Medicare Part D Prescribing by State

Drug costs, prescriber counts, and opioid prescribing rates for all 62 states and territories.

#	State	Prescribers	Drug Cost	Claims	Cost/Bene	Avg Opioid Rate	High Opioid
1	California	139,057	$27.10B	145,933,465	$1,259	13.6%	9,912
2	New York	104,092	$22.46B	105,457,976	$1,510	13.7%	5,541
3	Florida	93,928	$20.29B	124,178,397	$1,103	14.2%	6,808
4	Texas	92,813	$19.28B	108,209,524	$1,266	14.1%	7,074
5	Pennsylvania	64,171	$13.21B	79,288,106	$1,264	14.2%	4,843
6	Ohio	53,444	$10.85B	67,564,944	$1,219	15.6%	5,139
7	North Carolina	44,019	$9.76B	57,197,675	$1,278	14.2%	4,152
8	Michigan	46,434	$9.40B	55,143,115	$1,257	14.9%	4,258
9	Illinois	53,002	$9.23B	55,742,149	$1,195	14.6%	4,255
10	Georgia	36,843	$8.63B	50,501,774	$1,316	14.6%	3,481
11	New Jersey	36,308	$7.73B	39,615,037	$1,343	13.8%	2,372
12	Massachusetts	39,945	$7.22B	36,573,366	$1,323	14.3%	2,785
13	Tennessee	29,129	$6.89B	42,290,238	$1,306	14.9%	3,091
14	Indiana	26,170	$6.29B	37,495,510	$1,347	15.6%	2,683
15	Missouri	25,377	$5.75B	37,581,911	$1,315	17.0%	2,493
16	Virginia	32,413	$5.55B	33,782,359	$1,146	14.4%	2,704
17	Alabama	17,811	$5.09B	30,584,451	$1,386	16.6%	2,064
18	Arizona	29,429	$4.97B	28,675,667	$1,034	16.0%	2,548
19	South Carolina	21,448	$4.89B	28,268,967	$1,250	13.8%	1,979
20	Kentucky	19,073	$4.89B	31,289,707	$1,392	14.4%	1,732
21	Wisconsin	25,408	$4.74B	29,950,587	$1,174	14.8%	2,367
22	Washington	32,568	$4.56B	28,237,469	$1,032	15.0%	2,929
23	Louisiana	20,543	$4.53B	28,644,607	$1,316	15.7%	2,195
24	Maryland	26,786	$4.04B	21,126,484	$1,284	15.6%	2,039
25	Connecticut	19,551	$3.96B	18,699,012	$1,342	15.3%	1,545
26	Minnesota	25,375	$3.96B	25,559,925	$1,127	15.0%	2,322
27	Colorado	23,912	$3.42B	19,232,555	$1,125	17.1%	2,670
28	Oklahoma	14,030	$3.10B	19,353,617	$1,387	14.8%	1,216
29	Puerto Rico	11,379	$2.90B	30,152,695	$1,148	5.3%	208
30	Oregon	19,079	$2.82B	18,084,001	$1,025	15.0%	1,918
31	Mississippi	10,666	$2.66B	17,925,714	$1,298	14.8%	1,232
32	Arkansas	11,827	$2.55B	19,186,390	$1,229	14.2%	1,166
33	Iowa	13,211	$2.42B	17,703,354	$1,135	13.0%	1,012
34	Kansas	11,495	$2.24B	15,219,244	$1,254	15.8%	1,249
35	Nevada	10,293	$1.88B	11,053,677	$1,059	14.9%	831
36	West Virginia	8,487	$1.86B	12,145,525	$1,359	12.4%	506
37	Nebraska	8,338	$1.49B	10,231,195	$1,282	14.8%	790
38	Maine	7,200	$1.47B	7,628,839	$1,253	13.2%	505
39	Utah	11,191	$1.46B	9,479,376	$1,110	17.1%	1,343
40	New Mexico	8,297	$1.24B	7,819,971	$1,048	12.5%	569
41	Idaho	7,492	$1.21B	7,827,019	$1,129	15.6%	792
42	New Hampshire	7,126	$1.14B	6,562,075	$1,157	13.9%	530
43	Hawaii	4,975	$931.1M	4,425,931	$1,331	14.3%	385
44	Delaware	4,341	$908.8M	4,870,013	$1,163	15.1%	347
45	Rhode Island	5,750	$888.8M	6,230,324	$1,034	13.6%	425
46	Montana	4,847	$679.8M	4,874,818	$1,112	14.5%	477
47	South Dakota	4,029	$658.7M	4,568,005	$1,133	15.4%	406
48	District of Columbia	5,191	$635.5M	2,211,669	$1,718	16.0%	296
49	Vermont	2,878	$546.6M	2,920,801	$1,442	10.6%	146
50	North Dakota	3,423	$524.9M	4,056,992	$1,088	13.9%	335
51	Alaska	3,054	$393.3M	1,826,120	$1,518	15.4%	253
52	Wyoming	2,187	$255.2M	1,982,252	$996	13.7%	201
53	Virgin Islands	187	$32.8M	201,205	$1,470	7.4%	7
54	Guam	176	$13.5M	145,559	$1,106	9.5%	6
55	Unknown	34	$7.3M	37,939	$1,266	17.7%	2
56	Foreign/Unknown	147	$6.7M	55,258	$637	21.2%	12
57	Armed Forces Pacific	99	$5.7M	31,855	$939	25.1%	13
58	Armed Forces Europe	120	$5.0M	37,129	$527	16.4%	10
59	Northern Mariana Islands	32	$714K	8,263	$1,164	5.0%	0
60	Armed Forces Americas	32	$134K	3,327	$74	11.0%	0
61	FM	1	$16K	137	$466	0.0%	0
62	AS	2	$9,720	104	$191	0.0%	0