Pennsylvania Medicare prescriber rankings
65,806 Pennsylvania prescribers billed $14.0 billion in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 5th largest of 56 states and territories. Opioids were 2.92 of every 100 of those claims (CMS), below the national 3.52.
- Prescribers65,806
- Part D drug cost$14.0 billion
- Average per prescriber$212,775
- Wrote an opioid (CMS)35,938 (54.62%)
- Opioid claims per 100 claims (CMS)2.92
Reading the Pennsylvania tables
Pennsylvania's 65,806 prescribers wrote 83,420,338 Part D claims in 2024, about $212,775 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1Shaun GillInternal Medicine Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $40.4 million | 182,477 |
| 2Brian DrachmanCardiovascular Disease Physician | $33.6 million | 6,207 |
| 3Annette WagnerObstetrics & Gynecology Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $33.4 million | 154,709 |
| 4Prem SomanNuclear Cardiology Physician | $25.6 million | 1,961 |
| 5Sami KhellaNeurology Physician | $22.9 million | 3,041 |
| 6Janice PierettiAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $20.7 million | 2,887 |
| 7Robert PearlsteinGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician | $20.7 million | 395,218 |
| 8Joseph PilewskiPulmonary Disease Physician | $17.4 million | 4,580 |
| 9Andrew PogozelskiAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $16.3 million | 7,388 |
| 10Anjali VaidyaAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $14.5 million | 1,545 |
| 11Christina PattersonPhysician Assistant | $14.1 million | 1,976 |
| 12Kaylee BakerPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner | $13.9 million | 1,407 |
| 13David AllenCardiovascular Disease Physician | $12.9 million | 7,510 |
| 14Brandon RoscoeFamily Medicine Physician | $12.6 million | 175,560 |
| 15Brendan CarryAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $12.2 million | 4,151 |
| 16Salman FazalHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.9 million | 2,598 |
| 17Geoffrey BisignaniUrology Physician | $11.9 million | 3,646 |
| 18Yacoub FarounHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.5 million | 2,982 |
| 19Ibrahim SbeitanHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.2 million | 3,159 |
| 20Abdalla SholiHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.2 million | 1,902 |
| 21Eugene MuchnikMedical Oncology Physician | $10.9 million | 1,742 |
| 22Terry Heiman-PattersonNeurology Physician | $10.9 million | 2,003 |
| 23Paul ForfiaCardiovascular Disease Physician | $10.7 million | 1,626 |
| 24Steven DomskyAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $10.1 million | 4,871 |
| 25David LynchNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician | $10.0 million | 900 |
| 26Heidar AlbandarMedical Oncology Physician | $9.8 million | 2,064 |
| 27Sameer GuptaHematology & Oncology Physician | $9.7 million | 3,113 |
| 28Mark KeatingHematology & Oncology Physician | $9.6 million | 4,608 |
| 29Benjamin WindPulmonary Disease Physician | $9.6 million | 3,089 |
| 30Michael ScharfPulmonary Disease Physician | $9.6 million | 1,731 |
| 31Kerri SmithCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician | $9.3 million | 2,088 |
| 32Nicholas LancianoNeurology Physician | $9.3 million | 6,338 |
| 33Mikhail ChilingaryanInternal Medicine Physician | $9.3 million | 58,802 |
| 34Craig AlpertAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $9.3 million | 3,220 |
| 35David BinionGastroenterology Physician | $9.1 million | 3,197 |
| 36Mounzer AghaHematology & Oncology Physician | $9.1 million | 1,728 |
| 37Satish ShahHematology & Oncology Physician | $9.0 million | 1,923 |
| 38Tarenne CarringtonAcute Care Nurse Practitioner | $8.9 million | 1,885 |
| 39Ying ZengMedical Oncology Physician | $8.9 million | 2,142 |
| 40Sabahat BokhariCardiovascular Disease Physician | $8.8 million | 768 |
| 41Geraldo SaavedraEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $8.8 million | 16,234 |
| 42Joseph DevichRheumatology Physician | $8.8 million | 6,164 |
| 43Ellen TedaldiInternal Medicine Physician | $8.7 million | 14,183 |
| 44Jamael HoosainAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $8.6 million | 3,214 |
| 45David PuglieseRheumatology Physician | $8.6 million | 5,088 |
| 46Nilesh PatelHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.5 million | 2,248 |
| 47Andrew GrafInternal Medicine Physician | $8.5 million | 147,733 |
| 48Stephan KowalykEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician | $8.5 million | 18,667 |
| 49Joseph VadakaraHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.5 million | 1,404 |
| 50Tina KhairHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.5 million | 1,905 |
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 Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania has 65,806 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 83,420,338 claims totaling $14.0 billion in drug costs.
What is the opioid prescribing rate in Pennsylvania?
Opioids were 2.92 of every 100 Medicare Part D claims written by Pennsylvania prescribers in 2024, against 3.52 nationally (CMS). 35,938 of the state's 65,793 Part D prescribers in CMS's geography file (54.62%) 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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