Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD
Physician Assistant · La Mesa, CA
Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD is a physician assistant with a practice address in La Mesa, California, and NPI 1457029902, issued on Aug 31, 2021. Check the license (California PA59876, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Turner Cooper
- Credential
- PA-C, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA59876 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8851 Center Dr Ste 404, La Mesa, CA 91942
- Phone
- (858) 622-7200
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2021
- Record last updated
- Nov 11, 2024
- Fax
- (619) 463-8230
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Turner Cooper in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA59876Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,095 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 62% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ozempic372 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium196 claims
- Metformin Hcl196 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium138 claims
- Jardiance138 claims
- Farxiga105 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: $2,862.99
104 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Eli Lilly and Company. 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.
Sara Turner Cooper among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD 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 2021, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 67% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
57 physician assistant records list a practice address in La Mesa
They are 57 of the 2,168 NPPES records with a practice address in La Mesa, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Julia Caputo, P.A.La Mesa, CA 919421063421386
- Gene Cordova, P.A.La Mesa, CA 919421447358908
- Kristin Elo, P.A.La Mesa, CA 919421164664306
- Silvie Georgens, PA-CLa Mesa, CA 919421538317110
- Gregory Allen Gunn, PA-CLa Mesa, CA 919421790971992
- Helene Jolly, PA-CLa Mesa, CA 919421619048451
- Randy Jones, PALa Mesa, CA 919421578508743
- Sean Lynch, PA-CLa Mesa, CA 919421366672040
Common questions
What is Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD's NPI number?
Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457029902, issued on Aug 31, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8851 Center Dr Ste 404, La Mesa, CA, 91942. Phone: (858) 622-7200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA59876, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Turner Cooper, PA-C, PHD had 3,095 Medicare Part D claims for 352 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.