Lacosamide

Rank #173 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$90.1M

Total Cost

300,038

Total Claims

$90.1M

Total Cost

7,587

Prescribers

$300

Cost per Claim

26,440

Beneficiaries

364,890

30-Day Fills

$12K

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.03%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$90.1M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $90.1M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Jessica Bishop	Physician Assistant	Boise, ID	388	$541K
2	Ignacio Pita Garcia	Neurology	Guaynabo, PR	354	$478K
3	Deborah Zielinski	Nurse Practitioner	Chicago, IL	178	$305K
4	Toufic Fakhoury	Neurology	Lexington, KY	227	$298K
5	Gregory Connor	Neurology	Tulsa, OK	1,122	$257K
6	Jason Bisping	Neurology	Columbus, OH	110	$235K
7	Toufic Fakhoury	Neurology	Lexington, KY	1,088	$217K
8	Deborah Risbrook	Nurse Practitioner	New Hyde Park, NY	126	$201K
9	George Morris	Neurology	Milwaukee, WI	113	$200K
10	Bethany Thomas	Nurse Practitioner	Philadelphia, PA	86	$169K
11	Kelly Pearson-Caravetta	Nurse Practitioner	Philadelphia, PA	688	$159K
12	Samir Al-Kabbani	Neurology	Knoxville, TN	128	$154K
13	Julie Hanna	Neurology	Roseville, MN	414	$152K
14	Kevin Graber	Neurology	Stanford, CA	265	$145K
15	Louann Carnahan	Neurology	Tucson, AZ	104	$145K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
170	Insulin Glargine/Lixisenatide (Soliqua 100-33)	$92.5M	82,886
171	Latanoprost (Latanoprost)	$92.3M	4,388,601
172	Ribociclib Succinate (Kisqali)	$90.3M	5,978
173	Lacosamide (Lacosamide)	$90.1M	300,038
174	Mepolizumab (Nucala)	$90.1M	20,798
175	Finerenone (Kerendia)	$89.5M	93,151
176	Ixazomib Citrate (Ninlaro)	$89.0M	6,901

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