Gary Alan Benda, MPAS
Physician Assistant · West Columbia, SC
Gary Alan Benda, MPAS is a physician assistant with a practice address in West Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1346794732, issued on Aug 15, 2016. Check the license (South Carolina 2579, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gary Alan Benda
- Credential
- MPAS
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 2579 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 222 E Medical LN Ste 100&200, West Columbia, SC 29169
- Phone
- (803) 935-8410
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2016
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 936-7816
- Medicaid ID
- 2733PA SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161109002640); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gary Alan Benda in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 2579Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
13 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 99.3 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: $63.41
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc. 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
- Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gary Alan Benda among 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina
Gary Alan Benda, MPAS is one of 2,294 physician assistant records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 39% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2019 among the 1,516 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 31% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
40 physician assistant records list a practice address in West Columbia
They are 40 of the 1,887 NPPES records with a practice address in West Columbia, and 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina.
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- Leah Byrd, PAWest Columbia, SC 291691336497874
- Jennifer D'Antoni, PAWest Columbia, SC 291691730188517
- Edward GageWest Columbia, SC 291691770672792
- Victor Gomez, PA-CWest Columbia, SC 291691083672737
Common questions
What is Gary Alan Benda, MPAS's NPI number?
Gary Alan Benda, MPAS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346794732, issued on Aug 15, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gary Alan Benda, MPAS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 E Medical LN Ste 100&200, West Columbia, SC, 29169. Phone: (803) 935-8410. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gary Alan Benda, MPAS's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 2579, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Gary Alan Benda, MPAS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gary Alan Benda, MPAS had 13 Medicare Part D claims; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Gary Alan Benda, MPAS's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 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.