Brimonidine Tartrate

Brand name: Alphagan P

Rank #161 of 500 drugs by total cost

Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026

$98.8M

Total Cost

988,570

Total Claims

$98.8M

Total Cost

16,454

Prescribers

$100

Cost per Claim

257,029

Beneficiaries

1,772,260

30-Day Fills

$6,005

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.04%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$98.8M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $98.8M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Hamideh Moayedpardazi	Ophthalmology	Montebello, CA	1,724	$532K
2	Scott Schecter	Optometry	Fort Lauderdale, FL	936	$462K
3	Howard Kushnick	Ophthalmology	Allentown, PA	544	$276K
4	Irina Pankova	Ophthalmology	Brooklyn, NY	675	$253K
5	Ken Lin	Ophthalmology	Honolulu, HI	412	$242K
6	Analisa Arosemena	Ophthalmology	Miami Beach, FL	712	$229K
7	Sarah Anis	Ophthalmology	Providence, RI	470	$224K
8	Douglas Day	Ophthalmology	Atlanta, GA	351	$204K
9	Houman Vosoghi	Ophthalmology	Westlake Village, CA	369	$200K
10	Simon Law	Ophthalmology	Los Angeles, CA	480	$199K
11	Ilona Genis	Ophthalmology	Brooklyn, NY	543	$195K
12	Jeffrey Schultz	Ophthalmology	Bronx, NY	447	$191K
13	Geoffrey Schwartz	Ophthalmology	Lansdale, PA	459	$188K
14	Kouros Nourimahdavi	Ophthalmology	Los Angeles, CA	376	$182K
15	Matthew Hecht	Ophthalmology	Lawndale, CA	322	$179K

Top prescribers ranked by total cost for this drug in 2023.

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
158	Darunavir/Cobicistat (Prezcobix)	$99.7M	38,374
159	Tocilizumab (Actemra)	$99.5M	24,891
160	Omalizumab (Xolair)	$98.9M	30,451
161	Brimonidine Tartrate (Alphagan P)	$98.8M	988,570
162	Dexlansoprazole (Dexlansoprazole Dr)	$98.7M	275,116
163	Interferon Beta-1a (Avonex)	$98.3M	11,314
164	Guselkumab (Tremfya)	$97.1M	7,102

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Data from CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber-Drug Public Use File, 2023. Methodology