Gretchen Heckathorn, PA
Physician Assistant · Pensacola, FL
Gretchen Heckathorn, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Pensacola, Florida, and NPI 1235988551, issued on May 17, 2024. Check the license (Florida PA9120126, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gretchen Heckathorn
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA9120126 FL
PA.0008581 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4624 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola, FL 32503
- Phone
- (850) 494-0000
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2024
- Record last updated
- Sep 15, 2025
- Fax
- (850) 494-0001
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250709000575); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4624 N Davis Hwy
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Verify Gretchen Heckathorn in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license PA9120126Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
336 Medicare Part D claims for 96 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. 152 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl35 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen32 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen26 claims
- Celecoxib24 claims
- Gabapentin24 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl24 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: $298.86
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nevro Corp. 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
- Pain Consultants OF West Florida P APensacola, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gretchen Heckathorn among 10,257 physician assistant records in Florida
Gretchen Heckathorn, PA is one of 10,257 physician assistant records with a practice address in Florida. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 83% of these records are older, 10% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2018 among the 5,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 37% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
252 physician assistant records list a practice address in Pensacola
They are 252 of the 6,620 NPPES records with a practice address in Pensacola, and 10,257 physician assistant records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Gretchen Heckathorn, PA's NPI number?
Gretchen Heckathorn, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235988551, issued on May 17, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gretchen Heckathorn, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4624 N Davis Hwy, Pensacola, FL, 32503. Phone: (850) 494-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gretchen Heckathorn, PA's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number PA9120126, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gretchen Heckathorn, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gretchen Heckathorn, PA had 336 Medicare Part D claims for 96 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.