Who Paid My Doc
Alendronate Sodium
Open in the dashboardPart D claims
8,242,626
Drug cost
$71,492,262
Prescribers
164,842
In 2024, Medicare Part D recorded 8,242,626 claims for Alendronate Sodium from 164,842 prescribers, at a total drug cost of $71.5 million paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, patients and others.
Where it is prescribed
By the prescriber's state · 59 states and territories| State | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 19,383 | 1,181,766 | $11,402,043 | |
| TX | 11,766 | 612,392 | $5,166,002 | |
| FL | 11,694 | 603,071 | $4,406,189 | |
| NY | 9,653 | 500,520 | $3,884,336 | |
| PA | 7,254 | 345,885 | $3,247,077 | |
| PR | 2,666 | 314,088 | $2,459,843 | |
| OH | 6,413 | 304,776 | $2,247,576 | |
| IL | 5,631 | 277,272 | $2,322,511 | |
| MI | 5,579 | 238,114 | $2,751,262 | |
| NC | 5,094 | 217,897 | $1,802,745 | |
| IN | 3,544 | 187,570 | $1,373,746 | |
| GA | 4,025 | 182,271 | $1,313,680 | |
| WA | 4,103 | 171,492 | $1,765,969 | |
| MA | 3,941 | 167,276 | $1,677,927 | |
| WI | 3,368 | 167,008 | $1,503,957 |
The other 44 states and territories
| State | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3,046 | 163,479 | $1,198,442 |
| TN | 3,525 | 160,989 | $1,237,487 |
| AZ | 3,409 | 160,708 | $1,431,237 |
| NJ | 3,596 | 158,249 | $1,424,358 |
| MN | 3,350 | 149,219 | $1,766,546 |
| VA | 3,551 | 146,766 | $1,157,118 |
| CO | 2,897 | 134,595 | $1,286,625 |
| OR | 2,564 | 120,897 | $1,294,971 |
| LA | 2,320 | 118,748 | $881,936 |
| KY | 2,579 | 117,864 | $728,349 |
| IA | 1,994 | 108,278 | $712,685 |
| AL | 1,962 | 92,820 | $879,412 |
| SC | 2,294 | 91,926 | $768,598 |
| KS | 1,676 | 86,171 | $557,400 |
| MD | 2,292 | 85,417 | $900,157 |
| OK | 1,822 | 82,878 | $878,478 |
| NV | 1,424 | 78,111 | $612,722 |
| CT | 1,715 | 75,244 | $671,357 |
| AR | 1,546 | 73,465 | $499,803 |
| UT | 1,276 | 63,197 | $524,561 |
| NE | 1,162 | 55,798 | $440,953 |
| NM | 1,055 | 48,051 | $538,232 |
| MS | 1,123 | 47,758 | $304,439 |
| WV | 1,099 | 44,664 | $338,571 |
| ID | 1,033 | 44,498 | $357,552 |
| HI | 734 | 39,659 | $685,804 |
| ME | 950 | 33,572 | $328,238 |
| MT | 671 | 28,371 | $206,664 |
| RI | 652 | 28,261 | $331,337 |
| NH | 728 | 24,709 | $194,227 |
| SD | 505 | 23,519 | $162,491 |
| DE | 505 | 21,425 | $232,258 |
| ND | 464 | 21,397 | $209,925 |
| VT | 377 | 13,491 | $147,753 |
| DC | 279 | 8,865 | $82,415 |
| WY | 247 | 8,249 | $70,439 |
| AK | 232 | 6,980 | $90,307 |
| VI | 29 | 1,217 | $15,903 |
| GU | 24 | 933 | $10,498 |
| ZZ | 9 | 335 | $3,442 |
| AE | 4 | 163 | $1,657 |
| XX | 3 | 126 | $872 |
| AP | 3 | 91 | $822 |
| MP | 2 | 75 | $360 |
The state is where the prescriber practices, not where the patient lives. Totals are Medicare Part D claims only.
Which specialties prescribe it
Top 15 of 97| Specialty | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Practice | 53,688 | 2,765,406 | $23,765,464 | |
| Internal Medicine | 39,966 | 2,446,649 | $21,882,093 | |
| Nurse Practitioner | 35,891 | 1,284,871 | $10,942,398 | |
| Physician Assistant | 13,066 | 477,572 | $4,094,129 | |
| Endocrinology | 4,563 | 312,726 | $2,925,199 | |
| Rheumatology | 3,763 | 279,556 | $2,276,857 | |
| General Practice | 3,250 | 278,834 | $1,999,408 | |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 2,715 | 89,083 | $761,325 | |
| Geriatric Medicine | 1,035 | 57,181 | $633,313 | |
| Hematology-Oncology | 1,345 | 44,743 | $336,625 | |
| Hospitalist | 625 | 23,074 | $246,424 | |
| Emergency Medicine | 407 | 19,697 | $180,211 | |
| Medical Oncology | 416 | 15,348 | $118,075 | |
| Nephrology | 441 | 14,577 | $139,487 | |
| Pediatric Medicine | 318 | 13,969 | $140,631 |
Specialty is the one printed on each prescriber's Medicare claims.
Largest prescribers
First 5 of 100 by claims · 2024Two separate records. Claims come from Medicare and related payments from Open Payments. They are shown in one row because they name the same product; they do not show that a payment affected a prescription.
| Prescriber | Specialty | State | Claims | Drug cost | Related payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiaoqin Yin | Family Practice | NY | 3,752 | $16,056 | None on record |
| Tejinder Dhandi | Nurse Practitioner | CA | 3,210 | $47,504 | None on record |
| Julia Aburto-Erazo | Nurse Practitioner | CA | 2,763 | $33,479 | No profile |
| Fany Rosas | Nurse Practitioner | CA | 2,121 | $22,710 | None on record |
| Bin Wang | Internal Medicine | NY | 1,972 | $10,306 | None on record |
"No profile" means the prescriber has no Open Payments record here; "None on record" means no payment naming this product in the payment year. Related payments are general payments, and one that names several products is split evenly, so an amount is payments related to the product, not money paid for it. The list is the prescribers with the most claims, up to 100 per drug.
See more in the dashboard: 25 with a free account, all 100 with PatronOther names for alendronate sodium
What this means
Medicare Part D is the part of Medicare that covers prescription drugs dispensed at a pharmacy. Each year CMS publishes, for every prescriber and drug, how many claims were dispensed and what they cost. This page adds those up for one drug.
A claim is one prescription filled, refills included. Drug cost is the total paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, the patient and anyone else; it is not money to the prescriber. CMS leaves out any prescriber with fewer than 11 claims of a drug, so the prescriber count is a floor and a missing prescriber does not mean none.
Part D covers drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries at a pharmacy. It does not include drugs given in a clinic or hospital, patients with other insurance, or the most recent year, which Medicare publishes about two years behind.