Christine Bender, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Cherry Tree, PA
Christine Bender, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1295964906, issued on Jul 2, 2009. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA053862, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christine Bender
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA053862 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1555 Shawna RD, Cherry Tree, PA 15724
- Phone
- (814) 743-5449
- Enumerated
- Jul 2, 2009
- Record last updated
- Dec 11, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (814) 743-6293
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090914000373); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christine Bender in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA053862Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,201 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril68 claims
- Simvastatin63 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium61 claims
- Omeprazole61 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium53 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium35 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Primary Health NetworkCherry Tree, PA
- Vantage Physical Therapy And Rehabilitation IncJohnstown, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christine Bender among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Christine Bender, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 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 2009, is newer than 31% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 31% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Christine Bender, PA-C's NPI number?
Christine Bender, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295964906, issued on Jul 2, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christine Bender, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1555 Shawna RD, Cherry Tree, PA, 15724. Phone: (814) 743-5449. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christine Bender, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA053862, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christine Bender, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christine Bender, PA-C had 1,201 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.