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#15 Drug: Stelara (Ustekinumab)
Top prescriber in each state and DC based on Medicare Part D records.
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State-Level #1 Prescriber Table
Drug ranking is based on Medicare Part D drug spending in 2024 (Q1-Q4). Prescriber ranking is based on Medicare Part D prescriber data in 2023.
Top-100 rank metric for this drug: $3,378,044,024.47 total spending in 2024.
| State | Prescriber | NPI | Provider Type | Total Claims | Total Benes | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Frederick Weber | 1306848023 | Gastroenterology | 210 | 33 | $5,539,465.90 |
| Alaska | Crystal Thornton | 1154667913 | Nurse Practitioner | 13 | — | $367,760.20 |
| Arizona | Angela Curry | 1699161406 | Nurse Practitioner | 77 | 15 | $2,066,369.67 |
| Arkansas | Brian Hughes | 1518181775 | Gastroenterology | 118 | 17 | $3,243,414.46 |
| California | Kathleen Rosario | 1750995478 | Nurse Practitioner | 205 | 33 | $5,752,721.43 |
| Colorado | Alexis Oonk | 1659680247 | Nurse Practitioner | 67 | — | $1,845,525.81 |
| Connecticut | Deborah Proctor | 1982687190 | Gastroenterology | 107 | 15 | $3,003,151.15 |
| Delaware | Heather Gibbs | 1275895625 | Gastroenterology | 30 | — | $847,906.88 |
| District of Columbia | Mark Mattar | 1841401031 | Gastroenterology | 88 | 14 | $2,688,311.05 |
| Florida | Donna Ortiz | 1114569431 | Nurse Practitioner | 464 | 61 | $12,613,007.74 |
| Georgia | Douglas Wolf | 1588649693 | Gastroenterology | 203 | 31 | $5,557,843.05 |
| Hawaii | Scott Kuwada | 1407946015 | Gastroenterology | 27 | — | $697,739.93 |
| Idaho | David Johnson | 1124312376 | Gastroenterology | 68 | — | $1,816,598.18 |
| Illinois | Saurabh Kapur | 1558569186 | Gastroenterology | 180 | 20 | $4,856,810.34 |
| Indiana | Kelly Bireley | 1023775707 | Nurse Practitioner | 237 | 33 | $6,698,420.97 |
| Iowa | Elizabeth Cooper | 1265420095 | Physician Assistant | 92 | 13 | $2,505,195.57 |
| Kansas | Michael Lievens | 1225038029 | Gastroenterology | 148 | 20 | $4,033,992.12 |
| Kentucky | Amy Stuffelbeam | 1639579196 | Physician Assistant | 217 | 28 | $5,801,429.22 |
| Louisiana | Patricia Strickland | 1851898621 | Nurse Practitioner | 95 | 13 | $2,625,793.89 |
| Maine | Joseph Harkins | 1912976911 | Physician Assistant | 85 | 17 | $2,556,545.37 |
| Maryland | Mark Lazarev | 1104094739 | Gastroenterology | 144 | 21 | $4,339,778.63 |
| Massachusetts | Ashwin Ananthakrishnan | 1033292545 | Gastroenterology | 178 | 28 | $4,951,577.17 |
| Michigan | Jason Schairer | 1811017353 | Gastroenterology | 216 | 32 | $5,715,641.65 |
| Minnesota | Shayla Schoenoff | 1073596367 | Physician Assistant | 104 | 16 | $2,847,646.82 |
| Mississippi | Kristin Carroll | 1639482672 | Nurse Practitioner | 549 | 84 | $14,646,540.40 |
| Missouri | Parakkal Deepak | 1972811974 | Gastroenterology | 253 | 34 | $7,063,738.05 |
| Montana | Lance Griffin | 1700212198 | Physician Assistant | 64 | — | $1,675,299.50 |
| Nebraska | Derrick Eichele | 1023304607 | Gastroenterology | 62 | — | $1,371,808.90 |
| Nevada | Timothy Halterman | 1992921316 | Gastroenterology | 29 | — | $806,307.52 |
| New Hampshire | Corey Siegel | 1699798322 | Gastroenterology | 88 | 12 | $2,447,583.01 |
| New Jersey | Thomas Judge | 1407945462 | Gastroenterology | 121 | 17 | $3,236,630.28 |
| New Mexico | Jessie Surla | 1245656479 | Nurse Practitioner | 22 | — | $571,243.96 |
| New York | Ellen Scherl | 1912024373 | Gastroenterology | 208 | 30 | $5,792,273.81 |
| North Carolina | Richard Bloomfeld | 1194700534 | Gastroenterology | 166 | 23 | $4,688,870.76 |
| North Dakota | Andrea Beiseker | 1023390663 | Nurse Practitioner | 26 | — | $701,537.05 |
| Ohio | Jean-Paul Achkar | 1467417261 | Gastroenterology | 199 | 29 | $5,675,461.22 |
| Oklahoma | Aaron Fieker | 1326268079 | Gastroenterology | 42 | — | $1,188,033.71 |
| Oregon | Mark Sofia | 1912261496 | Gastroenterology | 131 | 18 | $3,869,986.95 |
| Pennsylvania | David Binion | 1548211998 | Gastroenterology | 147 | 28 | $3,756,518.76 |
| Rhode Island | Robert Wolfgang | 1871587550 | Gastroenterology | 42 | — | $1,147,907.79 |
| South Carolina | Elizabeth Harding | 1679970271 | Physician Assistant | 249 | 41 | $7,538,178.94 |
| South Dakota | Steve Gutnik | 1295736205 | Gastroenterology | 34 | — | $944,584.74 |
| Tennessee | Dawn Borromeo Beaulieu | 1649368366 | Gastroenterology | 177 | 25 | $4,940,586.64 |
| Texas | Laura Pontes | 1770706343 | Physician Assistant | 161 | 24 | $4,415,518.27 |
| Utah | Ann Flynn | 1386790988 | Gastroenterology | 80 | 12 | $2,173,880.85 |
| Vermont | Eric Ganguly | 1346208907 | Gastroenterology | 34 | — | $956,803.27 |
| Virginia | Anne Tuskey | 1881754075 | Gastroenterology | 134 | 17 | $3,530,665.43 |
| Washington | Kindra Clark-Snustad | 1932504743 | Nurse Practitioner | 91 | 16 | $2,413,284.56 |
| West Virginia | Jennifer Veverka | 1205891694 | Gastroenterology | 59 | 12 | $1,644,759.37 |
| Wisconsin | Daniel Stein | 1700968880 | Gastroenterology | 118 | 20 | $3,177,194.45 |
| Wyoming | Michelle Neice | 1770926909 | Internal Medicine | 33 | — | $941,130.50 |
Method Note
- Top 100 drugs are ranked by Tot_Spndng from CMS Part D drug spending data. Brand + generic pair is used for ranking and matching.
- For each state and DC, the #1 prescriber is selected by highest Tot_Drug_Cst for the same brand + generic pair, using the 2023 prescriber file.
- If a state has no matching record, values are shown as em dash.