Valsartan

Rank #236 of 500 drugs by total cost

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

$56.4M

Total Cost

1,481,937

Total Claims

$56.4M

Total Cost

41,149

Prescribers

$38

Cost per Claim

279,682

Beneficiaries

3,608,078

30-Day Fills

$1,370

Avg Cost/Provider

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

0.02%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$56.4M of $275.65B

Top 10 prescribers of $56.4M total

#	Provider	Specialty	Location	Claims	Cost
1	Xiaoguang Huang	Internal Medicine	Oakland, CA	1,282	$57K
2	Jairo Marin	Interventional Cardiology	Orange, CA	666	$42K
3	Brian Heaster	Internal Medicine	Darlington, SC	54	$36K
4	Alan Blaker	Interventional Cardiology	Florence, SC	33	$31K
5	Kent Chen	Cardiology	Phoenix, AZ	672	$30K
6	Paul Tucker	Interventional Cardiology	Austin, TX	605	$29K
7	Judy Hsu	Internal Medicine	San Francisco, CA	435	$29K
8	Manuel Franco	Internal Medicine	Miami, FL	833	$29K
9	Raymond Raut	Nephrology	Danbury, CT	634	$28K
10	Jorge Robles	Family Practice	El Centro, CA	645	$28K
11	Zoheir Abdelbaki	Cardiology	Lima, OH	738	$27K
12	Rita Goldvug	Internal Medicine	Rego Park, NY	42	$27K
13	Gary Reznik	Cardiology	Los Angeles, CA	47	$26K
14	Sergei Chekov	Internal Medicine	Philadelphia, PA	833	$26K
15	John Cage	Cardiology	Nashville, TN	481	$25K

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

#	Drug	Total Cost	Claims
233	Everolimus (Everolimus)	$57.0M	8,962
234	Allopurinol (Allopurinol)	$56.9M	3,852,206
235	Exenatide Microspheres (Bydureon Bcise)	$56.6M	48,670
236	Valsartan (Valsartan)	$56.4M	1,481,937
237	Benralizumab (Fasenra Pen)	$54.8M	9,334
238	Netarsudil Mesylat/Latanoprost (Rocklatan)	$54.7M	103,171
239	Amifampridine Phosphate (Firdapse)	$54.4M	1,203

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