Hydrocortisone

Rank #464 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$15.9M

Total Cost

762,398

Total Claims

$15.9M

Total Cost

25,955

Prescribers

$21

Cost per Claim

304,692

Beneficiaries

893,787

30-Day Fills

$613

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$15.9M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $15.9M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Hemlata Moturi	Endocrinology	Pittsburgh, PA	443	$30K
2	Peter Snyder	Internal Medicine	Philadelphia, PA	260	$21K
3	Eliza Geer	Endocrinology	New York, NY	202	$17K
4	Tina Josephson	Internal Medicine	Cherry Hill, NJ	15	$15K
5	Stephanie Romeis	Nurse Practitioner	Milwaukee, WI	196	$14K
6	Yousef Altowaireb	Endocrinology	Evansville, IN	305	$14K
7	Henry Lindner	Internal Medicine	Tunkhannock, PA	150	$14K
8	Sergei Chekov	Internal Medicine	Philadelphia, PA	542	$14K
9	William Amess	Endocrinology	Sacramento, CA	126	$14K
10	Jessica Brzana	Endocrinology	Issaquah, WA	214	$13K
11	Oleg Volchonok	Gastroenterology	Philadelphia, PA	485	$13K
12	Nydia Serrano	Podiatry	Orlando, FL	12	$13K
13	Nathan Pomeroy	Endocrinology	Grand Rapids, MI	186	$13K
14	Julia Kharlip	Endocrinology	Philadelphia, PA	209	$13K
15	Diana Maas	Endocrinology	Milwaukee, WI	213	$13K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
461	Fluphenazine Hcl (Fluphenazine Hcl)	$16.0M	73,051
462	Nivolumab (Opdivo)	$16.0M	1,275
463	Leflunomide (Leflunomide)	$16.0M	205,765
464	Hydrocortisone (Hydrocortisone)	$15.9M	762,398
465	Digoxin (Digoxin)	$15.9M	548,410
466	Alpelisib (Piqray)	$15.7M	747
467	Doxazosin Mesylate (Doxazosin Mesylate)	$15.7M	729,878

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