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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 | 143,786 | $18.2M |
| New York | 85,602 | $10.6M |
| Texas | 56,520 | $7.26M |
| Florida | 44,159 | $5.79M |
| New Jersey | 26,791 | $3.54M |
| Illinois | 24,573 | $3.22M |
| North Carolina | 22,796 | $2.88M |
| Pennsylvania | 18,611 | $2.4M |
| Louisiana | 14,203 | $1.78M |
| Ohio | 14,121 | $1.89M |
| Georgia | 11,101 | $1.4M |
| Kentucky | 11,074 | $1.46M |
| Michigan | 10,703 | $1.42M |
| Missouri | 10,262 | $1.3M |
| Tennessee | 10,128 | $1.31M |
| Virginia | 9,797 | $1.29M |
| Connecticut | 9,065 | $1.16M |
| Mississippi | 7,963 | $977K |
| Alabama | 7,775 | $975K |
| South Carolina | 7,437 | $959K |
| Indiana | 7,209 | $943K |
| Maryland | 6,657 | $887K |
| Wisconsin | 6,607 | $859K |
| Arizona | 5,657 | $779K |
| Washington | 5,650 | $749K |
| Oklahoma | 5,390 | $681K |
| Minnesota | 5,112 | $661K |
| Arkansas | 4,987 | $623K |
| West Virginia | 3,823 | $484K |
| Iowa | 3,794 | $468K |
| Colorado | 3,716 | $489K |
| Nevada | 3,304 | $424K |
| Kansas | 3,103 | $399K |
| Nebraska | 2,811 | $352K |
| Massachusetts | 2,810 | $387K |
| New Mexico | 2,520 | $330K |
| Oregon | 2,229 | $292K |
| Hawaii | 2,167 | $304K |
| Utah | 1,789 | $227K |
| Delaware | 1,658 | $231K |
| District of Columbia | 1,589 | $213K |
| Idaho | 1,477 | $185K |
| Rhode Island | 1,431 | $181K |
| Maine | 1,355 | $187K |
| Montana | 831 | $105K |
| New Hampshire | 825 | $105K |
| North Dakota | 799 | $99.3K |
| South Dakota | 646 | $80.6K |
| Alaska | 463 | $64.8K |
| Wyoming | 457 | $56.7K |
| Vermont | 383 | $50.1K |
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 PATADAY
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD WEISE MD |
Claims Filled3,358 |
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| PAUL LEE MD |
Claims Filled3,080 |
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| ARTHUR LU MD |
Claims Filled2,670 |
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| RAYMOND FONG M.D. |
Claims Filled2,667 |
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| YUN KIM MD |
Claims Filled2,483 |
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| NGOC NGUYEN M.D. |
Claims Filled2,250 |
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| MICHAEL ROSE MD |
Claims Filled1,864 |
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| ALEJANDRA UCHIO M.D. |
Claims Filled1,695 |
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| ARTHUR BENJAMIN M. D. |
Claims Filled1,410 |
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| RAPHAEL VAZQUEZ M.D. |
Claims Filled1,364 |
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| CASIMIRO GONZALEZ M.D. |
Claims Filled1,255 |
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| CHAU-PO WEI M.D. |
Claims Filled1,249 |
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| ILONA GENIS MD |
Claims Filled1,166 |
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| NAZARETH DARAKJIAN M.D. |
Claims Filled1,162 |
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| ROBERTO BERAJA MD |
Claims Filled1,117 |
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| RICHARD HAVUNJIAN M.D. |
Claims Filled1,067 |
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| ARKADY KAGAN MD |
Claims Filled1,059 |
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| JOSEPH LEE MD |
Claims Filled1,040 |
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| DOUGLAS SHAPIRO M.D. |
Claims Filled992 |
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| DANIEL KIM M.D. |
Claims Filled977 |
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| ISIDORO ZARCO M.D. |
Claims Filled906 |
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| MITSUGU SHIMMYO M.D. |
Claims Filled896 |
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| JOSEPH KERENDIAN MD |
Claims Filled874 |
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| LEON PARTAMIAN M.D. |
Claims Filled872 |
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| NHU NGUYEN M.D. |
Claims Filled871 |