Bromfenac Sodium

Brand name: Prolensa

Rank #289 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$40.8M

Total Cost

121,284

Total Claims

$40.8M

Total Cost

2,024

Prescribers

$336

Cost per Claim

65,070

Beneficiaries

152,037

30-Day Fills

$20K

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$40.8M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $40.8M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Bingjing Roberts	Ophthalmology	New York, NY	2,417	$882K
2	Triet Nguyen	Ophthalmology	Westminster, CA	1,453	$553K
3	Richard Weise	Ophthalmology	Glendale, CA	1,053	$440K
4	Ilona Genis	Ophthalmology	Brooklyn, NY	1,143	$427K
5	Gang Hu	Ophthalmology	Hurst, TX	1,017	$364K
6	Eddie Kadrmas	Ophthalmology	Plymouth, MA	575	$321K
7	Triet Nguyen	Ophthalmology	Westminster, CA	910	$287K
8	Jacqueline Dauhajre	Ophthalmology	Jackson Heights, NY	686	$250K
9	Charles Gold	Optometry	New York, NY	655	$240K
10	Shann Lin	Ophthalmology	Pottsville, PA	691	$222K
11	David De Rose	Ophthalmology	Allentown, PA	628	$221K
12	Mitchell Shultz	Ophthalmology	Northridge, CA	525	$193K
13	Mario Di Pascuale	Ophthalmology	El Paso, TX	530	$192K
14	William Gannon	Ophthalmology	Dothan, AL	479	$170K
15	Michael Pisacano	Ophthalmology	Bronx, NY	460	$166K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
286	Alendronate Sodium (Alendronate Sodium)	$41.4M	3,414,824
287	Daptomycin (Daptomycin)	$41.2M	41,245
288	Pitavastatin Calcium (Livalo)	$40.8M	69,636
289	Bromfenac Sodium (Prolensa)	$40.8M	121,284
290	Suvorexant (Belsomra)	$40.7M	87,327
291	Atogepant (Qulipta)	$40.7M	32,955
292	Obeticholic Acid (Ocaliva)	$40.6M	4,131

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