Tamsulosin Hcl

Rank #104 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$168.5M

Total Cost

8,367,036

Total Claims

$168.5M

Total Cost

99,112

Prescribers

$20

Cost per Claim

2,336,243

Beneficiaries

18,650,125

30-Day Fills

$1,700

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.06%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$168.5M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $168.5M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Igor Ryndin	Urology	Brooklyn, NY	4,208	$158K
2	Glenn Kershen	Urology	Saginaw, MI	3,677	$127K
3	Armen Kassabian	Urology	Burbank, CA	4,338	$102K
4	Nancy Wilcox	Nurse Practitioner	Rochester, NY	4,276	$94K
5	Leonard Renfer	Urology	Salinas, CA	2,354	$89K
6	Natakom Chulamorkodt	Urology	Yuma, AZ	2,004	$89K
7	Luke Yoon	Urology	Los Angeles, CA	3,504	$89K
8	Paul Ceplenski	Urology	New Britain, CT	2,065	$65K
9	Steven Jensen	Urology	Saginaw, MI	2,661	$64K
10	Theodore Affue	Urology	El Centro, CA	1,482	$63K
11	Khoi Tang	Urology	Garden Grove, CA	2,155	$61K
12	Robert Luangkhot	Urology	Flushing, NY	2,161	$61K
13	Marcus Loo	Urology	New York, NY	2,599	$60K
14	Wenwu Jin	Urology	San Francisco, CA	2,106	$57K
15	Jacob Sharaby	Urology	Brooklyn, NY	1,576	$56K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
101	Dolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine (Dovato)	$173.3M	56,930
102	Potassium Chloride (Klor-Con M20)	$172.6M	6,137,143
103	Darunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf (Symtuza)	$172.5M	34,812
104	Tamsulosin Hcl (Tamsulosin Hcl)	$168.5M	8,367,036
105	Carbidopa/Levodopa (Carbidopa-Levodopa)	$168.3M	1,361,770
106	Duloxetine Hcl (Duloxetine Hcl)	$167.7M	5,106,690
107	Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide (Velphoro)	$166.8M	54,837

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