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MS. APRIL LYN SZYMANSKI ANP-BC
Prescription History 1942435821
Nurse Practitioner - Adult Health in Chicago, IL

Active since May 21, 2009PECOS Enrolled
94.1/100
CMS Quality Rating
259 E ERIE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611(312) 695-1000 Get Directions

NPPES record last updated: September 29, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: October 04, 2026.

Record update history: Sep 29, 2026, Mar 8, 2019, Apr 18, 2018 and 1 more (4 updates tracked since 2017).

Medicare Part D Prescription History

Explore the verified Medicare Part D prescription history, volume metrics, and calculated drug costs for MS. APRIL LYN SZYMANSKI ANP-BC, an active Adult Health specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Our medical registry currently tracks 10 unique pharmaceutical formulations prescribed by this provider, representing an estimated volume of 237 documented patient claims. Among these therapy options, the most frequently utilized medication is Gabapentin, which accounts for 90 claims alone. Use the table below to sort by claims, cost, or utilization compared with the state average; select any medication for its full profile.

10
Medications
237
Total Claims
426
30-Day Fills
Gabapentin
Most Prescribed · 90 claims
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10 medications · 2023 Medicare Part D
Medicare Part D medications prescribed by MS. APRIL LYN SZYMANSKI ANP-BC in 2023, with prescription volumes, average cost per fill, and IL state comparisons
Medication Prescriptions (2023)Rx (2023) Avg Cost per FillCost / Fill Vs. Other IL PrescribersVs. IL Avg

About Gabapentin: Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. Show more ▾

It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. A cyclohexane-gamma-aminobutyric acid derivative that is used for the treatment of PARTIAL SEIZURES; NEURALGIA; and RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME.

In 2023, this provider wrote 90 Medicare prescriptions for Gabapentin, about the same volume as the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (83). Medicare paid an average of $31.90 per fill, versus $21.09 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
90
IL average
83.0

This provider's prescribing volume for this medication is in line with the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$31.90
IL average
$21.09

Gross Part D cost per fill; not the patient's out-of-pocket price.

183
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
5,485
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Privigen: This medication is used to boost the body's natural defense system against infection in persons with a weakened immune system (primary immune deficiency). Show more ▾

Immune globulin contains natural substances called antibodies (a type called IgG) that come from healthy human blood (plasma). These antibodies help protect your body against infections and help you to fight an infection if you get sick. Some immune globulin products may also be used to treat a certain nerve disorder (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-CIDP).

In 2023, this provider wrote 26 Medicare prescriptions for Privigen, about the same volume as the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (24). Medicare paid an average of $5,988.08 per fill, versus $11,240.86 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
26
IL average
24.0

This provider's prescribing volume for this medication is in line with the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$5,988.08
IL average
$11,240.86

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

26
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
780
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Prednisone: Prednisone is used to treat conditions such as arthritis, blood disorders, breathing problems, severe allergies, skin diseases, cancer, eye problems, and immune system disorders. Show more ▾

Prednisone belongs to a class of drugs known as corticosteroids. It decreases your immune system's response to various diseases to reduce symptoms such as swelling and allergic-type reactions. A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from CORTISONE. It is biologically inert and converted to PREDNISOLONE in the liver.

In 2023, this provider wrote 22 Medicare prescriptions for Prednisone, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (45). Medicare paid an average of $9.21 per fill, versus $6.07 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
22
IL average
45.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$9.21
IL average
$6.07

Gross Part D cost per fill; not the patient's out-of-pocket price.

58
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
1,738
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Baclofen: Baclofen is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury/disease). Show more ▾

It works by helping to relax the muscles. A GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID derivative that is a specific agonist of GABA-B RECEPTORS. It is used in the treatment of MUSCLE SPASTICITY, especially that due to SPINAL CORD INJURIES. Its therapeutic effects result from actions at spinal and supraspinal sites, generally the reduction of excitatory transmission.

In 2023, this provider wrote 20 Medicare prescriptions for Baclofen, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (37). Medicare paid an average of $22.15 per fill, versus $30.62 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
20
IL average
37.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$22.15
IL average
$30.62

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

47
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
1,410
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Mycophenolate Mofetil: Mycophenolate is used in combination with other medications to keep your body from attacking and rejecting your transplanted organ (such as kidney, liver, heart). Show more ▾

It belongs to a class of medications called immunosuppressants. It works by weakening your body's defense system (immune system) to help your body accept the new organ as if it were your own. Compound derived from Penicillium stoloniferum and related species. It blocks de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides by inhibition of the enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMP DEHYDROGENASE). Mycophenolic acid exerts selective effects on the immune system in which it prevents the proliferation of T-CELLS, LYMPHOCYTES, and the formation of antibodies from B-CELLS. It may also inhibit recruitment of LEUKOCYTES to sites of INFLAMMATION.

In 2023, this provider wrote 14 Medicare prescriptions for Mycophenolate Mofetil, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (27). Medicare paid an average of $144.44 per fill, versus $148.68 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
14
IL average
27.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$144.44
IL average
$148.68

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

24
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
720
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Octagam: This medication is used to strengthen the body's natural defense system (immune system) to lower the risk of infection in persons with a weakened immune system. Show more ▾

This medication is made from healthy human blood that has a high level of certain defensive substances (antibodies), which help fight infections. It is also used to increase the blood count (platelets) in persons with a certain blood disorder (idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura-ITP). Platelets are needed to stop bleeding and form blood clots. Some immune globulin products may also be used to treat certain types of muscle weakness problem (multifocal motor neuropathy, dermatomyositis) or a certain nerve disorder (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-CIDP). Some products may also be used to prevent certain blood vessel disorders in people with Kawasaki syndrome.

In 2023, this provider wrote 14 Medicare prescriptions for Octagam, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (26). Medicare paid an average of $13,306.41 per fill, versus $12,936.92 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
14
IL average
26.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$13,306.41
IL average
$12,936.92

Gross Part D cost per fill; not the patient's out-of-pocket price.

14
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
392
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Riluzole: This medication is used to treat a certain type of nerve disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease). Show more ▾

Riluzole helps to slow down the worsening of this disease and prolong survival. A glutamate antagonist (RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE) used as an anticonvulsant (ANTICONVULSANTS) and to prolong the survival of patients with AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS.

In 2023, this provider wrote 14 Medicare prescriptions for Riluzole, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (29). Medicare paid an average of $150.58 per fill, versus $193.16 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
14
IL average
29.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$150.58
IL average
$193.16

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

36
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
1,080
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Gamunex-C: This medication is used in people with a certain type of weakened immune system (primary immune deficiency) to strengthen it and to lower the risk of infection. Show more ▾

This medication is made from human blood that has a high level of antibodies which help fight infections. This product is also used to increase the number of certain blood cells (platelets) in people with a certain blood disorder (idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura-ITP). Platelets are needed to stop bleeding and to form normal blood clots. In addition, this medication is used to treat a certain nerve disorder (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy-CIDP). This disorder causes weakness and numbness/tingling/pain in the arms and legs. This medication helps to improve these symptoms and prevents relapse.

In 2023, this provider wrote 13 Medicare prescriptions for Gamunex-C, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (22). Medicare paid an average of $10,184.07 per fill, versus $8,165.63 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
13
IL average
22.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$10,184.07
IL average
$8,165.63

Gross Part D cost per fill; not the patient's out-of-pocket price.

13
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
343
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Sodium Chloride: This product is used to treat dryness inside the nose (nasal passages). Show more ▾

It helps add moisture inside the nose to dissolve and soften thick or crusty mucus. In babies and young children with stuffy noses who cannot blow their noses, using this product helps to make the mucus easier to remove with a nasal bulb syringe. This helps relieve stuffiness and makes breathing easier. This product contains a purified gentle salt solution (also called saline or sodium chloride solution). It does not contain any medication. Hypertonic sodium chloride solution. A solution having an osmotic pressure greater than that of physiologic salt solution (0.9 g NaCl in 100 ml purified water).

In 2023, this provider wrote 13 Medicare prescriptions for Sodium Chloride, about half the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (24). Medicare paid an average of $7.08 per fill, versus $50.60 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
13
IL average
24.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$7.08
IL average
$50.60

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

13.6
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
380
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023

About Evrysdi: This medication is used to treat a certain muscle disorder (spinal muscular atrophy - SMA).

In 2023, this provider wrote 11 Medicare prescriptions for Evrysdi, about a third of the volume of the typical Illinois prescriber of this medication (28). Medicare paid an average of $25,735.56 per fill, versus $26,089.54 statewide.

How often this provider prescribes it

This provider
11
IL average
28.0

This provider prescribes this medication less often than the average IL prescriber. Utilization reflects practice size as well as clinical preference.

What Medicare paid per fill

This provider
$25,735.56
IL average
$26,089.54

This provider's average cost per fill is below the IL average for this medication.

11
30-Day Fills
standardized to 30-day supplies
264
Days of Medication
total across all patients in 2023
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About this data. The prescription history for MS. APRIL LYN SZYMANSKI ANP-BC is compiled from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File for calendar year 2023, the most recent federal release. Figures cover prescriptions filled for Medicare Part D beneficiaries only; prescriptions under private insurance, Medicaid, or self-pay plans are not included. Because prescribing decisions are generally consistent across coverage types, this record offers a useful view of the overall Adult Health prescribing approach at this Chicago, IL practice.

Reading the costs. Drug costs are gross amounts paid to pharmacies under Part D, including both plan and beneficiary payments. They are not the price a patient pays at the pharmacy counter. Medications with fewer than 11 claims are excluded from the federal source data, and state comparisons use the average volume among IL prescribers of the same medication. Always confirm current medications and costs directly with the provider and your plan.