James Lester
Surgical Physician Assistant · Birmingham, AL
James Lester is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1154668994, issued on Jan 14, 2013. Check the license (Alabama PA.936, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Lester
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- PA.936 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 6TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
- Phone
- (800) 822-8816
- Enumerated
- Jan 14, 2013
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140916001088); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Lester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license PA.936Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $60.35
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- University OF Alabama Health Services Foundation, PCBirmingham, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Lester among 201 surgical physician assistant records in Alabama
James Lester is one of 201 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Alabama. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 64% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2008 among the 135 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Alabama
There are 201 surgical physician assistant records in Alabama.
All 201 in Alabama → Every provider in Birmingham → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christopher Boyce, PABirmingham, AL 352331316245368
- Julie Boyd, PA-CBirmingham, AL 352331043603236
- Richard Byers, SURGICAL ASSISTANTBirmingham, AL 352331972515229
- Dana Camper, SABirmingham, AL 352331760423933
- Christina Cyriac, PABirmingham, AL 352331962748632
- Heather Forson, PABirmingham, AL 352331265485601
- Sherry Freeman, P.A.- CBirmingham, AL 352331417113416
- Richard Glass, SA (PA)Birmingham, AL 352331447366943
Common questions
What is James Lester's NPI number?
James Lester's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154668994, issued on Jan 14, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Lester located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 6TH Ave S, Birmingham, AL, 35233. Phone: (800) 822-8816. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Lester's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number PA.936, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.