NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sarah C. Bannister, APN

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Knoxville, TN

Sarah C. Bannister, APN is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Knoxville, Tennessee, and NPI 1700178258, issued on May 3, 2011. Check the license (Tennessee 15789, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1700178258
Name
Sarah C. Bannister
Credential
APN
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
License number
15789 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
301 Clark St, Knoxville, TN 37921
Phone
(865) 588-1718
Enumerated
May 3, 2011
Record last updated
Feb 1, 2023
Fax
(865) 338-5897
Medicaid ID
Q019285 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120612000380); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 301 Clark St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Heidi Poore, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1215281969
  2. Lori Stallings, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1417404419
  3. Lindsey Wondoloski, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1912664053

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024

582 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.

  1. Sarah Bannister582
  2. Specialty average906

Most prescribed

  1. Clonazepam60 claims
  2. Lamotrigine50 claims
  3. Quetiapine Fumarate34 claims
  4. Aripiprazole31 claims
  5. Gabapentin27 claims
  6. Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er26 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: $2,119.32

105 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sarah Bannister$2,119.32
  2. Specialty average$1,027.77

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

  1. Power OF Three PsychiatryKnoxville, TN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Sarah C. Bannister among 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee

Sarah C. Bannister, APN is one of 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Tennessee. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 20% of them.

  • NPI issued2011 · 20% of these records are older, 79% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated2010 · median 2020 among the 929 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

184 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Knoxville

They are 184 of the 14,339 NPPES records with a practice address in Knoxville, and 1,611 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Tennessee.

The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Van Blackaby, PMHNP-BCKnoxville, TN 379211205272010
  2. Regan Christenson, APNKnoxville, TN 379211548491798
  3. Jennifer Darby, APRNKnoxville, TN 379211518104397
  4. Michael Garey, APRNKnoxville, TN 379211366967622
  5. Ingrid Gurney, REGISTERED NURSEKnoxville, TN 379211518991298
  6. Tara LundyKnoxville, TN 379211477115749
  7. Justin Mynatt, PMHNP-BCKnoxville, TN 379211215371299
  8. Jennifer Phillips, PMHNP-BCKnoxville, TN 379211962775403

Common questions

What is Sarah C. Bannister, APN's NPI number?

Sarah C. Bannister, APN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700178258, issued on May 3, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sarah C. Bannister, APN located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 301 Clark St, Knoxville, TN, 37921. Phone: (865) 588-1718. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sarah C. Bannister, APN's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 15789, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Sarah C. Bannister, APN prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sarah C. Bannister, APN had 582 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.