Dentist
131,349 Medicare Part D prescribers, $85.1M in drug costs.
Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026
131,349
Prescribers
$85.1M
Drug Cost
11,628,958
Claims
$648
Cost/Provider
21,410
Opioid Prescribers
20.4%
Avg Opioid Rate
13.5%
Avg Brand %
44
Flagged
🔎 Data Overview
Dentist represents 9.5% of all Medicare Part D prescribers, making it one of the largest prescriber groups in the program.
Average opioid prescribing rate of 20.4% is significantly elevated. While some specialties (pain management, anesthesiology) legitimately prescribe opioids at high rates, this figure deserves context about the specialty's typical patient population.
Insights generated from CMS data analysis. Statistical patterns are not accusations — always consider clinical context.
Top States for Dentist
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 49 |
| 2 | Texas | 20 |
| 3 | New York | 17 |
| 4 | Florida | 17 |
| 5 | Louisiana | 15 |
| 6 | Illinois | 12 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 11 |
| 8 | Virginia | 10 |
| 9 | Mississippi | 9 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 9 |
Flagged Dentist Providers
| Provider | Drug Cost | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Hawkins | $1,233 | 40 |
| Michael Gamotis | $1,406 | 40 |
| Margaret Dennis | $57K | 39 |
| Troy Babb | $602 | 37 |
| Tonya Anderson | $1,318 | 35 |
| Robert Precise | $1,191 | 35 |
| Kyle Odom | $1,557 | 35 |
| Ryan Hebert | $1,909 | 35 |
| Daniel Fields | $1,088 | 35 |
| Constantine Taylor | $1,167 | 35 |
| Ralph Riley | $2,151 | 35 |
| Jun Sang Cho | $938 | 35 |
| Douglas Hardy | $1,405 | 35 |
| Elizabeth Matthews | $1,486 | 35 |
| Phillip Harvey | $1,973 | 35 |
| Marko Kamel | $4,505 | 35 |
| Jennifer Henley | $654 | 35 |
| Raed Musallam | $1,310 | 35 |
| Steven Raphael | $874 | 34 |
| Clifford Davis | $357 | 34 |
| Christopher Budig | $2,267 | 34 |
| Kenneth Sullivan | $861 | 34 |
| Robert Wohrman | $465 | 34 |
| Joseph Kim | $787 | 31 |
| Robert Bills | $471 | 31 |
| Keith Davis | $605 | 31 |
| Sidney Schulz | $468 | 31 |
| Arthur Reynolds | $477 | 31 |
| James Gillespie | $60K | 31 |
| Hunter Hawkins | $639 | 31 |
| Blake Thomas | $575 | 31 |
| Cemeron Longstreet | $683 | 31 |
| Rhonda Pruitt | $561 | 31 |
| Toya Dawson | $598 | 31 |
| Robert Friess | $1,313 | 31 |
| Carl Svajda | $761 | 31 |
| Samir Kumar | $688 | 31 |
| James Mcvaugh | $5,964 | 31 |
| Thomas Gerrets | $713 | 31 |
| Jonathan Lafond | $815 | 31 |
| Taylor Parker | $1,096 | 31 |
| Mark Froedge | $508 | 31 |
| Narvel Black | $649 | 31 |
| Sergio Souza | $493 | 30 |
Top Dentist Prescribers
| Provider | Claims | Drug Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Julio Escobar | 118 | $457 |
| Niloo Gorji | 93 | $2,526 |
| D. Eklund | 63 | $381 |
| Michael King | 41 | $175 |
| John Wyble | 80 | $1,529 |
| Attila Nagy | 28 | $215 |
| Lisa Slaughter | 31 | $162 |
| Ryan Partnoff | 32 | $320 |
| Supak Choti | 79 | $337 |
| Merle Godfrey | 11 | $218 |
| Nam Nguyen | 25 | $182 |
| Tom Vu | 65 | $663 |
| Stephanie Plansky | 11 | $220 |
| Cindy Szeto | 15 | $127 |
| Joon Lee | 228 | $837 |
| Frederick Kane | 17 | $145 |
| Christian Pahls | 71 | $441 |
| Daniel Peck | 89 | $816 |
| Avis Barker | 81 | $3,537 |
| Monie Applegate | 63 | $428 |
| Sandra Cuartas | 132 | $660 |
| Philip Fidel | 32 | $101 |
| Rekha Vontela | 57 | $348 |
| Kyung A Lim | 14 | $69 |
| Carlos Setti | 176 | $944 |
| Sonia Khullar | 63 | $455 |
| Robert Carlish | 127 | $1,737 |
| Bilus Poles | 69 | $362 |
| Mark Gaponiuk | 90 | $389 |
| Lam Chittaphong | 133 | $1,029 |
| Zachary Kano | 26 | $104 |
| Adam Beers | 162 | $883 |
| Matthew Papsin | 92 | $553 |
| Kenneth Wiltbank | 61 | $335 |
| Anthony Gazzola | 91 | $599 |
| Gregory Micheli | 444 | $2,503 |
| Adam Van Leeuwen | 39 | $417 |
| Stephen Blank | 68 | $540 |
| Laura Randolph | 28 | $83 |
| Valerie Seifert | 93 | $561 |
| Alan Herrman | 139 | $325 |
| Anthony Kahn | 85 | $460 |
| Elizabeth Dekker | 56 | $436 |
| Melanie Nadler | 71 | $482 |
| Glen Applebaum | 76 | $791 |
| Thomas Mccarthy | 58 | $317 |
| Patricia Nihill | 20 | $194 |
| Walter Young | 30 | $109 |
| Wah Wai Koo | 55 | $304 |
| Jonathan Min | 386 | $3,421 |