New Jersey Medicare prescriber rankings
37,320 New Jersey prescribers billed $8.0 billion in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 11th largest of 56 states and territories. Opioids were 2.42 of every 100 of those claims (CMS), below the national 3.52.
- Prescribers37,320
- Part D drug cost$8.0 billion
- Average per prescriber$215,129
- Wrote an opioid (CMS)19,700 (52.79%)
- Opioid claims per 100 claims (CMS)2.42
Reading the New Jersey tables
New Jersey's 37,320 prescribers wrote 41,988,385 Part D claims in 2024, about $215,129 in drug cost per prescriber. A high total usually reflects specialty practice, such as cancer, rheumatology or HIV care, or vaccines: 2 of the 50 largest totals are mostly vaccines, which pharmacies often bill under a standing order naming one clinician. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1Jason TorrenteFamily Medicine Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $32.3 million | 161,702 |
| 2Nilay ShahClinical Neurophysiology Physician | $25.4 million | 3,548 |
| 3Elan DiamondHematology & Oncology Physician | $15.8 million | 4,020 |
| 4David TaylorUrology Physician | $15.0 million | 6,408 |
| 5Harsh ParmarMedical Oncology Physician | $14.5 million | 2,126 |
| 6Myron BednarHematology & Oncology Physician | $14.0 million | 2,792 |
| 7Kariann AbbateCardiovascular Disease Physician | $12.1 million | 5,028 |
| 8Jihad SlimInfectious Disease Physician | $11.8 million | 4,463 |
| 9Mario VukicSpecialist | $11.5 million | 2,833 |
| 10Trina PorettaSpecialist | $11.4 million | 2,643 |
| 11Abhishek SinghAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $11.4 million | 1,661 |
| 12Michael WaxHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.2 million | 5,018 |
| 13Lori LeslieMedical Oncology Physician | $10.6 million | 1,605 |
| 14Robert AlterMedical Oncology Physician | $9.4 million | 2,174 |
| 15Mary Ann PiconeNeurology Physician | $9.0 million | 4,207 |
| 16David SiegelMedical Oncology Physician | $9.0 million | 927 |
| 17James McCloskeyMedical Oncology Physician | $8.9 million | 880 |
| 18Brittany GehmNurse Practitioner | $8.8 million | 1,729 |
| 19Seth CohenMedical Oncology Physician | $8.7 million | 2,950 |
| 20Christina MigliorePulmonary Disease Physician | $8.7 million | 891 |
| 21Alexander SwanNephrology Physician | $8.7 million | 16,509 |
| 22Raji GrewalNeurology Physician | $8.7 million | 823 |
| 23Chirag ShahHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.7 million | 1,525 |
| 24Jason SuhHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.6 million | 1,749 |
| 25Waqas RehmanHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.2 million | 1,398 |
| 26Jehad SalibaPulmonary Disease Physician | $8.1 million | 26,024 |
| 27Ronald VillanuevaEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $8.1 million | 12,975 |
| 28Richards AfonjaHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.0 million | 2,952 |
| 29Peter KellyFamily Medicine Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $7.9 million | 36,099 |
| 30Mohammad ChaudhryInternal Medicine Physician | $7.8 million | 45,393 |
| 31Neil MorgansteinHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.8 million | 1,150 |
| 32Gordon BrownUrology Physician | $7.8 million | 5,449 |
| 33Tulin Budak-AlpdoganHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.5 million | 1,231 |
| 34Girish AminHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician | $7.4 million | 1,970 |
| 35Kristen BeerPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner | $7.4 million | 3,438 |
| 36Thomas BlomHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.3 million | 1,854 |
| 37Sushil GhimireHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.2 million | 1,218 |
| 38Nagesh KrishNeurology Physician | $7.2 million | 8,867 |
| 39Seung-Hee ChoiOptometrist | $7.2 million | 13,737 |
| 40Vijay SinghRheumatology Physician | $6.9 million | 6,834 |
| 41Stephanus BusonoNeurology Physician | $6.8 million | 1,872 |
| 42Benjamin NeginInternal Medicine Physician | $6.7 million | 2,763 |
| 43Kenneth BlanksteinHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.6 million | 1,599 |
| 44Vicente LimPsychiatry Physician | $6.6 million | 6,454 |
| 45Joo JangFamily Nurse Practitioner | $6.5 million | 27,801 |
| 46Tatyana FeldmanMedical Oncology Physician | $6.5 million | 1,271 |
| 47Brian CanavanHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.5 million | 2,362 |
| 48Ashley DayPhysician Assistant | $6.3 million | 1,292 |
| 49Han XiaoMedical Oncology Physician | $6.3 million | 1,878 |
| 50Boris VeysmanEmergency Medicine Physician | $6.3 million | 11,295 |
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 New Jersey?
New Jersey has 37,320 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 41,988,385 claims totaling $8.0 billion in drug costs.
What is the opioid prescribing rate in New Jersey?
Opioids were 2.42 of every 100 Medicare Part D claims written by New Jersey prescribers in 2024, against 3.52 nationally (CMS). 19,700 of the state's 37,315 Part D prescribers in CMS's geography file (52.79%) 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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