Montana Medicare prescriber rankings

5,025 Montana prescribers billed $712.6 million in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 47th largest of 56 states and territories. The average opioid rate is 7.5%, 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.

Prescribers5,025
Part D drug cost$712.6 million
Average per prescriber$141,820
Prescribers with opioid claims2,059
Average opioid rate7.5%

Reading the Montana tables

Montana's 5,025 prescribers wrote 5,271,302 Part D claims in 2024, about $141,820 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
1David ChristiansonMedical Oncology Physician	$6.5 million	2,939
2Lacy TangedahlFamily Nurse Practitioner	$6.4 million	2,154
3Melody NelsenRheumatology Physician	$6.4 million	6,055
4Troy FiddlerHematology & Oncology Physician	$5.3 million	2,190
5Patrick CobbHematology & Oncology Physician	$5.1 million	1,894
6Sarah ScottHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.8 million	2,335
7Bruno OliveiraPediatrics Physician	$4.6 million	3,681
8Rebecca BelsomRheumatology Physician	$4.5 million	4,013
9Kandis StricklandNurse Practitioner	$4.4 million	956
10Josette UelandFamily Nurse Practitioner	$4.2 million	1,665
11Michael SnyderHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.1 million	1,301
12Ryan RoopInternal Medicine Physician	$4.0 million	1,565
13Tauna JefferyFamily Nurse Practitioner	$3.8 million	1,285
14Bryan MartinMedical Oncology Physician	$3.7 million	1,932
15Alan ThomasHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.5 million	1,680
16Justin ThomasInternal Medicine Physician	$3.5 million	1,029
17Jose NessInternal Medicine Physician	$3.4 million	1,507
18Ryan NahapetianInternal Medicine Physician	$3.3 million	3,455
19John LinfordInternal Medicine Physician	$3.2 million	1,345
20Sara QureshiNeurology Physician	$2.9 million	1,649
21Michael KiddInternal Medicine Physician	$2.9 million	1,334
22Newton CoutinhoCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.8 million	12,605
23James HueftleGeriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician	$2.8 million	2,909
24Emma JacksonMedical Physician Assistant	$2.7 million	835
25Timothy ObermillerPulmonary Disease Physician	$2.6 million	3,346
26Eliad CulceaNeurology Physician	$2.6 million	3,960
27Jamie RihaPulmonary Disease Physician	$2.5 million	424
28Jason KjonoPhysician Assistant	$2.5 million	6,409
29Dawn MurrayAdult Health Nurse Practitioner	$2.4 million	1,255
30Lance GriffinPhysician Assistant	$2.3 million	758
31Jessica KaaeInternal Medicine Physician	$2.3 million	1,330
32Roger DiegelRheumatology Physician	$2.2 million	2,988
33Danielle BabcockPhysician Assistant	$2.2 million	2,832
34John MazurPulmonary Disease Physician	$2.1 million	3,020
35Alexander TaylorCardiovascular Disease Physician	$2.1 million	4,516
36James BennettInternal Medicine Physician	$2.1 million	2,158
37Peter WagnerHematology & Oncology Physician	$2.0 million	779
38Kara AddisonNurse Practitioner	$2.0 million	1,159
39Mark HancockHematology & Oncology Physician	$2.0 million	705
40Kenneth GrahamPediatrics Physician	$2.0 million	9,200
41Sebastian WhiteNurse Practitioner	$1.9 million	3,283
42Patrick TangInternal Medicine Physician	$1.9 million	1,115
43Courtney Regan WagnerHematology & Oncology Physician	$1.9 million	692
44Daniel MitchellInternal Medicine Physician	$1.8 million	8,708
45Rebecca DanforthRheumatology Physician	$1.8 million	2,700
46Larry SeveraFamily Medicine Physician	$1.8 million	23,979
47Trish DamsPhysician Assistant	$1.8 million	570
48Karl WestenfelderUrology Physician	$1.7 million	1,120
49Troy StilesPsychiatry Physician	$1.7 million	6,210
50Kris FrenchNeurology Physician	$1.7 million	2,870

Top 50 by opioid rate

Prescriber	Opioid rate	Opioid claims
1James GholsonOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	87.1%	122
2Erik BergquistOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	85.2%	127
3Christopher JonsPediatrics Physician	84.2%	16
4Denae McClurePhysician Assistant	80.0%	88
5Andrew GracePhlebology Physician	78.8%	26
6Bennett DykstraVascular Surgery Physician	78.6%	11
7John PickhardtSurgery Physician	78.6%	66
8Eric DringmanSpecialist	77.9%	60
9Edward EvePhysician Assistant	77.2%	183
10John CrawOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	75.7%	78
11Scott RogersOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	74.7%	139
12Steven KleppsOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	74.1%	320
13Erik AdamsSports Medicine (Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) Physician	73.7%	14
14Sydney LillardSurgery Physician	72.7%	56
15Nathaniel FogelOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	72.5%	79
16Richard DayNeurological Surgery Physician	72.2%	57
17Heidi Von HertleinPhysician Assistant	71.7%	38
18Marcie LovgrenSurgical Physician Assistant	71.5%	359
19Hans BoneMedical Physician Assistant	71.4%	549
20Nichole BorstPhysician Assistant	69.7%	53
21Stephen MilheimSurgery Physician	68.8%	11
22Katie WakemanMedical Physician Assistant	68.4%	262
23Jordan HronekPhysician Assistant	68.0%	17
24Glenn WinslowSurgery Physician	67.8%	124
25Brady RudeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	67.7%	42
26Brentley BuchelePlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician	67.6%	123
27Charles SullivanOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	67.2%	41
28Barry McKenzieSurgery Physician	66.7%	42
29Julienne LippeSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician	66.1%	80
30Mitchell RohrbackOrthopaedic Trauma Physician	65.7%	23
31Joshua WaggenerSurgery Physician	65.6%	40
32Todd CameronOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	64.8%	57
33John MeansSurgery Physician	64.7%	22
34Ross Van BruntPhysician Assistant	64.1%	98
35Salvatore GiovencoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	63.9%	149
36Ryan GunliksonSurgery Physician	63.6%	68
37Victoria PlattAcute Care Nurse Practitioner	63.3%	38
38Blake RemyPhysician Assistant	63.2%	67
39Michael WilcoxSurgery Physician	63.1%	41
40Mikaela RobinsonOrthopaedic Trauma Physician	63.0%	17
41Rachel OttStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	63.0%	51
42Troy WagnerPhysician Assistant	62.9%	210
43Justin RobertsSurgery Physician	62.5%	40
44Randall GlaserPhysician Assistant	62.1%	346
45Christopher MerchantPhysician Assistant	62.1%	303
46Kenny WallenInterventional Pain Medicine Physician	61.8%	21
47Timothy DevriesSurgical Physician Assistant	61.6%	157
48Roxanne FahrenwaldFamily Medicine Physician	61.4%	27
49Blake BurkertOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	60.9%	81
50Kyle LybrandOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	60.9%	28

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 Montana?

Montana has 5,025 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 5,271,302 claims totaling $712.6 million in drug costs.

What is the opioid prescribing rate in Montana?

The average opioid prescribing rate in Montana is 7.5%. 2,059 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.