Kara Gay, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Charleston, SC
Kara Gay, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Charleston, South Carolina, and NPI 1528608510, issued on Jan 8, 2020. Check the license (South Carolina 3377, as entered in NPPES) with the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Gay
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 3377 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1616 Ashley River RD, Charleston, SC 29407
- Phone
- (843) 556-8177
- Enumerated
- Jan 8, 2020
- Record last updated
- Sep 2, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200630002446); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Gay 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 3377Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
21% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
658 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluoxetine Hcl68 claims
- Gabapentin65 claims
- Clonazepam42 claims
- Bupropion Xl39 claims
- Alprazolam37 claims
- Trazodone Hcl35 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: $2,891.54
162 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
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Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Gay among 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina
Kara Gay, PA-C 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 2020, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 57% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · 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).
407 physician assistant records list a practice address in Charleston
They are 407 of the 10,840 NPPES records with a practice address in Charleston, and 2,294 physician assistant records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Kara Gay, PA-C's NPI number?
Kara Gay, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528608510, issued on Jan 8, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Gay, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1616 Ashley River RD, Charleston, SC, 29407. Phone: (843) 556-8177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Gay, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 3377, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Gay, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Gay, PA-C had 658 Medicare Part D claims for 36 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.