Utah Medicare prescriber rankings

11,663 Utah prescribers billed $1.6 billion in Medicare Part D drugs in 2024, the 37th largest of 56 states and territories. The average opioid rate is 8.5%, 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.

Prescribers11,663
Part D drug cost$1.6 billion
Average per prescriber$141,433
Prescribers with opioid claims4,168
Average opioid rate8.5%

Reading the Utah tables

Utah's 11,663 prescribers wrote 10,378,032 Part D claims in 2024, about $141,433 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
1Josef StehlikCardiovascular Disease Physician	$18.5 million	1,188
2Lynette BrownPulmonary Disease Physician	$9.3 million	1,579
3Christy MaPhysician Assistant	$8.5 million	2,692
4Joseph TeHematology & Oncology Physician	$8.4 million	1,592
5Stewart LandauUrology Physician	$7.9 million	950
6James ShortridgeInternal Medicine Physician	$7.6 million	1,210
7Douglas SborovHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician	$7.1 million	1,397
8Jennalyn MayeuxFamily Nurse Practitioner	$6.4 million	2,246
9Holly CarvethPulmonary Disease Physician	$6.4 million	1,340
10Todd HamblinFamily Nurse Practitioner	$6.0 million	1,623
11Layne KamaluFamily Medicine Physician	$5.9 million	34,282
12Srinivas TantravahiHematology (Internal Medicine) Physician	$5.9 million	903
13Imad FarrukhPulmonary Disease Physician	$5.7 million	3,258
14Mark DodsonCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician	$5.6 million	794
15Amandeep GodaraInternal Medicine Physician	$5.1 million	1,133
16Brandt EsplinHematology & Oncology Physician	$5.1 million	1,966
17Meghan CirulisInternal Medicine Physician	$5.0 million	1,005
18Adam WilliamsStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	$4.9 million	4,344
19Gregory LittonMedical Oncology Physician	$4.9 million	1,053
20Jason StinnettHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.8 million	1,077
21Carl GrayHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.7 million	1,851
22Josef PrchalInternal Medicine Physician	$4.6 million	533
23Nitin ChandramouliHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.5 million	1,084
24Steven WallentineHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.4 million	1,574
25Gregory ChipmanHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.4 million	700
26Mary ScholandPulmonary Disease Physician	$4.3 million	1,382
27Tsewang TashiInternal Medicine Physician	$4.3 million	619
28James MasonHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.2 million	1,216
29Brian McCluneHematology & Oncology Physician	$4.2 million	866
30Richard GremillionRheumatology Physician	$4.1 million	4,208
31Ghulam Rehman Mohy-Ud-DinHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.9 million	944
32Xylina GreggHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.9 million	853
33Scott SamuelsonHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.9 million	904
34Eric JohnsonHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.8 million	1,331
35Nicholas ThomsonInternal Medicine Physician	$3.8 million	1,443
36Stephan KendallHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.5 million	769
37Wayne OrmsbyMedical Oncology Physician	$3.5 million	979
38Don StromquistRheumatology Physician	$3.4 million	4,015
39Joshua BurkhardtPediatrics Physician	$3.3 million	498
40Robert HavardInternal Medicine Physician	$3.2 million	935
41Harry Rosado-SantosInfectious Disease Physician	$3.2 million	3,399
42Zachary ReeseHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.2 million	1,738
43Casey StelterFamily Medicine Physician	$3.2 million	44,680
44Benjamin MaughanHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.1 million	1,223
45Codie BinghamFamily Nurse Practitioner	$3.1 million	2,239
46Nathan RichHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.1 million	665
47David GambleNurse Practitioner	$3.1 million	3,099
48Morgan CarbajalCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician	$3.0 million	1,289
49David CasselHematology & Oncology Physician	$3.0 million	1,048
50Robert WaymentUrology Physician	$2.9 million	1,814

Top 50 by opioid rate

Prescriber	Opioid rate	Opioid claims
1Saunya SchowFamily Nurse Practitioner	100.0%	16
2Aubrey ArchuletaFamily Nurse Practitioner	88.5%	23
3Zachary JagerOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	85.5%	71
4Kirt KimballOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	83.3%	15
5David TranterSurgical Physician Assistant	81.4%	83
6Carrie BryantPhysician Assistant	81.2%	3,619
7Evangeline KobayashiOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	80.0%	28
8David PetersonOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician	80.0%	168
9Kshama JaiswalSurgical Oncology Physician	80.0%	20
10Jennifer SorensenPhysician Assistant	78.8%	3,092
11Ruyan ZhangStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	78.8%	26
12Brooke McKellGerontology Nurse Practitioner	78.6%	286
13Levi KohlerNurse Practitioner	77.3%	51
14Brandon HansonPhysician Assistant	77.3%	180
15Stephanie SpharNurse Practitioner	77.2%	3,159
16Jorge De Amorim FilhoSurgery Physician	77.0%	47
17Kelly NolanSurgery Physician	76.9%	60
18Joel HolmanOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	76.9%	160
19Tonja SmithNurse Practitioner	76.5%	445
20Jared EricksonPhysician Assistant	74.9%	3,000
21Brian JorgensenPhysician Assistant	74.5%	3,070
22Phillip LintzenichPhysician Assistant	74.3%	78
23Wonhong MinNeurological Surgery Physician	73.9%	17
24Kimberly SouzaOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	73.1%	19
25Deidre FlanaganSurgery Physician	72.7%	32
26Whitney SchroederSurgical Physician Assistant	72.7%	64
27Ryan FrancisFamily Nurse Practitioner	72.3%	47
28Jocelyn Di NolfiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program	71.8%	56
29Konneen WillisMedical Physician Assistant	71.7%	1,267
30Susan BastaNurse Practitioner	71.4%	1,619
31Matthew BakerSurgery Physician	71.2%	47
32Michael RaemischOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	71.1%	54
33Arun RajagopalInterventional Pain Medicine Physician	70.9%	476
34Cortney BernardoPhysician Assistant	70.8%	3,049
35Fritz BechVascular Surgery Physician	70.4%	38
36Andrew ColesInterventional Pain Medicine Physician	70.4%	292
37Kyle DunningSurgery Physician	70.1%	54
38Ryan BladPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner	70.0%	14
39Russell ToddSurgery Physician	70.0%	98
40Terry SawchukPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician	69.8%	483
41Christopher MartineauPhysician Assistant	69.7%	136
42Andrew WardMedical Physician Assistant	69.6%	1,567
43Bruce McPhersonPhysician Assistant	69.6%	367
44Mark SchollSports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician	69.6%	16
45Damian IllingOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	69.5%	66
46Kirstie JarrettSurgery Physician	69.2%	27
47John DouglasOrthopaedic Surgery Physician	69.2%	18
48Jacob WallaceGerontology Nurse Practitioner	68.9%	162
49Richard GlinesAnesthesiology Physician	68.9%	468
50David ChengPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician	68.9%	168

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 Utah?

Utah has 11,663 Medicare Part D prescribers who filed 10,378,032 claims totaling $1.6 billion in drug costs.

What is the opioid prescribing rate in Utah?

The average opioid prescribing rate in Utah is 8.5%. 4,168 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.