Gaia Hess, DO
Optometrist · Bloomington, IN
Gaia Hess, DO is an optometrist with a practice address in Bloomington, Indiana, and NPI 1861061939, issued on Jun 22, 2021. Check the license (Indiana 18004273A, as entered in NPPES) with the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gaia Hess
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 18004273A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 744 E 3RD St, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone
- (317) 985-8249
- Enumerated
- Jun 22, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jun 22, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210625000982); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Indiana University - School Of Optometry, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gaia Hess in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Indiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 18004273ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Restasis13 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: $25.46
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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
- Visionquest Eyecare PCGreenwood, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gaia Hess among 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana
Gaia Hess, DO is one of 1,578 optometrist records with a practice address in Indiana. 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 2021, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 86% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2008 among the 1,014 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
102 optometrist records list a practice address in Bloomington
They are 102 of the 3,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Bloomington, and 1,578 optometrist records in Indiana.
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Common questions
What is Gaia Hess, DO's NPI number?
Gaia Hess, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861061939, issued on Jun 22, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gaia Hess, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 744 E 3RD St, Bloomington, IN, 47405. Phone: (317) 985-8249. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gaia Hess, DO's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 18004273A, as entered by the provider. Search the Indiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Gaia Hess, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gaia Hess, DO had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. 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.