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#60 Drug: Prolia (Denosumab)
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: $771,854,677.50 total spending in 2024.
| State | Prescriber | NPI | Provider Type | Total Claims | Total Benes | Total Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Edmund Lacour | 1285689463 | Rheumatology | 251 | 158 | $399,211.61 |
| Alaska | Richard Blake | 1740235829 | Physician Assistant | 30 | 19 | $48,488.73 |
| Arizona | Kelly Krohn | 1942279948 | Internal Medicine | 602 | 370 | $1,006,758.29 |
| Arkansas | Kristyl Woolsey | 1871976852 | Nurse Practitioner | 129 | 82 | $218,364.48 |
| California | Samy Metyas | 1831104694 | Rheumatology | 678 | 400 | $1,094,829.08 |
| Colorado | Elena Anisimova | 1770564437 | Internal Medicine | 112 | 69 | $192,488.68 |
| Connecticut | Adarsh Jha | 1710188685 | Endocrinology | 161 | 97 | $264,829.04 |
| Delaware | Ripudaman Hundal | 1073591970 | Endocrinology | 39 | 26 | $65,460.73 |
| District of Columbia | Marilyn Jerome | 1558415414 | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 46 | 30 | $78,527.48 |
| Florida | Jose Aldrich | 1710173794 | Rheumatology | 455 | 272 | $763,363.90 |
| Georgia | Shawn Kim | 1326027715 | Internal Medicine | 345 | 210 | $592,968.55 |
| Hawaii | David Tamura | 1295953123 | Hematology-Oncology | 207 | 29 | $635,121.80 |
| Idaho | Rachel Koster | 1437469830 | Physician Assistant | 11 | — | $18,427.82 |
| Illinois | Courtney Burland | 1114456258 | Physician Assistant | 138 | 84 | $237,085.16 |
| Indiana | Anil Rao | 1649216391 | Rheumatology | 57 | 57 | $99,374.41 |
| Iowa | Allison Dunne | 1487244422 | Physician Assistant | 225 | 154 | $365,705.33 |
| Kansas | Nichole Smith | 1770846685 | Endocrinology | 59 | 35 | $100,703.33 |
| Kentucky | Justin Damron | 1306396486 | Physician Assistant | 83 | 50 | $141,791.84 |
| Louisiana | Angela Roy | 1134452394 | Physician Assistant | 204 | 132 | $347,987.65 |
| Maine | Brian Daikh | 1184617953 | Rheumatology | 26 | 16 | $42,722.29 |
| Maryland | Jie He | 1124259353 | Endocrinology | 205 | 109 | $352,562.61 |
| Massachusetts | Joan Wildenhain | 1720073455 | Nurse Practitioner | 158 | 97 | $257,916.56 |
| Michigan | Avery Jackson | 1851329197 | Neurosurgery | 194 | 110 | $303,652.47 |
| Minnesota | Blaise Bindoula | 1316313562 | Nurse Practitioner | 22 | 19 | $36,439.26 |
| Mississippi | Shabana Karim | 1992903355 | Rheumatology | 82 | 50 | $140,134.51 |
| Missouri | Andrew James | 1871586321 | Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist | 102 | 61 | $166,575.79 |
| Montana | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | Charles Christie | 1083650790 | Physician Assistant | 22 | 13 | $36,901.59 |
| Nevada | Henry Wang | 1497757405 | Internal Medicine | 169 | 99 | $292,465.19 |
| New Hampshire | Mini Mahata | 1770791592 | Endocrinology | 23 | 14 | $38,411.77 |
| New Jersey | Lijing Shen | 1962432542 | Internal Medicine | 267 | 160 | $460,913.74 |
| New Mexico | Azhar Zahir | 1750465258 | Internal Medicine | 62 | 34 | $101,529.90 |
| New York | Stella Ilyayeva | 1619082625 | Internal Medicine | 431 | 269 | $742,760.20 |
| North Carolina | Catherine Sweeney | 1447490719 | Physician Assistant | 494 | 329 | $830,349.08 |
| North Dakota | Alison Vetter | 1306513767 | Nurse Practitioner | 16 | 11 | $26,262.96 |
| Ohio | Antoine Chahine | 1205879491 | Medical Oncology | 134 | 20 | $425,010.30 |
| Oklahoma | Sanjaykumar Hapani | 1952508533 | Medical Oncology | 141 | 17 | $439,819.05 |
| Oregon | Jae Park | 1780621805 | Internal Medicine | 26 | 16 | $41,156.02 |
| Pennsylvania | Jane Mayrin | 1467679738 | Endocrinology | 418 | 234 | $712,451.24 |
| Rhode Island | Christopher D'arcy | 1073560330 | Rheumatology | 70 | 42 | $115,198.19 |
| South Carolina | Erin Watson | 1114139854 | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 88 | 51 | $145,909.70 |
| South Dakota | Leah Prestbo | 1235320177 | Family Practice | 12 | — | $20,439.35 |
| Tennessee | Dirk Davidson | 1659369429 | Medical Oncology | 143 | 87 | $240,695.33 |
| Texas | Elvin Garcia | 1871547596 | Rheumatology | 375 | 250 | $628,308.16 |
| Utah | Alexandra Rocco | 1568633915 | Physician Assistant | 45 | 26 | $75,380.42 |
| Vermont | Sheilah Scofield | 1285010397 | Nurse Practitioner | 39 | 28 | $67,661.30 |
| Virginia | John Kim | 1053472159 | Internal Medicine | 165 | 103 | $283,880.48 |
| Washington | Jeewon Yang | 1275935066 | Nurse Practitioner | 122 | 73 | $199,547.15 |
| West Virginia | Colleen Watkins | 1689781205 | Rheumatology | 84 | 58 | $137,187.88 |
| Wisconsin | Roger Torres | 1326091117 | Internal Medicine | 67 | 42 | $113,365.32 |
| Wyoming | Julie Freeman | 1225683915 | Nurse Practitioner | 33 | 25 | $56,110.81 |
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.