Nifedipine

Brand name: Nifedipine Er

Rank #249 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$51.2M

Total Cost

1,249,866

Total Claims

$51.2M

Total Cost

36,923

Prescribers

$41

Cost per Claim

220,880

Beneficiaries

2,654,419

30-Day Fills

$1,387

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.02%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$51.2M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $51.2M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Mohammed Rais	Cardiology	Thibodaux, LA	799	$37K
2	Pradeep Kumar Vaitla	Nephrology	Jackson, MS	687	$30K
3	Melkon Hacobian	Cardiology	Santa Monica, CA	566	$29K
4	John Michel	Internal Medicine	Philadelphia, PA	819	$28K
5	Yu Yao	Internal Medicine	San Gabriel, CA	531	$28K
6	Jones Cemelus	General Practice	Plantation, FL	562	$27K
7	Reuben Stone	Interventional Cardiology	Jackson, MS	1,102	$26K
8	Humberto Machado	Cardiology	Coral Gables, FL	760	$25K
9	Aziz Kamali	Internal Medicine	Stockton, CA	822	$24K
10	Najmuddin Karimjee	Internal Medicine	Houston, TX	524	$24K
11	Bradford West	Nephrology	Springfield, IL	267	$23K
12	Mrinalini Matcha	Nephrology	St. Petersburg, FL	466	$23K
13	Tricia Chan	Internal Medicine	Bronx, NY	487	$23K
14	Piotr Lazowski	Nephrology	Plymouth, MA	401	$22K
15	Edwin Purvis	Interventional Cardiology	Meridian, MS	548	$22K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
246	Estrogens, Conjugated (Premarin)	$52.0M	130,171
247	Ranolazine (Ranolazine Er)	$51.6M	381,631
248	Epoetin Alfa (Epogen)	$51.4M	34,952
249	Nifedipine (Nifedipine Er)	$51.2M	1,249,866
250	Clobetasol Propionate (Clobetasol Propionate)	$51.2M	758,575
251	Sodium,calcium,mag,pot Oxybate (Xywav)	$51.1M	3,234
252	Eslicarbazepine Acetate (Aptiom)	$51.1M	31,472

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