North Dakota Medicare prescriber rankings
3,599 North Dakota prescribers billed $557.9 million in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 49th largest of 56 states and territories. Opioids were 2.97 of every 100 of those claims (CMS), below the national 3.52.
- Prescribers3,599
- Part D drug cost$557.9 million
- Average per prescriber$155,018
- Wrote an opioid (CMS)2,301 (63.97%)
- Opioid claims per 100 claims (CMS)2.97
Reading the North Dakota tables
North Dakota's 3,599 prescribers wrote 4,385,406 Part D claims in 2024, about $155,018 in drug cost per prescriber. A high total usually reflects specialty practice, such as cancer, rheumatology or HIV care. These are billing tables, not quality ratings. PlainDoctor does not rank named prescribers by opioid share; the state's opioid figures above come from CMS's own totals.
The 50 highest Part D drug-cost totals
| Prescriber (NPPES taxonomy) | Drug cost | Claims |
|---|---|---|
| 1Moayed IbrahimHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.5 million | 3,134 |
| 2Peter KurnialiHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.5 million | 2,065 |
| 3Viktorija OverieneRheumatology Physician | $4.6 million | 7,171 |
| 4Aaron LuebkeHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.6 million | 2,168 |
| 5Mahendra GuptaHematology & Oncology Physician | $4.1 million | 2,201 |
| 6Heeraimangalore ManjunathAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $3.9 million | 3,388 |
| 7Edward WosHematology & Oncology Physician | $3.5 million | 979 |
| 8Jessica SilveriAcute Care Nurse Practitioner | $3.5 million | 6,650 |
| 9Puvanalingam AyyaduraiCardiovascular Disease Physician | $3.3 million | 3,445 |
| 10Nayan DesaiInterventional Cardiology Physician | $3.3 million | 7,391 |
| 11Sagar RakshitHematology & Oncology Physician | $3.0 million | 1,138 |
| 12Susan HoflandNurse Practitioner | $2.8 million | 1,142 |
| 13Brittani Boehlke-FieckePhysician Assistant | $2.7 million | 1,551 |
| 14Toni RheaultPhysician Assistant | $2.6 million | 5,573 |
| 15Saakwa ManteAllergy & Immunology Physician | $2.6 million | 191 |
| 16Gregory BjorklundMedical Physician Assistant | $2.6 million | 4,058 |
| 17Mosaab MohamedenRheumatology Physician | $2.5 million | 2,964 |
| 18Bassim KobrossyMedical Oncology Physician | $2.5 million | 1,239 |
| 19Roggie ReasonInternal Medicine Physician | $2.4 million | 24,619 |
| 20Thandiwe GrayHematology & Oncology Physician | $2.3 million | 1,390 |
| 21Daniel AlmquistHematology & Oncology Physician | $2.2 million | 1,416 |
| 22Kevin PanicoHematology & Oncology Physician | $2.2 million | 1,458 |
| 23Lorna CampbellRheumatology Physician | $2.1 million | 3,509 |
| 24Vanessa SkolnessFamily Nurse Practitioner | $2.0 million | 4,342 |
| 25Joann Nupen LindemannFamily Nurse Practitioner | $2.0 million | 1,232 |
| 26Sheila GresethNurse Practitioner | $2.0 million | 3,513 |
| 27Todor DentchevMedical Oncology Physician | $1.9 million | 1,159 |
| 28Jeffrey WiisanenHematology & Oncology Physician | $1.9 million | 1,569 |
| 29Cory RathgeberFamily Medicine Physician | $1.9 million | 26,896 |
| 30Tammy BrandenNurse Practitioner | $1.9 million | 3,373 |
| 31Amit PanwalkarHematology & Oncology Physician | $1.8 million | 1,985 |
| 32Radha Krishna Rao VeguntaHematology & Oncology Physician | $1.8 million | 1,810 |
| 33Anil PottiHematology & Oncology Physician | $1.8 million | 875 |
| 34Khalin DendyInternal Medicine Physician | $1.8 million | 13,223 |
| 35William ZaksEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $1.8 million | 6,828 |
| 36Brian HebertInternal Medicine Physician | $1.8 million | 30,058 |
| 37Joshua RanumInternal Medicine Physician | $1.8 million | 15,457 |
| 38Kamrin MackiNurse Practitioner | $1.7 million | 1,446 |
| 39Donald GrenzInternal Medicine Physician | $1.7 million | 15,291 |
| 40Gerald GrossHematology & Oncology Physician | $1.7 million | 410 |
| 41Bruce OlinInternal Medicine Physician | $1.7 million | 21,592 |
| 42Debra HellmanFamily Nurse Practitioner | $1.7 million | 3,159 |
| 43Kristy SchuhFamily Nurse Practitioner | $1.7 million | 4,546 |
| 44John HoytInterventional Cardiology Physician | $1.6 million | 5,593 |
| 45Chelsey SchneiderNurse Practitioner | $1.6 million | 14,396 |
| 46Charles LenzCardiovascular Disease Physician | $1.6 million | 9,409 |
| 47Matthew HamarFamily Medicine Physician | $1.6 million | 17,764 |
| 48Gabriel DavidsonPhysician Assistant | $1.5 million | 4,410 |
| 49Bruce PehlFamily Medicine Physician | $1.5 million | 19,775 |
| 50Rachel NellesFamily Nurse Practitioner | $1.5 million | 2,601 |
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider, 2024 (data.cms.gov), matched to CMS NPPES by NPI; vaccine share from the prescriber's top drugs in the CMS by-provider-and-drug file. Specialty is the taxonomy the clinician reported to NPPES.
Common questions
How many Medicare prescribers are in North Dakota?
North Dakota has 3,599 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 4,385,406 claims totaling $557.9 million in drug costs.
What is the opioid prescribing rate in North Dakota?
Opioids were 2.97 of every 100 Medicare Part D claims written by North Dakota prescribers in 2024, against 3.52 nationally (CMS). 2,301 of the state's 3,597 Part D prescribers in CMS's geography file (63.97%) wrote at least one opioid.
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.
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