Valacyclovir Hcl

Brand name: Valacyclovir

Rank #312 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$35.9M

Total Cost

827,731

Total Claims

$35.9M

Total Cost

37,860

Prescribers

$43

Cost per Claim

193,666

Beneficiaries

1,227,602

30-Day Fills

$947

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.01%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$35.9M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $35.9M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Vicki Munson-Whetstone	Family Practice	Zachary, LA	14	$42K
2	Boris Epstein	Family Practice	E Brunswick, NJ	14	$42K
3	Rajiv Shah	Ophthalmology	Winston Salem, NC	385	$39K
4	Mark Gacek	Otolaryngology	Mobile, AL	214	$28K
5	Sandra Everett	Ophthalmology	Cheektowaga, NY	630	$27K
6	Patricia Salvato	Internal Medicine	Houston, TX	366	$27K
7	Kendal Stewart	Otolaryngology	Bee Cave, TX	350	$26K
8	David Chu	Ophthalmology	Newark, NJ	281	$24K
9	Mark Pavilack	Ophthalmology	Portsmouth, VA	125	$21K
10	Efrain Garcia	Internal Medicine	Miami, FL	12	$18K
11	W Martin	Pulmonary Disease	Roseville, CA	12	$18K
12	Susan Kumka	Nurse Practitioner	Hackensack, NJ	299	$18K
13	Lana Rifkin	Ophthalmology	Boston, MA	226	$18K
14	John Parker	Ophthalmology	Vestavia, AL	184	$18K
15	Leslie Rudolph	Physician Assistant	New York, NY	235	$18K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
309	Fentanyl (Fentanyl)	$36.2M	324,419
310	Alprazolam (Alprazolam)	$36.1M	4,899,372
311	Naloxegol Oxalate (Movantik)	$36.1M	85,094
312	Valacyclovir Hcl (Valacyclovir)	$35.9M	827,731
313	Sodium Oxybate (Xyrem)	$35.8M	2,160
314	Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate (Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate)	$35.7M	88,692
315	Ketoconazole (Ketoconazole)	$35.4M	1,346,512

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