Medicare prescriptions for this drug each year

1.43M

2011

1.72M

2012

1.91M

2013

1.84M

2014

1.85M

2015

Spending

The total Part D spending on this drug
each year

$22.6M

2011

$29.5M

2012

$34.5M

2013

$36.2M

2014

$49.4M

2015

Average Patient Cost

Average amount that patients without a low-income subsidy paid each year.

$32

2011

$30

2012

$30

2013

$38

2014

$52

2015

Use by state

State	Patients	Claims	Cost
California	53,500	212,427	$7.33M
Texas	32,490	135,810	$3.29M
Florida	27,365	114,904	$3.25M
Tennessee	17,598	82,000	$1.65M
Georgia	17,366	80,326	$1.88M
North Carolina	16,808	80,078	$1.91M
Ohio	14,121	65,171	$1.9M
Alabama	13,627	61,466	$1.08M
Missouri	10,921	55,128	$1.1M
Kentucky	10,662	54,859	$1.26M
Louisiana	10,175	52,382	$887K
Washington	12,418	51,889	$1.37M
Arizona	12,378	49,309	$1.38M
Michigan	12,720	48,914	$1.65M
Arkansas	8,750	47,211	$638K
South Carolina	10,184	46,679	$1.04M
Indiana	9,339	43,283	$1M
Oregon	10,048	42,282	$1.11M
New York	9,070	39,700	$1.59M
Colorado	9,590	38,299	$1.27M
Oklahoma	8,689	37,297	$824K
Mississippi	6,978	35,676	$501K
Virginia	8,177	35,578	$1.02M
Illinois	7,897	34,480	$1.04M
Pennsylvania	7,405	32,826	$1.29M
Kansas	6,084	28,747	$570K
Minnesota	6,020	23,114	$892K
Wisconsin	5,429	22,713	$688K
Utah	4,939	19,650	$478K
Massachusetts	3,647	17,083	$706K
Idaho	4,229	17,055	$365K
Nevada	3,654	15,377	$357K
West Virginia	2,901	14,233	$321K
Iowa	2,910	13,120	$290K
Nebraska	2,704	12,597	$251K
Maryland	3,181	11,257	$497K
Connecticut	2,533	10,631	$493K
New Mexico	2,514	10,482	$311K
New Jersey	2,567	9,821	$546K
Montana	1,870	8,615	$211K
Maine	1,464	5,894	$204K
New Hampshire	1,334	5,783	$187K
South Dakota	976	4,179	$95.4K
Hawaii	1,117	3,943	$102K
Wyoming	865	3,675	$109K
Rhode Island	631	3,419	$93.9K
North Dakota	623	2,605	$82.9K
Delaware	631	2,337	$104K
Alaska	399	2,043	$44.6K
Vermont	426	1,646	$57.2K
District of Columbia	347	1,235	$51.4K

About This Data

Prescribing data from Medicare’s prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, was compiled and released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that oversees the program. The data for 2015 includes more than 1.4 billion prescriptions written by nearly 1.4 million doctors, nurses and other providers. This database lists about 447,000 of those providers who wrote 50 or more prescriptions for at least one drug that year. More than three-fourths of these prescriptions went to patients 65 and older; the rest were for disabled patients. Methodology »

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Top prescribers for ESTRADIOL

Provider	Medicare Claims	City	State
JAMES GUILER MD Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled1,055	LEXINGTON	Kentucky
CINDY BESSON M.D. Gynecology	Claims Filled517	AIKEN	South Carolina
JOSEPH BROYLES MD Gynecology	Claims Filled510	BATON ROUGE	Louisiana
RICHARD EDDY MD Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled485	MEDFORD	Oregon
GINA ARABITG MD Gynecology	Claims Filled452	VENICE	Florida
JOHN GORDON MD Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled445	RICHMOND	Kentucky
MURRAY FREEDMAN MD Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled424	AUGUSTA	Georgia
BARBARA CROFT M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled421	ATLANTA	Georgia
THOMAS POWERS M.D. Gynecology	Claims Filled412	ARCADIA	California
CARRIE CARDA MD Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled406	POPLAR BLUFF	Missouri
ELMER VAN DYKE M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled401	SEDALIA	Missouri
KEVIN PHILLIPS MD Gynecology	Claims Filled395	FORT SMITH	Arkansas
THOMAS WILEY MD Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled395	JACKSON	Mississippi
JOAN BERGSTROM M.D. Specialist	Claims Filled385	ARLINGTON	Texas
STANLEY MORROW DO Family Medicine	Claims Filled374	HACKLEBURG	Alabama
BEN MARTIN MD Gynecology	Claims Filled367	DOTHAN	Alabama
ANDRE' PINAC M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled366	OPELOUSAS	Louisiana
GREGORY CHILDREY M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled364	COLUMBUS	Mississippi
EDWARD BIGGERSTAFF MD Gynecology	Claims Filled360	SAVANNAH	Georgia
PAMELA CARBIENER M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled348	DAYTONA BEACH	Florida
FRED INGRAM M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled346	JACKSON	Mississippi
MARTHA GONZALEZ M.D., M.P.H Endocrinology, Diabetes Metabolism	Claims Filled344	VENTURA	California
JOHN ROZIER M.D. Gynecology	Claims Filled338	LUMBERTON	North Carolina
LARRY OVERCASH M.D. Obstetrics Gynecology	Claims Filled331	PEORIA	Illinois
BARRY SCHLAFSTEIN MD Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery	Claims Filled327	SAVANNAH	Georgia