Tara Carpenter
Surgical Physician Assistant · St George, UT
Tara Carpenter is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in St George, Utah, and NPI 1770108979, issued on Jun 12, 2020. Check the license (Utah 12460765-1206, as entered in NPPES) with the Utah board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara Carpenter
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- 12460765-1206 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1380 E Medical Center Dr Ste 2100, St George, UT 84790
- Phone
- (435) 251-3250
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2020
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210920003679); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1380 E Medical Center Dr Ste 2100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Tara Carpenter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Utah board licenses this profession
Search for license 12460765-1206Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
113 Medicare Part D claims for 67 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 56 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32 claims
- Ondansetron Odt21 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen13 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: $146.87
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teleflex LLC. 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 2 group practices
- Ihc Health Services IncSt George, UT
- Utah Surgical Associates IncProvo, UT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Utah
There are 145 surgical physician assistant records in Utah.
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- Jessiann Andrus, PASalt Lake City, UT1417382789
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- Cristina Berkholder, PA-CSalt Lake City, UT1386155273
- Brock BodilySouth Jordan, UT1366004517
- David Brock, PA-CProvo, UT1205024122
Common questions
What is Tara Carpenter's NPI number?
Tara Carpenter's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770108979, issued on Jun 12, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara Carpenter located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1380 E Medical Center Dr Ste 2100, St George, UT, 84790. Phone: (435) 251-3250. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara Carpenter's license?
NPPES lists Utah license number 12460765-1206, as entered by the provider. Search the Utah board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tara Carpenter prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tara Carpenter had 113 Medicare Part D claims for 67 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.