Lubiprostone
Rank #415 of 500 drugs by total cost
Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026
$21.1M
Total Cost
86,987
Total Claims
$21.1M
Total Cost
4,193
Prescribers
$243
Cost per Claim
4,627
Beneficiaries
108,269
30-Day Fills
$5,039
Avg Cost/Provider
21
Avg Claims/Provider
Share of Medicare Part D Spending
0.01%
of total Medicare Part D spending
$21.1M of $275.65B
Top Prescribers by Cost
Top 10 prescribers of $21.1M total
Top Prescribers of Lubiprostone
| # | Provider | Specialty | Location | Claims | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiho Choi | Family Practice | Annandale, VA | 264 | $179K |
| 2 | Ritesh Kalra | Internal Medicine | Fair Lawn, NJ | 166 | $88K |
| 3 | Michele Pierce | Physician Assistant | Waterbury, CT | 173 | $63K |
| 4 | Vlad Nusinovich | Internal Medicine | West Hollywood, CA | 235 | $59K |
| 5 | Ricky Lockett | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Saint Petersburg, FL | 207 | $44K |
| 6 | Hoover Royals | Family Practice | Dover, NC | 199 | $39K |
| 7 | Kingsley Ugochukwu | Family Practice | Fuquay-Varina, NC | 64 | $35K |
| 8 | Pierre Espenan | Internal Medicine | Huntington Park, CA | 118 | $34K |
| 9 | Phillip Goldstein | Internal Medicine | Greenville, NC | 109 | $33K |
| 10 | Carly Sayers | Nurse Practitioner | Athens, GA | 73 | $33K |
| 11 | Yahaira Sanchez | Nurse Practitioner | Temecula, CA | 131 | $33K |
| 12 | Michelle Bjork | Nurse Practitioner | St Paul, MN | 81 | $32K |
| 13 | Anthony Jung | Internal Medicine | Flushing, NY | 132 | $32K |
| 14 | Elizabeth Thompson | Physician Assistant | Hershey, PA | 97 | $31K |
| 15 | Sarah Bligh | Gastroenterology | Dakota Dunes, SD | 120 | $30K |
Top prescribers ranked by total cost for this drug in 2023.
Related Drugs by Cost
| # | Drug | Total Cost | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| 412 | Desvenlafaxine Succinate (Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er) | $21.3M | 257,580 |
| 413 | Sotorasib (Lumakras) | $21.3M | 1,188 |
| 414 | Ibuprofen (Ibuprofen) | $21.2M | 2,537,634 |
| 415 | Lubiprostone (Lubiprostone) | $21.1M | 86,987 |
| 416 | Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters (Omega-3 Acid Ethyl Esters) | $21.0M | 239,899 |
| 417 | Methenamine Hippurate (Methenamine Hippurate) | $21.0M | 246,988 |
| 418 | Daratumumab-Hyaluronidase-Fihj (Darzalex Faspro) | $21.0M | 1,444 |
Related Analysis
Data from CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber-Drug Public Use File, 2023. Methodology