Risperidone

Rank #303 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$37.4M

Total Cost

1,480,207

Total Claims

$37.4M

Total Cost

28,702

Prescribers

$25

Cost per Claim

134,686

Beneficiaries

1,734,811

30-Day Fills

$1,305

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$37.4M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $37.4M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Manish Zinzuvadia	Psychiatry	New York, NY	116	$390K
2	Carol Krieger	Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist	Toledo, OH	73	$210K
3	Wellie Adlaon	Internal Medicine	Tishomingo, OK	69	$202K
4	Ramon Sanchez	Psychiatry	San Antonio, TX	67	$196K
5	Winona Belmonte	Psychiatry	Phoenix, AZ	68	$193K
6	Joanna Wolicki-Shannon	Psychiatry	Kinston, NC	73	$178K
7	Thy Lam	Nurse Practitioner	Vista, CA	57	$174K
8	Beloved Martey	Nurse Practitioner	Paterson, NJ	58	$166K
9	Fatten Elkomy	Nurse Practitioner	Fulton, MO	58	$157K
10	Kenneth Greenwood	Psychiatry	North Fort Myers, FL	50	$145K
11	Kishor Zinzuvadia	Psychiatry	Poughkeepsie, NY	45	$144K
12	Veronica Odoi	Nurse Practitioner	Tucson, AZ	51	$127K
13	Marijen Aga	Nurse Practitioner	Shawnee, KS	41	$117K
14	Jason Hayes	Psychiatry	Johnson City, TN	41	$110K
15	Vicente Lim	Psychiatry & Neurology	Roselle, NJ	42	$108K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
300	Dextroamphetamine/Amphetamine (Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine)	$38.2M	706,329
301	Nebivolol Hcl (Nebivolol Hcl)	$38.2M	421,756
302	Cinacalcet Hcl (Cinacalcet Hcl)	$37.9M	76,761
303	Risperidone (Risperidone)	$37.4M	1,480,207
304	Prednisone (Prednisone)	$37.3M	5,970,737
305	Tacrolimus (Tacrolimus)	$37.1M	175,053
306	Onabotulinumtoxina (Botox)	$37.0M	25,440

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