Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Knoxville, TN
Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1134872906, issued on Feb 1, 2022. Check the license (Tennessee 4956, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent C. Plessinger
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 4956 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1128 E Weisgarber RD Ste 201, Knoxville, TN 37909
- Phone
- (865) 909-0744
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jul 5, 2022
- Fax
- (833) 908-2120
- Medicaid ID
- Q074240 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220707002085); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1128 E Weisgarber RD Ste 201
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Brent C. Plessinger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 4956Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
262 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl55 claims
- Ropinirole Hcl36 claims
- Modafinil27 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate22 claims
- Clonazepam19 claims
- Gabapentin17 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $441.12
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Summit Medical Group, PLLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brent C. Plessinger among 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee
Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C is one of 3,055 physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 67% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2019 among the 2,030 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
399 physician assistant records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 399 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 3,055 physician assistant records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C's NPI number?
Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134872906, issued on Feb 1, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1128 E Weisgarber RD Ste 201, Knoxville, TN, 37909. Phone: (865) 909-0744. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 4956, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent C. Plessinger, PA-C had 262 Medicare Part D claims for 66 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.