South Carolina Medicare prescriber rankings
22,190 South Carolina prescribers billed $5.2 billion in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 19th largest of 56 states and territories. Opioids were 4.03 of every 100 of those claims (CMS), above the national 3.52.
- Prescribers22,190
- Part D drug cost$5.2 billion
- Average per prescriber$235,671
- Wrote an opioid (CMS)13,500 (60.84%)
- Opioid claims per 100 claims (CMS)4.03
Reading the South Carolina tables
South Carolina's 22,190 prescribers wrote 30,252,422 Part D claims in 2024, about $235,671 in drug cost per prescriber. A high total usually reflects specialty practice, such as cancer, rheumatology or HIV care, or vaccines: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1Martin DuclosInternal Medicine Physicianmostly vaccines, often billed by pharmacies under a standing order naming this clinician | $26.6 million | 133,641 |
| 2Wilfredo VillarrubiaMedical Physician Assistant | $18.8 million | 8,744 |
| 3Rahul ArgulaCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician | $15.2 million | 2,477 |
| 4Sreenivas RaoMedical Oncology Physician | $14.3 million | 3,474 |
| 5Abhijit RavalCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician | $14.0 million | 6,054 |
| 6Rajesh BajajHematology & Oncology Physician | $13.3 million | 4,480 |
| 7Gary ThomasHematology & Oncology Physician | $12.2 million | 2,372 |
| 8Suzanne FanningHematology & Oncology Physician | $12.0 million | 2,351 |
| 9Denise SesePulmonary Disease Physician | $11.9 million | 3,344 |
| 10Steven MaddenHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.4 million | 5,402 |
| 11Carlton CauthenPulmonary Disease Physician | $11.1 million | 5,030 |
| 12Asheesh LalHematology & Oncology Physician | $11.0 million | 2,429 |
| 13Elizabeth HardingPhysician Assistant | $10.8 million | 1,084 |
| 14Vicki AllenPhysician Assistant | $10.6 million | 1,283 |
| 15Jennifer LynchFamily Nurse Practitioner | $10.5 million | 10,476 |
| 16John DosterHematology & Oncology Physician | $10.0 million | 3,002 |
| 17Brian EvansUrology Physician | $9.9 million | 2,755 |
| 18Karla Cruz MorelCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician | $9.6 million | 2,081 |
| 19Saeeda ChowdhuryHematology & Oncology Physician | $9.2 million | 2,315 |
| 20Lindsey HendricksonNurse Practitioner | $8.9 million | 1,619 |
| 21Tondre BuckHematology & Oncology Physician | $8.7 million | 1,554 |
| 22Daniel JudgeAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $8.5 million | 1,482 |
| 23Erin ForsterGastroenterology Physician | $8.5 million | 781 |
| 24Akinwale OlatosiInfectious Disease Physician | $8.4 million | 3,048 |
| 25Ashley MillerNurse Practitioner | $8.2 million | 1,949 |
| 26Harmeet GillHospitalist Physician | $8.2 million | 3,486 |
| 27John BakerNeurology Physician | $8.0 million | 6,805 |
| 28Elizabeth CullHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.6 million | 1,693 |
| 29Elizabeth WeilandFamily Nurse Practitioner | $7.4 million | 1,135 |
| 30Douglas MichaelsenHematology & Oncology Physician | $7.3 million | 1,719 |
| 31James CharlesInternal Medicine Physician | $7.3 million | 6,382 |
| 32Travis SizemoreRheumatology Physician | $7.2 million | 3,240 |
| 33James SmithHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.9 million | 2,771 |
| 34Jan GriffinAdvanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician | $6.9 million | 1,575 |
| 35Neal ShoreUrology Physician | $6.9 million | 1,827 |
| 36Kitra NicholsFamily Nurse Practitioner | $6.7 million | 1,379 |
| 37Celine WardRheumatology Physician | $6.7 million | 1,975 |
| 38Charles HolladayHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.6 million | 1,289 |
| 39Chris BrunsonHematology & Oncology Physician | $6.6 million | 1,891 |
| 40Leonard AlsfeldInternal Medicine Physician | $6.5 million | 1,726 |
| 41Jon DochertyRheumatology Physician | $6.3 million | 8,074 |
| 42Johana FajardoAdult Health Nurse Practitioner | $6.3 million | 1,877 |
| 43Walter EvansSpecialist | $6.2 million | 7,130 |
| 44Kimberly WillisNurse Practitioner | $6.2 million | 1,129 |
| 45Taylor MaderRheumatology Physician | $6.0 million | 3,935 |
| 46Catherine BurbageHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.9 million | 2,309 |
| 47David MillingHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.8 million | 1,773 |
| 48John Patrick TejadaPulmonary Disease Physician | $5.8 million | 3,376 |
| 49Vijeyaluxmy Motilal NehruHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.8 million | 3,459 |
| 50Donny HuynhHematology & Oncology Physician | $5.7 million | 2,045 |
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 South Carolina?
South Carolina has 22,190 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 30,252,422 claims totaling $5.2 billion in drug costs.
What is the opioid prescribing rate in South Carolina?
Opioids were 4.03 of every 100 Medicare Part D claims written by South Carolina prescribers in 2024, against 3.52 nationally (CMS). 13,500 of the state's 22,190 Part D prescribers in CMS's geography file (60.84%) 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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