Lester Hockenberry
Internal Medicine Physician · Harvey, IL
Lester Hockenberry is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Harvey, Illinois, and NPI 1538114715, issued on May 24, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036103121, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lester Hockenberry
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 036103121 IL
03613121 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 31 W 155TH St, Harvey, IL 60426
- Phone
- (708) 596-5177
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 16, 2025
- Fax
- (708) 339-3583
- Medicaid ID
- 036103121 IL
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lester Hockenberry in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036103121Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,259 Medicare Part D claims for 215 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 119 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate351 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium326 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa131 claims
- Jardiance131 claims
- Gabapentin126 claims
- Metformin Hcl121 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: $497.69
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Lester Hockenberry among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois
Lester Hockenberry is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Harvey
They are 5 of the 297 NPPES records with a practice address in Harvey, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Lester Hockenberry's NPI number?
Lester Hockenberry's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538114715, issued on May 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lester Hockenberry located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 31 W 155TH St, Harvey, IL, 60426. Phone: (708) 596-5177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lester Hockenberry's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036103121, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lester Hockenberry prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lester Hockenberry had 4,259 Medicare Part D claims for 215 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.