Fact Based List:

Ten Most Utilized (by Number of Unique Medicare Beneficiaries) High-Expenditure Medicare Part B Drugs

  1. Influenza Vaccine - 15,229,920
  2. Pnuemovax 23, Pnu-Imune - 1,692,940
  3. Lexiscan - 890,920
  4. Venofer - 329,260
  5. Epogen/Procrit - 323,920
  6. Zemplar - 230,700
  7. Reclast - 218,060
  8. Avastin - 171,560
  9. Synvisc/Synvisc-One - 168,560
  10. Aloxi - 164,000

Source: United States Government Accountability Office
Source URL: http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/649459.pdf