Nurse Practitioner
258,730 Medicare Part D prescribers, $45.57B in drug costs.
Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026
258,730
Prescribers
$45.57B
Drug Cost
286,595,189
Claims
$176K
Cost/Provider
78,735
Opioid Prescribers
11.3%
Avg Opioid Rate
15.8%
Avg Brand %
3254
Flagged
🔎 Data Overview
Nurse Practitioner represents 18.7% of all Medicare Part D prescribers, making it one of the largest prescriber groups in the program.
Average opioid rate of 11.3% is above the national average. This may reflect the patient population served rather than overprescribing.
3,254 providers (1.3% of the specialty) have been flagged for atypical prescribing. Our model compares providers to their specialty peers, so these outliers deviate from their own group's norms.
This specialty accounts for $45.6B in Medicare Part D costs — 16.5% of total program spending. Understanding where this money goes is key to controlling healthcare costs.
Insights generated from CMS data analysis. Statistical patterns are not accusations — always consider clinical context.
Top States for Nurse Practitioner
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | 262 |
| 2 | California | 253 |
| 3 | New York | 250 |
| 4 | Ohio | 249 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 230 |
| 6 | Florida | 205 |
| 7 | Arizona | 190 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 190 |
| 9 | Indiana | 189 |
| 10 | Illinois | 159 |