Telmisartan

Rank #459 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$16.4M

Total Cost

334,601

Total Claims

$16.4M

Total Cost

11,815

Prescribers

$49

Cost per Claim

46,533

Beneficiaries

827,512

30-Day Fills

$1,389

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$16.4M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $16.4M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Cres Miranda	Cardiology	Las Vegas, NV	990	$49K
2	Ajitpal Tiwana	Family Practice	Bakersfield, CA	456	$33K
3	Anthony Gunawan	Cardiology	Houston, TX	498	$27K
4	Anthony Defranco	Interventional Cardiology	Milwaukee, WI	529	$26K
5	Hung Dang	Family Practice	Arlington, TX	241	$25K
6	John Woodcock	Family Practice	Palmdale, CA	400	$23K
7	Michael Harris	Internal Medicine	Bend, OR	529	$22K
8	Vidyasagar Chodimella	Cardiology	Carrollton, TX	479	$22K
9	Michael Maxwell	Internal Medicine	Tulsa, OK	297	$22K
10	Huy Nguyen	Internal Medicine	Fort Worth, TX	255	$21K
11	Raul Santoscoy	Family Practice	San Antonio, TX	248	$21K
12	Michael Dangovian	Cardiology	Sterling Hgts, MI	332	$20K
13	Matthew Teltser	Cardiology	Davie, FL	289	$20K
14	Jose Escandon	Internal Medicine	Mission, TX	327	$20K
15	Anhtuan Nguyen	Internal Medicine	Westminster, CA	401	$20K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
456	Clonidine (Clonidine)	$16.7M	112,710
457	Glucagon (Gvoke Hypopen 2-Pack)	$16.6M	31,523
458	Bosentan (Bosentan)	$16.5M	2,765
459	Telmisartan (Telmisartan)	$16.4M	334,601
460	Letermovir (Prevymis)	$16.1M	2,144
461	Fluphenazine Hcl (Fluphenazine Hcl)	$16.0M	73,051
462	Nivolumab (Opdivo)	$16.0M	1,275

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