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2026 NPPES data Surgical Physician Assistant NPI 1689215857
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Hunter Powell

Surgical Physician Assistant in Littleton, Colorado.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 16,380 in Surgical Physician Assistant, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

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Prescribing volume
324
Medicare Part D claims · 59 beneficiaries · Surgical Physician Assistant avg: 341
Generic prescribing
87%
generic claims · 13% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
75.3/100
▼ 8 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$144.16
2 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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What the federal data shows

Hunter Powell reported a CMS MIPS final score of 75.3/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 324 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

75.3/100
MIPS score · -8 vs avg
324
Part D claims, 2024
87%
generic prescribing
$144.16
industry payments (Sunshine Act)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Hunter Powell

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1689215857), first enumerated 09/30/2019.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 324 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 75.3/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $144.16 in reported industry payments (2 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1689215857 · Surgical Physician Assistant

NPI-10 · ENUM-RECENT · TAX-MID · MIPS-BELOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1689215857
  • ENUM-RECENT 2019
  • TAX-MID 16K Surgical Physician
  • MIPS-BELOW 75.3/100
  • RX-LIGHT 324
  • BOOK-LIGHT 552 in Colorado
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kimberly Amezquita · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Hunter Powell's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

75 ≥ 15th percentile 15% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Above this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Hunter Powell sits

This provider among surgical physician assistant peers

Across the 3,657 surgical physician assistant providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Hunter Powell writes more Part D claims than 75% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 12% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality02550751000255075100Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 97Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, 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80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 55Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 98Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Hunter Powell, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one surgical physician assistant peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Hunter Powell. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

What does the federal data show about Hunter Powell?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 09/30/2019

NPI 1689215857

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician Assistant

Mid-sized

16,380 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

324 5% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 341

MIPS final score

75.3/100 8.2 pts vs avg

Above neutral band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Colorado

How Surgical Physician Assistant compares to other specialties among Colorado providers

Colorado providers
Behavior Technician8.2%Mental Health Counselor6.1%Clinical Social Worker4.3%Physical Therapist4.2%Professional Counselor3.7%Registered Nurse3.6%Surgical Physician Assistant0.4%
Largest specialties in Colorado (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Hunter Powell's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Surgical Physician Assistant national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
75.3/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%75.3%
MIPS final score (Surgical Physician Assistant) - 75.3/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

621 SOUTHPARK DR STE 300
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 386-6188

Provider Details

NPI 1689215857
Specialty Surgical Physician Assistant
Gender Male
NPI Issued 09/30/2019

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

75.2752
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
68.0792
Quality
49.5048
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Group practice

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Hunter Powell. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$144

Largest payer

ABBVIE INC.

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

Hunter Powell - brand share 13.0%
Surgical Physician Assistant average

13% brand-name claims vs 87% generic, on 324 2024 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

324
Total Claims
$36K
Total Drug Cost
59
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
336.2
Total Day Supply
9,153
Brand vs Generic
13% brand / 87% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$24K
Generic Drug Cost
$12K
Opioid Claims
147 (45.4% rate)

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
65.5 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.52
Gender Split
64% female / 36% male
Age Distribution
<65: 25, 65-74: 20, 75-84: N/A, 85+: N/A

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Hunter Powell prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl
 34
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
34
Celecoxib
 32
Buprenorphine
 27
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen
25
Tizanidine Hcl
 18
Gabapentin
 16
Methocarbamol
 16
Oxycodone Hcl
 16
Pregabalin
 16

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Surgical Physician Assistant in CO → All providers in Colorado → Compare specialties →

Surgical Physician Assistant Overview

How Hunter Powell fits within the Surgical Physician Assistant landscape nationally.

16,380
Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in US
54
States with Surgical Physician Assistant
341
Avg Claims per Provider

Hunter Powell's 324 claims are below the specialty average of 341.

Nationwide Surgical Physician Assistant peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Powell, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75.3 here).

Kimberly Amezquita 75.3 TX Kami Bales 75.3 TX Kyle Callahan 75.3 TX Holly Chu 75.3 TX

Same NPPES enumeration year (2019)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

James Carlier Lima, OH Amy Carrillo Ali Arlington, TX Morgan Graham Farmington, CT Margo Santiago Shiprock, NM

Nearby Surgical Physician Assistant Providers in Colorado

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Colorado, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Powell.

One of 552 Surgical Physician Assistant providers enrolled in Colorado, 5 are shown here.

Daniel Adams
PA-C
Aurora, CO
Nathan Adams
PA-C
Thornton, CO
Tara Adams
MSPAS, PA-C
Boulder, CO
Addison Adzema
Aspen, CO
Martin Aguilar
PA-C
Parker, CO

Compare Surgical Physician Assistant nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hunter Powell's specialty? ▼
Hunter Powell specializes in Surgical Physician Assistant and practices in Littleton, Colorado.
How much does Hunter Powell prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Hunter Powell wrote 324 Medicare Part D claims totaling $36K in drug costs for 59 beneficiaries.
What is Hunter Powell's Medicare quality score? ▼
Hunter Powell has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75.3/100 (Quality: 68.1, Cost: 49.5). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Hunter Powell located? ▼
Hunter Powell is located at 621 SOUTHPARK DR STE 300, Littleton, CO, 80120. Phone: (303) 386-6188.
What is Hunter Powell's NPI number? ▼
Hunter Powell's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689215857, issued on 09/30/2019.
Does Hunter Powell prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Hunter Powell's prescribing is 13% brand-name and 87% generic drugs by claim count, with $24K in brand drug costs.
Does Hunter Powell prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Hunter Powell had 147 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 45.4%.
How many Surgical Physician Assistant providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 16,380 Surgical Physician Assistant providers across 54 states in the US. The average Surgical Physician Assistant provider writes 341 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Hunter Powell prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Hunter Powell's most frequently prescribed drugs include Cyclobenzaprine Hcl, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Celecoxib. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Hunter Powell accept Medicare? ▼
Hunter Powell appears in CMS Medicare data with 324 Part D claims and 59 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Hunter Powell's credentials? ▼
Hunter Powell's NPI is 1689215857. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.