Samantha K. Estes, PA-C
Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA
Samantha K. Estes, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1528424330, issued on Jan 8, 2016. Check the license (California 53086, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samantha K. Estes
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 53086 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3405 Kenyon St Ste 305, San Diego, CA 92110
- Phone
- (619) 849-5777
- Enumerated
- Jan 8, 2016
- Record last updated
- Feb 14, 2025
- Fax
- (619) 849-5776
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160708001769); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3405 Kenyon St Ste 305
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Samantha K. Estes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 53086Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,341 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 1,690 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen539 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen322 claims
- Gabapentin294 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone221 claims
- Tramadol Hcl176 claims
- Naloxone Hcl143 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): 78.5 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: $1,692.74
94 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 one group practice
- Relieve Pain Center IncSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samantha K. Estes among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Samantha K. Estes, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 44% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 44% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
747 physician assistant records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 747 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Samantha K. Estes, PA-C's NPI number?
Samantha K. Estes, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528424330, issued on Jan 8, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samantha K. Estes, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3405 Kenyon St Ste 305, San Diego, CA, 92110. Phone: (619) 849-5777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samantha K. Estes, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 53086, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Samantha K. Estes, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samantha K. Estes, PA-C had 3,341 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samantha K. Estes, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.5 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.