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BENICAR
Treats high blood pressure. A lower blood pressure will reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. This medicine is an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB). 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 | 206,517 | $31.7M |
| Florida | 142,264 | $21.6M |
| Pennsylvania | 114,527 | $17.3M |
| New York | 102,490 | $15.8M |
| Texas | 95,567 | $15.8M |
| Illinois | 56,358 | $9.38M |
| New Jersey | 52,797 | $9.39M |
| Georgia | 47,934 | $6.9M |
| Ohio | 42,912 | $7.01M |
| North Carolina | 38,168 | $5.52M |
| Missouri | 36,488 | $5.32M |
| Michigan | 33,507 | $6.55M |
| Louisiana | 32,810 | $4.53M |
| Arizona | 32,329 | $5.7M |
| Washington | 28,543 | $4.87M |
| Tennessee | 28,537 | $4.33M |
| Connecticut | 28,357 | $5.13M |
| Oregon | 27,756 | $4.52M |
| Indiana | 25,246 | $4.18M |
| Virginia | 24,132 | $3.88M |
| Mississippi | 22,386 | $2.93M |
| Kentucky | 21,489 | $3.32M |
| South Carolina | 21,121 | $3.23M |
| Alabama | 18,482 | $2.64M |
| Arkansas | 18,395 | $2.47M |
| Massachusetts | 18,068 | $3.04M |
| Oklahoma | 17,879 | $2.97M |
| Maryland | 17,234 | $3.4M |
| West Virginia | 16,786 | $2.54M |
| Colorado | 14,630 | $2.46M |
| Wisconsin | 13,563 | $2.14M |
| Iowa | 13,312 | $1.89M |
| Kansas | 12,540 | $1.94M |
| Nebraska | 11,339 | $1.55M |
| Nevada | 9,801 | $1.68M |
| New Mexico | 8,975 | $1.53M |
| Hawaii | 7,493 | $1.19M |
| Minnesota | 7,382 | $1.37M |
| Utah | 7,268 | $1.21M |
| Rhode Island | 6,822 | $992K |
| Maine | 6,682 | $1.27M |
| Idaho | 6,005 | $919K |
| Montana | 3,967 | $605K |
| Delaware | 3,573 | $740K |
| North Dakota | 3,527 | $527K |
| South Dakota | 3,512 | $503K |
| Wyoming | 2,781 | $444K |
| Vermont | 2,681 | $489K |
| New Hampshire | 2,534 | $472K |
| District of Columbia | 1,952 | $302K |
| Alaska | 1,099 | $172K |
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 BENICAR
| Provider | Medicare Claims | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAE YOO MD |
Claims Filled1,540 |
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| WEI SUN MD |
Claims Filled1,332 |
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| HEW QUON M.D. |
Claims Filled1,135 |
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| JAMES LIU M.D. |
Claims Filled1,097 |
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| LI LIU M.D. |
Claims Filled970 |
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| OSCAR CHIEN M.D. |
Claims Filled696 |
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| BOSHENG QIU M.D |
Claims Filled691 |
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| YONG LIANG M.D. |
Claims Filled650 |
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| SANG BAIK |
Claims Filled640 |
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| ZHAOYANG PAN M.D. |
Claims Filled623 |
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| WEI WANG MD |
Claims Filled591 |
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| SINGH BOUN MD |
Claims Filled589 |
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| HOMAYOUN SHARIM M.D. |
Claims Filled564 |
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| HENRY YEE MD |
Claims Filled526 |
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| TAO DUONG M.D. |
Claims Filled488 |
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| HUAN D LE MD |
Claims Filled487 |
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| TUAN XUAN NGUYEN MD |
Claims Filled482 |
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| JORGE VENEREO M.D. |
Claims Filled480 |
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| INNA INOYATOVA MD |
Claims Filled467 |
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| MARIA BETANCOURT |
Claims Filled466 |
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| WAN YAO M.D. |
Claims Filled454 |
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| PAUL CHU M.D. |
Claims Filled452 |
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| EFRAIN MARTINEZ M.D. |
Claims Filled451 |
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| IRENE PERLOFF D.O., M.D. |
Claims Filled427 |
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| VINH-KHIEM NGUYEN-PHUOC M.D. |
Claims Filled424 |