Levetiracetam

Rank #165 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$96.1M

Total Cost

1,723,736

Total Claims

$96.1M

Total Cost

35,923

Prescribers

$56

Cost per Claim

222,423

Beneficiaries

2,613,320

30-Day Fills

$2,676

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.03%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$96.1M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $96.1M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Ignacio Pita Garcia	Neurology	Guaynabo, PR	319	$486K
2	Deborah Zielinski	Nurse Practitioner	Chicago, IL	103	$313K
3	David Ficker	Neurology	Cincinnati, OH	149	$308K
4	Jessica Locke	Nurse Practitioner	Gainesville, FL	139	$297K
5	Andrew Blum	Neurology	Providence, RI	97	$266K
6	Myriam Abdennadher	Neurology	Boston, MA	110	$234K
7	Deborah Combs Cantrell	Neurology	Lewisville, TX	90	$214K
8	Stephan Eisenschenk	Neurology	Gainesville, FL	74	$184K
9	James Tao	Neurology	Chicago, IL	91	$181K
10	Scott Scheuermann	Nurse Practitioner	Gainesville, FL	80	$172K
11	Louann Carnahan	Neurology	Tucson, AZ	80	$158K
12	Christi Ledo	Nurse Practitioner	Kansas City, MO	57	$151K
13	Bethany Thomas	Nurse Practitioner	Philadelphia, PA	47	$151K
14	Ignacio Pita Garcia	Neurology	Guaynabo, PR	83	$146K
15	Tracy Jasinski	Nurse Practitioner	Omaha, NE	47	$143K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
162	Dexlansoprazole (Dexlansoprazole Dr)	$98.7M	275,116
163	Interferon Beta-1a (Avonex)	$98.3M	11,314
164	Guselkumab (Tremfya)	$97.1M	7,102
165	Levetiracetam (Levetiracetam)	$96.1M	1,723,736
166	Oxycodone Myristate (Xtampza Er)	$96.1M	141,266
167	Sevelamer Carbonate (Sevelamer Carbonate)	$95.6M	277,192
168	Aripiprazole Lauroxil (Aristada)	$93.3M	31,120

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