Katherine Lester
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Birmingham, AL
Katherine Lester is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1962432229, issued on Jul 3, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 1-071923, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katherine Lester
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License number
- 1-071923 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
- Jul 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101021001084); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katherine 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 1-071923Check 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: $68.78
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Uab Callahan Eye Hospital AuthorityBirmingham, AL · Acute Care Hospitals
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov).
Katherine Lester among 2,120 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Alabama
Katherine Lester is one of 2,120 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in Alabama. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2011 among the 1,489 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 367500000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
812 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 812 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 2,120 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Alabama.
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- William Crawford, CRNABirmingham, AL 352331639151673
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Common questions
What is Katherine Lester's NPI number?
Katherine Lester's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1962432229, issued on Jul 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katherine 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 Katherine Lester's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 1-071923, 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.