Sildenafil Citrate

Rank #499 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$13.8M

Total Cost

248,961

Total Claims

$13.8M

Total Cost

9,162

Prescribers

$55

Cost per Claim

28,594

Beneficiaries

316,644

30-Day Fills

$1,507

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$13.8M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $13.8M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Vallerie Mclaughlin	Cardiology	Ann Arbor, MI	30	$351K
2	Barry Cabuay	Cardiology	Minneapolis, MN	21	$283K
3	Robert Berkowitz	Cardiology	Hackensack, NJ	12	$256K
4	Emily Fedewa	Nurse Practitioner	San Francisco, CA	122	$217K
5	Joseph Enama	Rheumatology	Hershey, PA	16	$182K
6	Jean Elwing	Pulmonary Disease	Cincinnati, OH	382	$178K
7	Vallerie Mclaughlin	Cardiology	Ann Arbor, MI	632	$155K
8	Shilpa Johri	Pulmonary Disease	Richmond, VA	11	$131K
9	Loida Johnson	Nurse Practitioner	Baltimore, MD	155	$99K
10	David Booth	Cardiology	Lexington, KY	106	$95K
11	Murali Chakinala	Pulmonary Disease	Saint Louis, MO	333	$95K
12	Dionne Bademosi	Nurse Practitioner	Moorestown, NJ	129	$91K
13	David Ishizawar	Cardiology	Raleigh, NC	93	$77K
14	Gustavo Heresi Davila	Pulmonary Disease	Cleveland, OH	111	$76K
15	David Booth	Cardiology	Lexington, KY	13	$76K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
496	Pacritinib Citrate (Vonjo)	$13.9M	626
497	Olmesartan/Hydrochlorothiazide (Olmesartan-Hydrochlorothiazide)	$13.9M	246,637
498	C1 Esterase Inhibitor, Recomb (Ruconest)	$13.8M	155
499	Sildenafil Citrate (Sildenafil Citrate)	$13.8M	248,961
500	Lovastatin (Lovastatin)	$13.6M	981,262

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