Fluorouracil

Rank #426 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$19.5M

Total Cost

220,445

Total Claims

$19.5M

Total Cost

5,489

Prescribers

$88

Cost per Claim

191,630

Beneficiaries

229,177

30-Day Fills

$3,548

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$19.5M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $19.5M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Peter Teng	Dermatology	Hialeah, FL	533	$61K
2	Mark Tusa	Dermatology	Temple, TX	534	$59K
3	Jessica Chan	Physician Assistant	Modesto, CA	466	$46K
4	Randolph Jacobs	Dermatology	Wildomar, CA	473	$45K
5	Hal Lewis	Dermatology	Carbondale, IL	242	$31K
6	Ding Yang	Podiatry	Staten Island, NY	278	$31K
7	Yanette Barcelo	Physician Assistant	Miami, FL	292	$31K
8	Ho Yim	Podiatry	Flushing, NY	237	$28K
9	Stacey Olivier	Physician Assistant	Grand Rapids, MI	315	$28K
10	Salvador Alonzo	Nurse Practitioner	Yuma, AZ	290	$28K
11	Srikanth Vangapandu	Physician Assistant	Dayton, OH	229	$27K
12	Monica Van Acker	Dermatology	East Lansing, MI	318	$24K
13	Juliana Gilbert	Dermatology	Bowling Green, KY	216	$24K
14	John Chapman	Dermatology	Lafayette, LA	243	$24K
15	Jessica Saucier	Dermatology	Rockwall, TX	227	$24K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
423	Mometasone/Formoterol (Dulera)	$20.4M	46,961
424	Brinzolamide (Azopt)	$20.1M	57,322
425	Clobazam (Clobazam)	$19.8M	58,877
426	Fluorouracil (Fluorouracil)	$19.5M	220,445
427	Ertapenem Sodium (Ertapenem)	$19.4M	36,784
428	Sumatriptan Succinate (Sumatriptan Succinate)	$19.4M	555,011
429	Darbepoetin Alfa In Polysorbat (Aranesp)	$19.3M	6,889

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