Barbara Thornton Lowry
Nurse Practitioner โข Birmingham, AL
1720 2nd Ave S
Birmingham, AL 352940004
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NPI assigned on April 22, 2020; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 21 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99233 โ Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 21 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham, AL (2024, 112 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 222. Middle half: 80 to 478.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Alabama (2024, 617 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 315. Middle half: 104 to 760.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 27 in 2022 to 21 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2022โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1720 2nd Ave S
Birmingham, AL 352940004
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Birmingham, AL. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
2021
What Public CMS Data Show
Nurse Practitioner: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
25 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $1,923 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $1,532 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2021โ2025.
Years since graduation
5 years (graduated 2021)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2021 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2020
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Barbara Lowry has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Barbara Lowry as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Birmingham and Alabama
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham, AL (2024, 112 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 222. Middle half: 80 to 478.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Alabama (2024, 617 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 315. Middle half: 104 to 760.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham, AL (2024, 112 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,131. Middle half: $5,910 to $26,938.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Alabama (2024, 617 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,726. Middle half: $7,445 to $39,421.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Birmingham, AL (2024, 112 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,162. Middle half: $4,559 to $19,051.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Practitioner in Alabama (2024, 617 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,101. Middle half: $5,251 to $28,358.
302 active clinicians are listed under Nurse Practitioner with a practice address in Birmingham, AL (1,442 in Alabama).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Birmingham
10.6% of these 302 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
55% of these 302 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 22% from 27 in 2022 to 21 in 2024.
- 2022: 27
- 2023: 19
- 2024: 21
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 60% from $4,821 in 2022 to $1,923 in 2024.
- 2022: $4,821
- 2023: $3,250
- 2024: $1,923
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 60% from $3,846 in 2022 to $1,532 in 2024.
- 2022: $3,846
- 2023: $2,589
- 2024: $1,532
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99233
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes
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21 | 13 | $297.00 | $91.58 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-01-15NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363L00000X
(1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - NURSE PRACTITIONER
I20220420001922
AL
7517354673
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc
619 19th St S, Birmingham, AL 352491900
Phone: 2059344011
Secondary Practice Locations
1802 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 352331932
Phone: 2059343411
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Nurse Practitioner - Gerontology
Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care
Nurse Practitioner - Women's Health
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1720 2ND AVE S, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352940004 (Tel: 2059343411)
Registered at PO BOX 55310, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352555310
Nurse Practitioner (license number reported to NPPES: AL 1-155335)
Registered at 600 EASTWOOD PL, VESTAVIA HILLS, AL 352161924
Recorded as BARBARA LOWRY
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1802 6TH AVE S, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352331932 (Tel: 2059343411)
Registered at 208 SHERIDAN LN, VESTAVIA HILLS, AL 352161324
Recorded as BARBARA THORNTON
Registered Nurse (license number reported to NPPES: AL 1155335)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Nurse Practitioners in Birmingham
- Joseph Cleveland, RN
- Amy James, CRNP
- Velma Mitchell, CRNP
- Kathleen Zachow
- Hannah Brancheau, RN
- Danielle Lingo, CRNP
Mailing Address
Po Box 55310
Birmingham, AL 352555310