Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN
Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1053400788, issued on Oct 12, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 8454, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cynthia Payne-Smith
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 8454 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 501 20TH St, Knoxville, TN 37916
- Phone
- (865) 546-8040
- Enumerated
- Oct 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 15, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 541-2787
- Medicaid ID
- 3929659 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040820000412); may accept Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cynthia Payne-Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
Search for license 8454Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average nurse practitioner in 2024
4,156 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Carbidopa-Levodopa985 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa Er352 claims
- Clonazepam284 claims
- Donepezil Hcl232 claims
- Gabapentin196 claims
- Pramipexole Dihydrochloride131 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $823.76
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Mountain Region Speech And Hearing CenterKingsport, TN
- University Health System, Inc.Clinton, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cynthia Payne-Smith among 2,303 nurse practitioner records in Tennessee
Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP is one of 2,303 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 76% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 79% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2017 among the 1,331 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 49% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
275 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Knoxville
They are 275 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 2,303 nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP's NPI number?
Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053400788, issued on Oct 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 501 20TH St, Knoxville, TN, 37916. Phone: (865) 546-8040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 8454, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP had 4,156 Medicare Part D claims for 676 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cynthia Payne-Smith, NP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.7 of 100. 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.