Who Paid My Doc
Prolia
Denosumab
Open in the dashboardPart D claims
276,854
Drug cost
$472,721,515
Prescribers
9,074
In 2024, Medicare Part D recorded 276,854 claims for Prolia (denosumab) from 9,074 prescribers, at a total drug cost of $472.7 million paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, patients and others.
Where it is prescribed
By the prescriber's state · 51 states and territories| State | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,495 | 59,403 | $98,997,000 | |
| NY | 1,157 | 38,575 | $65,076,314 | |
| FL | 1,034 | 29,802 | $51,710,439 | |
| TX | 886 | 26,169 | $44,967,464 | |
| PA | 486 | 12,989 | $22,094,424 | |
| NJ | 425 | 12,389 | $20,967,989 | |
| GA | 343 | 11,184 | $19,242,407 | |
| HI | 239 | 9,273 | $16,198,465 | |
| PR | 176 | 8,248 | $14,572,410 | |
| AZ | 282 | 7,177 | $12,378,223 | |
| NC | 199 | 5,795 | $10,002,487 | |
| CT | 170 | 4,502 | $7,852,913 | |
| OH | 216 | 4,343 | $7,498,305 | |
| LA | 127 | 3,926 | $6,790,750 | |
| TN | 165 | 3,286 | $5,636,839 |
The other 36 states and territories
| State | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| MI | 136 | 3,236 | $5,467,595 |
| VA | 117 | 3,082 | $5,362,484 |
| NV | 104 | 2,934 | $5,067,521 |
| MO | 128 | 2,806 | $4,837,321 |
| IL | 112 | 2,763 | $4,819,134 |
| MA | 92 | 2,624 | $4,484,241 |
| AL | 88 | 2,465 | $4,229,428 |
| MD | 93 | 2,325 | $4,010,373 |
| IN | 115 | 2,158 | $3,784,065 |
| KY | 98 | 1,925 | $3,346,929 |
| WA | 59 | 1,829 | $3,124,475 |
| CO | 81 | 1,681 | $2,952,769 |
| SC | 70 | 1,408 | $2,412,518 |
| AR | 45 | 1,288 | $2,276,052 |
| OK | 60 | 1,099 | $1,905,249 |
| MS | 45 | 996 | $1,695,355 |
| NM | 30 | 786 | $1,369,582 |
| WI | 12 | 563 | $985,055 |
| KS | 22 | 513 | $895,600 |
| DE | 19 | 426 | $751,072 |
| UT | 20 | 393 | $680,437 |
| WV | 15 | 383 | $651,419 |
| OR | 19 | 359 | $595,068 |
| RI | 14 | 349 | $600,480 |
| IA | 16 | 306 | $536,941 |
| DC | 17 | 279 | $481,450 |
| AK | 8 | 148 | $252,451 |
| NE | 10 | 141 | $250,009 |
| ND | 5 | 114 | $198,506 |
| ME | 6 | 112 | $192,199 |
| NH | 5 | 100 | $171,812 |
| MN | 5 | 77 | $128,997 |
| ID | 4 | 53 | $90,772 |
| VT | 2 | 42 | $76,278 |
| SD | 1 | 18 | $29,691 |
| WY | 1 | 12 | $21,760 |
The state is where the prescriber practices, not where the patient lives. Totals are Medicare Part D claims only.
Which specialties prescribe it
Top 15 of 43| Specialty | Relative to the most | Prescribers | Claims | Drug cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | 2,853 | 84,404 | $143,777,436 | |
| Family Practice | 2,015 | 47,510 | $81,091,272 | |
| Rheumatology | 927 | 45,413 | $77,689,687 | |
| Endocrinology | 1,052 | 34,373 | $58,736,166 | |
| Nurse Practitioner | 993 | 28,161 | $48,280,266 | |
| Physician Assistant | 466 | 13,890 | $23,744,524 | |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 202 | 5,946 | $10,251,409 | |
| Hematology-Oncology | 123 | 3,745 | $6,333,523 | |
| General Practice | 123 | 3,219 | $5,464,376 | |
| Orthopedic Surgery | 41 | 1,659 | $2,817,495 | |
| Geriatric Medicine | 49 | 1,572 | $2,687,638 | |
| Cardiology | 22 | 1,022 | $1,758,764 | |
| Nephrology | 26 | 765 | $1,296,470 | |
| Pharmacist | 15 | 678 | $1,120,781 | |
| Medical Oncology | 20 | 595 | $997,596 |
Specialty is the one printed on each prescriber's Medicare claims.
Largest prescribers
First 5 of 100 by claims · 2024Two separate records. Claims come from Medicare and related payments from Open Payments. They are shown in one row because they name the same product; they do not show that a payment affected a prescription.
| Prescriber | Specialty | State | Claims | Drug cost | Related payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samy Metyas | Rheumatology | CA | 784 | $1,248,509 | $110 |
| Catherine Sweeney | Physician Assistant | NC | 757 | $1,316,565 | $13 |
| Noune Pashinian | Rheumatology | CA | 559 | $904,541 | $46 |
| Freda Hannafon | Nurse Practitioner | NY | 552 | $878,002 | $22 |
| Jose Aldrich | Rheumatology | FL | 512 | $901,811 | $16 |
"No profile" means the prescriber has no Open Payments record here; "None on record" means no payment naming this product in the payment year. Related payments are general payments, and one that names several products is split evenly, so an amount is payments related to the product, not money paid for it. The list is the prescribers with the most claims, up to 100 per drug.
See more in the dashboard: 25 with a free account, all 100 with PatronIndustry payments naming this drug
From CMS Open PaymentsOpen Payments names products as manufacturers reported them, and CMS does not link them to Part D drugs, so this match is by name and ours. The two records are separate: they do not show that a payment affected a prescription.
Other names for denosumab
What this means
Medicare Part D is the part of Medicare that covers prescription drugs dispensed at a pharmacy. Each year CMS publishes, for every prescriber and drug, how many claims were dispensed and what they cost. This page adds those up for one drug.
A claim is one prescription filled, refills included. Drug cost is the total paid at the pharmacy by Medicare, the patient and anyone else; it is not money to the prescriber. CMS leaves out any prescriber with fewer than 11 claims of a drug, so the prescriber count is a floor and a missing prescriber does not mean none.
Part D covers drugs dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries at a pharmacy. It does not include drugs given in a clinic or hospital, patients with other insurance, or the most recent year, which Medicare publishes about two years behind.