Nathan J. Bates, PA-C
Surgical Physician Assistant · Willmar, MN
Nathan J. Bates, PA-C is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Willmar, Minnesota, and NPI 1336796739, issued on Aug 20, 2019. Check the license (Minnesota 14491, as entered in NPPES) with the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nathan J. Bates
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- 14491 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1310 1St St S, Willmar, MN 56201
- Phone
- (320) 235-6506
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2019
- Record last updated
- Aug 25, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230627003017); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wake Forest University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nathan J. Bates in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Minnesota board licenses this profession
Search for license 14491Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
207 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 70 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl62 claims
- Ondansetron Odt52 claims
- Prochlorperazine Maleate38 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: $1,178.91
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Centracare Clinic Southwest LLCWillmar, MN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nathan J. Bates among 227 surgical physician assistant records in Minnesota
Nathan J. Bates, PA-C is one of 227 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Minnesota. 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 2019, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 88% of these records are older, 7% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2012 among the 156 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Minnesota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Minnesota
There are 227 surgical physician assistant records in Minnesota.
All 227 in Minnesota → Every provider in Willmar → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Noune Petrosian, PACWorthington, MN 561871013003706
- Ryan Willems, PAWorthington, MN 561871609038736
- Derek Groeneweg, PAMarshall, MN 562581255888772
- Blake Cedarleaf, PA-CSaint Cloud, MN 563031154967156
- Taylor Ellis, PA-CSaint Cloud, MN 563031356835433
- Brent Esterberg, PASt Cloud, MN 563031225003312
- Cynthia Friedmann, PA-CSaint Cloud, MN 563031497785984
- Stephanie Grahek, PACSaint Cloud, MN 563031457341117
Common questions
What is Nathan J. Bates, PA-C's NPI number?
Nathan J. Bates, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336796739, issued on Aug 20, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nathan J. Bates, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1310 1St St S, Willmar, MN, 56201. Phone: (320) 235-6506. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nathan J. Bates, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Minnesota license number 14491, as entered by the provider. Search the Minnesota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nathan J. Bates, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nathan J. Bates, PA-C had 207 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. 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.