Aaron B. Cates, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Oklahoma City, OK
Aaron B. Cates, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and NPI 1467414425, issued on Apr 5, 2006. Check the license (Oklahoma 21813, as entered in NPPES) on the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Aaron B. Cates
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- 21813 OK
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 920 Stanton L Young Blvd Ste 1140, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
- Phone
- (405) 271-4351
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 9, 2023
- Fax
- (405) 271-8695
- Medicaid ID
- 200007130A OK
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110112000162); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 920 Stanton L Young Blvd Ste 1140
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Aaron B. Cates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Search for license 21813Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 71.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $43.88
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Chiesi USA, Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- OU Health Partners IncOklahoma City, OK
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Aaron B. Cates among 611 anesthesiology physician records in Oklahoma
Aaron B. Cates, MD is one of 611 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Oklahoma. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2005 among the 402 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Oklahoma practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
359 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Oklahoma City
They are 359 of the 22,359 NPPES records with a practice address in Oklahoma City, and 611 anesthesiology physician records in Oklahoma.
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Common questions
What is Aaron B. Cates, MD's NPI number?
Aaron B. Cates, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467414425, issued on Apr 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Aaron B. Cates, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 920 Stanton L Young Blvd Ste 1140, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104. Phone: (405) 271-4351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Aaron B. Cates, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oklahoma license number 21813, as entered by the provider. Search the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision at https://www.okmedicalboard.org/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Aaron B. Cates, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 71.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.