Brand vs Generic Prescribing

Generic drugs save Medicare billions annually. Some providers consistently prescribe brand-name drugs when cheaper generics are available.

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$185.46B

Brand-Name Drug Cost

$39.45B

Generic Drug Cost

13.4%

Overall Brand Rate

Specialties with Highest Brand Prescribing

#	Specialty	Providers	Drug Cost	Avg Brand %
1	Pediatrics	18	$3.0M	100.0%
2	Community Health Worker	8	$297K	100.0%
3	Pharmacy Technician	5	$220K	100.0%
4	Public Health or Welfare Agency	4	$157K	100.0%
5	Mass Immunizer Roster Biller	3	$106K	100.0%
6	Pharmacy	128	$3.0M	96.9%
7	Pharmacist	36,120	$1.52B	95.3%
8	Pulmonary Disease	9,771	$8.87B	71.7%
9	Critical Care (Intensivists)	2,041	$914.8M	66.3%
10	Clinical Pharmacology	18	$218K	60.7%
11	Endocrinology	6,583	$9.71B	53.6%
12	Medical Genetics and Genomics	120	$92.8M	52.8%
13	Counselor	35	$121K	43.2%
14	Optometry	33,191	$1.70B	40.8%
15	Ophthalmology	19,647	$4.25B	39.1%
16	Allergy/ Immunology	3,982	$1.62B	38.9%
17	Hematology	854	$1.31B	37.4%
18	Infectious Disease	5,984	$3.87B	34.7%
19	Specialist/Technologist	22	$205K	33.7%
20	Peripheral Vascular Disease	55	$13.9M	33.5%
21	Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	8	$17K	33.3%
22	Preventive Medicine	1,054	$168.8M	32.1%
23	Case Manager/Care Coordinator	19	$295K	31.6%
24	Pediatric Medicine	8,802	$555.8M	29.1%
25	Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy	147	$203.0M	29.1%
26	Acupuncturist	57	$355K	28.9%
27	Diagnostic Radiology	3,322	$42.4M	27.5%
28	Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	2,624	$1.29B	27.4%
29	Surgical Oncology	982	$23.0M	27.3%
30	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	784	$1.16B	26.9%

Highest-Cost Prescribers

Providers with the highest total drug costs, along with their brand-name prescribing rate.

Provider	Specialty	Location	Drug Cost	Brand %	Cost/Patient
Armaghan Azad	Emergency Medicine	Moreno Valley, CA	$160.3M	100%	$326
Cedric Davis	Family Practice	Lauderdale Lakes, FL	$137.1M	99%	$328
John Bogdasarian	Otolaryngology	Fitchburg, MA	$68.7M	100%	$329
Ruth Mays	Family Practice	Highland Park, MI	$63.2M	100%	$337
Erin Pettijohn	Hematology-Oncology	Grand Rapids, MI	$13.5M	—	$40K
Stephen Anesi	Ophthalmology	Waltham, MA	$8.6M	—	$16K
Joshua Lukenbill	Hematology-Oncology	Des Moines, IA	$6.9M	—	$20K
Tondre Buck	Medical Oncology	Spartanburg, SC	$6.8M	—	$33K
Erica Kretchman	Endocrinology	Richmond, IN	$5.5M	61%	$4,528
Muhammad Popalzai	Hematology-Oncology	Carterville, IL	$5.4M	28%	$22K
Fadi Kayali	Hematology-Oncology	Sarasota, FL	$5.3M	—	$12K
Abdel Hai Alqwasmi	Hematology-Oncology	West Bend, WI	$4.9M	—	$13K
Muthu Kumaran	Medical Oncology	Little Rock, AR	$4.0M	—	$28K
Valeriy Sabodash	Neurology	Sarasota, FL	$3.8M	—	$5,174
Ankur Jindal	Endocrinology	Huntsville, AL	$3.7M	59%	$4,798
Stanley Penc	Neurology	Albany, NY	$3.2M	14%	$5,248
Kathleen Woschkolup	Neurology	Greenville, SC	$3.1M	18%	$8,117
Marium Ilahi	Endocrinology	Omaha, NE	$3.0M	63%	$6,418
William Hall	Pulmonary Disease	Raleigh, NC	$2.9M	58%	$3,011
Sam Fereidouni	Family Practice	Scottsdale, AZ	$2.8M	30%	$3,589
Michelle Rush	Nurse Practitioner	Memphis, TN	$2.7M	—	$19K
Lisa Hamaker	Endocrinology	Collegeville, PA	$2.7M	49%	$9,113
Delia Stefan	Endocrinology	Fishkill, NY	$2.6M	58%	$6,378
Yoojin Pak	Endocrinology	Lisle, IL	$2.5M	49%	$4,351
Neda Heidari	Neurology	Oxnard, CA	$2.4M	9%	$4,309
Yan Feng	Hematology-Oncology	Greensboro, NC	$2.3M	—	$5,833
Akshay Shah	Gastroenterology	Peoria, AZ	$2.3M	22%	$6,078
Stanley Mathew	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Cedar Rapids, IA	$2.2M	15%	$1,696
Kader Abdelerahman	Neurology	Albuquerque, NM	$2.1M	16%	$2,833
Richard Edwards	Family Practice	Jennings, LA	$2.0M	13%	$2,734
Herman Blomeier	Endocrinology	Skokie, IL	$1.9M	60%	$4,811
Robert Selfe	Internal Medicine	Grand Rapids, MI	$1.9M	82%	$5,523
Sara Jones	Nurse Practitioner	Knoxville, TN	$1.9M	27%	$17K
Jahannaz Dastgir	Neurology	New York, NY	$1.7M	100%	$0
William Wade	Pulmonary Disease	South Charleston, WV	$1.7M	100%	$3,420
Sahzene Yavuz	Endocrinology	Sayre, PA	$1.6M	53%	$3,512
Reynerio Perez Ramirez	Cardiology	San Juan, PR	$1.5M	—	$1,857
Moustafa Banna	Cardiology	Peoria, AZ	$1.5M	18%	$1,879
Misty Chiu	Nurse Practitioner	Yonkers, NY	$1.4M	45%	$28K
Janelle Hinson	Physician Assistant	Columbia, SC	$1.4M	77%	$6,134
Christopher Eckstein	Neurology	Durham, NC	$1.4M	12%	$8,901
Mayra Beauchamp Bruno	Dermatology	Manchester, NH	$1.4M	11%	$2,861
Bhavandeep Bajaj	Internal Medicine	Baltimore, MD	$1.4M	15%	$2,275
Anand Deshmukh	Interventional Cardiology	Council Bluffs, IA	$1.4M	25%	$2,391
Emmanuel Tavan	Pulmonary Disease	Portland, OR	$1.4M	100%	$4,953
Deirdre Mooney	Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	Spokane, WA	$1.3M	26%	$3,673
Geoffrey Graham	Gastroenterology	Joplin, MO	$1.3M	31%	$3,582
Radhika Phadke	Endocrinology	Boca Raton, FL	$1.3M	54%	$3,826
Samuel Kieley	Urology	Woodbury, MN	$1.3M	—	$1,673
Joshua Wharton	Dermatology	Guntersville, AL	$1.3M	13%	$2,803