Oral Surgery (Dentist only)

5,813 Medicare Part D prescribers, $13.7M in drug costs.

Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026

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5,813

Prescribers

$13.7M

Drug Cost

2,081,926

Claims

$2,352

Cost/Provider

4,339

Opioid Prescribers

25.0%

Avg Opioid Rate

6.1%

Avg Brand %

9

Flagged

🔎 Data Overview

⚠️

Average opioid prescribing rate of 25.0% 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 Oral Surgery (Dentist only)

Flagged Oral Surgery (Dentist only) Providers

ProviderDrug CostRisk
Chris Kinney$1,78333
William Walstad$81133
Atef Tawadros$96333
Richard Stanchina$86433
Jeffrey Garcia$1,88433
Thomas Jacks$1,50433
William Tom$1,69733
Vito Modugno$84933
Thomas Laney$2,91531

Top Oral Surgery (Dentist only) Prescribers

ProviderClaimsDrug Cost
Mirwais Hussainy533$3,300
Peter Cho434$2,074
William Barnes Ii313$1,297
Timothy Nguyen307$1,966
Neal Curtis432$2,333
Todd Schultz204$961
Enrique Tabarini214$902
Eddie Brotkowski244$1,580
Diego Gallardo1,052$7,225
William Currie959$4,647
Thomas Laney463$2,915
Wilson Baugh JrN/AN/A
Chris KinneyN/AN/A
Mark MillerN/AN/A
William WalstadN/AN/A
Shea MccueN/AN/A
Justin LabartN/AN/A
Atef TawadrosN/AN/A
Richard StanchinaN/AN/A
Gregory StrullN/AN/A
Vance TutorN/AN/A
Jeffrey GarciaN/AN/A
Richard KonysN/AN/A
Paul MentonN/AN/A
Thomas JacksN/AN/A
Marwood StoutN/AN/A
Richard SchoonmakerN/AN/A
Bernadette WilsonN/AN/A
Eric WallaceN/AN/A
R. MurphyN/AN/A
Vito ModugnoN/AN/A
William TomN/AN/A

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