Kara Sue Gooding, PA C
Physician Assistant · Scottsdale, AZ
Kara Sue Gooding, PA C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Scottsdale, Arizona, and NPI 1538155320, issued on Sep 27, 2005. Check the license (Arizona 2636, as entered in NPPES) with the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kara Sue Gooding
- Credential
- PA C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 2636 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14275 N 87TH St, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
- Phone
- (480) 905-8485
- Enumerated
- Sep 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 4, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (480) 905-7274
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040819001509); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kara Sue Gooding in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arizona board licenses this profession
Search for license 2636Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,088 Medicare Part D claims for 466 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.
Most prescribed
- Clobetasol Propionate193 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate127 claims
- Ketoconazole92 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate86 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide81 claims
- Minoxidil46 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88.6 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: $162,342.23
389 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, 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
- Center For Dermatology PLLCSun Lakes, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kara Sue Gooding among 3,666 physician assistant records in Arizona
Kara Sue Gooding, PA C is one of 3,666 physician assistant records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2018 among the 2,207 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 35% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
416 physician assistant records list a practice address in Scottsdale
They are 416 of the 11,008 NPPES records with a practice address in Scottsdale, and 3,666 physician assistant records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Kara Sue Gooding, PA C's NPI number?
Kara Sue Gooding, PA C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538155320, issued on Sep 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kara Sue Gooding, PA C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14275 N 87TH St, Scottsdale, AZ, 85260. Phone: (480) 905-8485. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kara Sue Gooding, PA C's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 2636, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kara Sue Gooding, PA C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kara Sue Gooding, PA C had 1,088 Medicare Part D claims for 466 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kara Sue Gooding, PA C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.6 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.