Melanie Renae Choate, P.A.
Physician Assistant · Abilene, TX
Melanie Renae Choate, P.A. is a physician assistant with a practice address in Abilene, Texas, and NPI 1770836280, issued on Oct 22, 2012. Check the license (Texas PA, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melanie Renae Choate
- Credential
- P.A.
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1633 Cottonwood St, Abilene, TX 79601
- Phone
- (325) 672-4372
- Enumerated
- Oct 22, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 12, 2023
- Fax
- (833) 464-5248
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130615000093); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1633 Cottonwood St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melanie Renae Choate in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
1,706 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were under 1% of claims. 520 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin450 claims
- Tramadol Hcl251 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine185 claims
- Celecoxib129 claims
- Methocarbamol124 claims
- Pregabalin111 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 73.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $850.93
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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 2 group practices
- Hendrick Provider NetworkAbilene, TX
- The West Texas Rehabilitation CenterAbilene, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
79 physician assistant records list a practice address in Abilene
They are 79 of the 2,547 NPPES records with a practice address in Abilene, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melanie Renae Choate, P.A.'s NPI number?
Melanie Renae Choate, P.A.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770836280, issued on Oct 22, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melanie Renae Choate, P.A. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1633 Cottonwood St, Abilene, TX, 79601. Phone: (325) 672-4372. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melanie Renae Choate, P.A.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Melanie Renae Choate, P.A. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melanie Renae Choate, P.A. had 1,706 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Melanie Renae Choate, P.A.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 73.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.