Hester Guy Able , PA-C
Physician Assistant โข Birmingham, AL
1801 Gadsden Hwy
Birmingham, AL 352353134
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NPI assigned on April 7, 2021; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 171 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:
- 22853 โ Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion: 51 service units.
- 22614 โ Fusion of additional segment of spine: 45 service units.
- 22845 โ Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments: 20 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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See all 7 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 154. Middle half: 59 to 324.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 207. Middle half: 69 to 574.
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 29 in 2021 to 171 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2021โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1801 Gadsden Hwy
Birmingham, AL 352353134
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 Hoover, AL. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Ent Associates Of Alabama 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
2019
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
76 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 $13,715 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 $10,928 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $765.60 across 28 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $765.60 across 28 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 10)
- ABBVIE INC.: $150.47 across 4 records.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: $127.10 across 5 records.
- GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.: $121.62 across 5 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
7 years (graduated 2019)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2019 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
2021
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)
Hester Able 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 Hester Able 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
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 154. Middle half: 59 to 324.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 207. Middle half: 69 to 574.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,971. Middle half: $4,547 to $24,671.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,016. Middle half: $5,501 to $33,659.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Birmingham, AL (2024, 151 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,845. Middle half: $3,465 to $18,062.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Alabama (2024, 501 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,803. Middle half: $4,174 to $24,660.
368 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Birmingham, AL (1,148 in Alabama).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Birmingham
5.4% of these 368 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
61.1% of these 368 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 increased 490% from 29 in 2021 to 171 in 2024.
- 2021: 29
- 2022: 74
- 2023: 41
- 2024: 171
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 188% from $4,760 in 2021 to $13,715 in 2024.
- 2021: $4,760
- 2022: $12,386
- 2023: $6,503
- 2024: $13,715
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 186% from $3,821 in 2021 to $10,928 in 2024.
- 2021: $3,821
- 2022: $9,774
- 2023: $5,174
- 2024: $10,928
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $368.27 in 2021 to $765.60 in 2025.
- 2021: $368.27
- 2022: $136.70
- 2023: $599.45
- 2024: $191.56
- 2025: $765.60
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2025): 28 records totaling $765.60.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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QULIPTA | General | $124.98 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $47.63 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Velys | General | $43.56 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $38.12 |
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Exparel | General | $31.65 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $27.48 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NUCALA | General | $27.27 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $26.68 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $26.67 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NUCALA | General | $26.42 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $26.26 |
| Optinose US, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Xhance | General | $26.25 |
| Optinose US, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Xhance | General | $25.95 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NUCALA | General | $24.50 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INSPIRE | General | $23.69 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $23.34 |
| Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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DUPIXENT | General | $23.34 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NUCALA | General | $22.92 |
| GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NUCALA | General | $20.51 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NURTEC ODT | General | $19.87 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INSPIRE | General | $18.92 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NURTEC ODT | General | $17.62 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NURTEC ODT | General | $16.99 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NURTEC ODT | General | $15.60 |
| Pfizer Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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NURTEC ODT | General | $13.89 |
(top 25 shown)
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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22853
Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion
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51 | 36 | $625.00 | $30.48 |
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22614
Fusion of additional segment of spine
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45 | 13 | $379.00 | $46.22 |
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22845
Placement of stabilizing device to front, 2-3 spine bone segments
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20 | 20 | $765.00 | $85.75 |
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22840
Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck
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16 | 16 | $1537.00 | $89.47 |
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22551
Fusion of upper spine bone with removal of disc and release of spinal cord or nerve, 1 disc
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15 | 15 | $2250.00 | $202.60 |
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63047
Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord and/or nerves, 1 segment
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13 | 12 | $1178.92 | $116.91 |
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22633
Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc
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11 | 11 | $2918.00 | $215.96 |
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: 2023-05-19NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20210526000359
AL
7214336197
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
Ent Associates Of Alabama Pc
Suite, Birmingham, AL 352051613
Ent Associates Of Alabama Pc
833 Saint Vincents Dr, Birmingham, AL 352051613
Ent Associates Of Alabama Pc
833 St Vincents Dr, Birmingham, AL 352051613
Phone: 2052123540
Secondary Practice Locations
118 Mars Hill Rd
Hoover, AL 352443904
Phone: 2052287600
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Orthopaedic Surgery - Hand Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist
Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physical Therapist
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Recorded as HESTER ABLE, PA-C
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: AL PA.1755)
Recorded as HESTER ABLE III, PA-C
Specialist/Technologist, Other (license number reported to NPPES: AL PA.1755)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1801 GADSDEN HWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352353134 (Tel: 2052287600)
Registered at 1801 GADSDEN HWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL 352353134
Recorded as HESTER ABLE, PA-C
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: AL PA.1755)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Birmingham
- Daryl Flanagan, PA-C
- Emily Small, PA-C
- Abby Melton, PA-C
- Chelsea Bares
- Stephanie Robinson, PA-C
- Catherine Beckham, PA
Mailing Address
1801 Gadsden Hwy
Birmingham, AL 352353134