Andrew Kester
Nurse Practitioner · Cedar Park, TX
Andrew Kester is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Cedar Park, Texas, and NPI 1619488053, issued on Oct 12, 2017. Check the license (Texas AP135267, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Andrew Kester
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- AP135267 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 345 Cypress Creek RD Ste 104, Cedar Park, TX 78613
- Phone
- (512) 336-2777
- Enumerated
- Oct 12, 2017
- Record last updated
- Oct 12, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20171117001024); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Andrew Kester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license AP135267Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
631 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium133 claims
- Omeprazole74 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl41 claims
- Linzess38 claims
- Esomeprazole Magnesium36 claims
- Sucralfate34 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.9 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: $856.27
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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 2 group practices
- Austin Gastroenterology PLLCRound Rock, TX
- Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLCCedar Park, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Andrew Kester among 4,825 nurse practitioner records in Texas
Andrew Kester is one of 4,825 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 43% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 43% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2018 among the 2,618 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Nurse Practitioner providers in Texas
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The 8 nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Mary Blackburn, RN, CNS-MS-BCCedar Park, TX 786131699930628
- Kaitlin Daniel, NPCedar Park, TX 786131639848476
- Angelique Geronimo, FNP-BC, RNCedar Park, TX 786131316648132
- Madison Gonzales, APRN, FNP-CCedar Park, TX 786131417529777
- Miriam Gonzalez, NPCedar Park, TX 786131639975915
- Monique Graves, RNCedar Park, TX 786131295224244
- Miraf HailuCedar Park, TX 786131205782927
Common questions
What is Andrew Kester's NPI number?
Andrew Kester's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619488053, issued on Oct 12, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Andrew Kester located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 345 Cypress Creek RD Ste 104, Cedar Park, TX, 78613. Phone: (512) 336-2777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Andrew Kester's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number AP135267, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Andrew Kester prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Andrew Kester had 631 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Andrew Kester's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.9 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.