Karen Sue Hester, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Blytheville, AR
Karen Sue Hester, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Blytheville, Arkansas, and NPI 1043289879, issued on Mar 15, 2006. Check the license (Arkansas C6801, as entered in NPPES) on the Arkansas State Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Hester
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- C6801 AR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1521 N 10TH St, Blytheville, AR 72315
- Phone
- (870) 762-5360
- Enumerated
- Mar 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 20, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (870) 762-2095
- Medicaid ID
- 112572001 AR
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1521 N 10TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Connie Ash, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1720402464
- Richard Hester, MDInternal Medicine Physician1336118157
- James Russell, MDGeneral Practice Physician1497724223
- John WhiteSpecialist1245205178
Verify Karen Hester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArkansas State Medical Board
Search for license C6801Check 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: $182.27
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
3 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Blytheville
They are 3 of the 314 NPPES records with a practice address in Blytheville, and 509 pediatrics physician records in Arkansas.
All 3 in Blytheville → All 509 in Arkansas → Every provider in Blytheville →
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- Cheryl Ahart, M.D.Little Rock, AR1407891724
- Lina Al-Jaberi, MDLittle Rock, AR1356899173
- Zain Alamarat, M.DLittle Rock, AR1215341151
- Joseph Aldrich, DOSiloam Springs, AR1396732202
- Whitney Alexander, M.D.Fayetteville, AR1487635421
- Yaser Alsaek, M.D.West Memphis, AR1316155914
Common questions
What is Karen Sue Hester, MD's NPI number?
Karen Sue Hester, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043289879, issued on Mar 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Sue Hester, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1521 N 10TH St, Blytheville, AR, 72315. Phone: (870) 762-5360. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Sue Hester, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arkansas license number C6801, as entered by the provider. Search the Arkansas State Medical Board at https://armedicalboard.adh.arkansas.gov/public/verify/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.