Thao Messinger, PA C
Surgical Physician Assistant · Torrance, CA
Thao Messinger, PA C is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1992733307, issued on Jun 28, 2006. Check the license (California 56733, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thao Messinger
- Credential
- PA C
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License numbers
- 56733 CA
3321 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 23365 Hawthorne Blvd Ste 102, Torrance, CA 90505
- Phone
- (480) 586-7542
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 21, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 988595 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060119000139); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- At Still Un Of Hlth Sciences, Col Of Osteo Med, Mesa, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 23365 Hawthorne Blvd Ste 102
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Christine Petti, MDPlastic Surgery Physician1568634285
Verify Thao Messinger in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 56733Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
27 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $573.98
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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
- City OF Hope Medical Group OF Arizona LLCGoodyear, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thao Messinger among 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California
Thao Messinger, PA C is one of 1,075 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2012 among the 649 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 53% 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 California 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 California
There are 1,075 surgical physician assistant records in California.
All 1,075 in California → Every provider in Torrance → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anna Jung, P.A.Torrance, CA 905051417923079
- Jing Zhang, PA-CTorrance, CA 905051366894198
- Gerard Francisco, PA-CTorrance, CA 905031639391634
- Katie Richardson, PATorrance, CA 905031073259479
- Kris Denholm, PA-CWhittier, CA 906021245971118
- Lauren Fellion, PA-CWhittier, CA 906021154673523
- Adelbert-Marc Francisco, PA-CWhittier, CA 906021356992150
- Richard Hoang, P.A.-CWhittier, CA 906021164486296
Common questions
What is Thao Messinger, PA C's NPI number?
Thao Messinger, PA C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1992733307, issued on Jun 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thao Messinger, PA C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 23365 Hawthorne Blvd Ste 102, Torrance, CA, 90505. Phone: (480) 586-7542. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thao Messinger, PA C's license?
NPPES lists California license number 56733, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Thao Messinger, PA C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thao Messinger, PA C had 27 Medicare Part D claims; 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.