Delaware Medicare prescriber rankings

4,475 Delaware prescribers billed $953.9 million in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 45th largest of 56 states and territories. The average opioid rate is 6.2%, above the national 6.1%.

CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers, 2024; CMS NPPES · method · Verify with CMS →

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Prescribers4,475
Part D drug cost$953.9 million
Average per prescriber$213,165
Prescribers with opioid claims1,354
Average opioid rate6.2%

Reading the Delaware tables

Delaware's 4,475 prescribers wrote 5,223,073 Part D claims in 2024, about $213,165 in drug cost per prescriber. A high total usually reflects specialty practice, such as cancer, rheumatology or HIV care, and a high opioid rate often reflects pain, palliative or hospice care. These are billing tables, not quality ratings.

Top 50 by drug cost

Prescriber	Drug cost	Claims
1Jason SilversteenNeurology Physician	$10.0 million	4,080
2Jamal MislehHematology & Oncology Physician	$9.1 million	2,585
3Rishi SawhneyHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician	$6.5 million	1,476
4Jill MackeyFamily Medicine Physician	$6.1 million	31,178
5Michael BoyleFamily Nurse Practitioner	$6.0 million	27,550
6Maged HosnyRheumatology Physician	$5.4 million	8,831
7Thomas BurkeDermatology Physician	$5.4 million	4,707
8Cara GroveFamily Nurse Practitioner	$5.3 million	2,670
9Robert JakubowskiInternal Medicine Physician	$5.2 million	2,412
10Ritu RastogiInternal Medicine Physician	$5.0 million	55,907
11Jose PandoRheumatology Physician	$4.9 million	4,755
12Philip SchwartzRheumatology Physician	$4.9 million	3,252
13Ammar AlzoubiInternal Medicine Physician	$4.8 million	721
14Dhaval ShahStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	$4.5 million	1,533
15Beshara HelouInternal Medicine Physician	$4.0 million	19,869
16William MazurInfectious Disease Physician	$4.0 million	1,519
17Andrew HimelsteinHospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician	$3.8 million	1,499
18Ripudaman HundalEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician	$3.8 million	9,111
19Jason PalopoliHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.6 million	917
20Joanna KhatibEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician	$3.5 million	5,700
21Rajinder PrasadCardiovascular Disease Physician	$3.5 million	13,959
22Danniell HicksNurse Practitioner	$3.5 million	4,597
23Nisarg DesaiHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.4 million	1,216
24Jay DaveNeurology Physician	$3.3 million	7,611
25Reetu SinghEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician	$3.2 million	5,986
26Shawn BlackburnPhysician Assistant	$3.2 million	19,616
27Martha Hosford SkapofHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.2 million	1,623
28Sharon MinerAdult Health Nurse Practitioner	$3.0 million	4,481
29Vikas BatraSleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician	$3.0 million	3,580
30Eranga HaththotuwaCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.9 million	5,695
31Kathrina ChuaHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician	$2.9 million	793
32Ahmad ElayyanInternal Medicine Physician	$2.8 million	4,578
33Kenneth SunnergrenCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.8 million	9,203
34Ercilia AriasCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician	$2.8 million	2,810
35Christopher MitchellUrology Physician	$2.8 million	1,453
36Avinash RavipatiEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician	$2.8 million	4,785
37Prakash SeshadriEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician	$2.8 million	6,418
38Nouman AsifHematology & Oncology Physician	$2.8 million	1,087
39Lourdes AponteInternal Medicine Physician	$2.8 million	12,453
40Mark EvangelistaInternal Medicine Physician	$2.8 million	20,166
41Victoria CooperNurse Practitioner	$2.8 million	1,886
42Stewert SmithOphthalmology Physician	$2.7 million	2,143
43Anthony AlfieriCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.7 million	8,879
44Ivonne HerreraRheumatology Physician	$2.7 million	2,991
45Lawrence KempNeurology Physician	$2.7 million	3,217
46Yvonne JonesRegistered Nurse	$2.6 million	3,998
47Ramon RosaCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.6 million	9,218
48Scott HallHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician	$2.5 million	591
49Sandeep DevarapalliNeuromuscular Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician	$2.5 million	1,161
50Mayumi Anthony-GubitosiAdult Health Nurse Practitioner	$2.5 million	4,984

Top 50 by opioid rate

Prescriber	Opioid rate	Opioid claims
1Robert BiddlePhysician Assistant	100.0%	15
2John PattersonOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	94.2%	162
3Peter SantoroSurgery Physician	90.9%	50
4Asit PatelAnesthesiology Physician	85.7%	1,785
5Kristin CordreyPhysician Assistant	85.2%	144
6David SowaOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	84.2%	319
7Alison JenningsInfusion Therapy Registered Nurse	84.1%	592
8Uday UthamanFamily Medicine Physician	83.1%	2,646
9Stephen WolfSurgical Physician Assistant	82.9%	97
10Cheryl ZdanaFamily Nurse Practitioner	82.5%	4,380
11Paul KupchaOrthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician	78.9%	56
12Marek DenisiukOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	78.3%	18
13Diane Bell-CornishAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Registered Nurse	77.9%	618
14Rachael GrossoHospitalist Physician	77.8%	14
15James SpellmanSurgical Oncology Physician	75.4%	43
16Richard JaskewichPhysician Assistant	74.7%	192
17James BonnerPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician	74.1%	1,151
18Jeffrey LynchOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	73.5%	25
19Gerald DworkinPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician	71.9%	478
20Michael ConwaySurgery Physician	71.4%	15
21Debra HayesNurse Practitioner	71.0%	799
22Joseph SciaccaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	70.8%	17
23Mark FaccioloSurgery Physician	69.8%	104
24Phong LePain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	69.8%	2,189
25Laura OliverSurgical Physician Assistant	69.7%	23
26Peter CoveleskiPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician	69.6%	3,754
27Shirley BrogleyHospice and Palliative Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician	69.6%	503
28Jerome LeeSurgery Physician	68.9%	31
29Christopher HoverPhysician Assistant	68.9%	3,241
30Omkar BaxiOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	68.2%	58
31Jessica SebastianPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician	68.1%	2,958
32Francis VelezSurgery Physician	67.6%	23
33Aimee FongPhysician Assistant	67.3%	1,635
34Daniel NasrAnesthesiology Physician	67.0%	2,401
35Jay FreidPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician	66.8%	6,828
36Alexander MatzPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	66.8%	2,834
37Barry BakstSports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician	66.7%	122
38Victoria O'BrienStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	66.7%	16
39Arielle BrackettStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	66.7%	26
40Shannon FitzpatrickOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	66.4%	312
41Omar SolimanPhysician Assistant	65.9%	2,107
42Shannon MohollenPhysician Assistant	65.7%	2,174
43Candice RobertsFamily Nurse Practitioner	65.5%	3,592
44James DowningPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	64.5%	40
45Ramaz MetreveliSurgery Physician	64.4%	85
46Pramod YadhatiPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	64.1%	777
47George DuffieldPhysician Assistant	64.0%	16
48Chee WooInterventional Pain Medicine Physician	64.0%	1,955
49Craig SternbergSports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician	63.4%	414
50Patricia GibbonsPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	63.4%	829

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider, 2024 (data.cms.gov), matched to CMS NPPES by NPI. Opioid ranking needs at least 10 opioid claims; CMS leaves out counts under 11 beneficiaries.

Common questions

How many Medicare prescribers are in Delaware?

Delaware has 4,475 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 5,223,073 claims totaling $953.9 million in drug costs.

What is the opioid prescribing rate in Delaware?

The average opioid prescribing rate in Delaware is 6.2%. 1,354 prescribers in the state had at least one opioid claim. The national average is 6.1%.

Checking a prescriber

Open the prescriber's record for the full NPI entry and prescribing detail, then confirm the license on the state board search. The Part D file covers Medicare Part D only; commercial, Medicaid, VA and cash prescriptions are not in it.