Chad Lee Applegate , PA-C
Physician Assistant • Visalia, CA
5533 W Hillsdale Ave, Ste C
Visalia, CA 932915138
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Chad Applegate is listed in NPPES under Physician Assistant.
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NPI assigned on July 30, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 161 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – 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 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 126 service units.
- 99232 — Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making: 35 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 212 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2015.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2015. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2015:
- Levothyroxine Sodium — 38 prescription fills, including refills.
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen) — 32 prescription fills, including refills.
- Amlodipine Besylate — 23 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2015. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 11 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Visalia, CA (2024, 40 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 239. Middle half: 108 to 942.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in California (2024, 4,833 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 198. Middle half: 71 to 535.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 190 in 2020 to 161 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
5533 W Hillsdale Ave
Ste C
Visalia, CA 932915138
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
61 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 – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $14,727 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $11,733 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 – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
320 standardized 30-day fills in 2015
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$3,524 in 2015
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2015, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2015.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2023
All general payments: $120.08 across 6 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $120.08 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc: $83.11 across 4 records.
- Bristol Myers Squibb Company: $20.57 across 1 record.
- Inari Medical, Inc.: $16.40 across 1 record.
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 2023 (published June 30, 2026).
NPI first issued
2009
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.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
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, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
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)
Chad Applegate 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 Chad Applegate 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 Visalia and California
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Visalia, CA (2024, 40 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 239. Middle half: 108 to 942.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in California (2024, 4,833 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 198. Middle half: 71 to 535.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Visalia, CA (2024, 40 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,525. Middle half: $9,964 to $72,058.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in California (2024, 4,833 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,173. Middle half: $6,666 to $41,587.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Visalia, CA (2024, 40 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $18,223. Middle half: $7,743 to $51,912.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in California (2024, 4,833 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,209. Middle half: $4,792 to $30,879.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Chad Applegate are from 2015.
108 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Visalia, CA (14,458 in California).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Visalia
10.2% of these 108 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
34.3% of these 108 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 15% from 190 in 2020 to 161 in 2024.
- 2020: 190
- 2021: 130
- 2022: 210
- 2023: 173
- 2024: 161
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 37% from $23,559 in 2020 to $14,727 in 2024.
- 2020: $23,559
- 2021: $19,000
- 2022: $22,716
- 2023: $19,776
- 2024: $14,727
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 37% from $18,655 in 2020 to $11,733 in 2024.
- 2020: $18,655
- 2021: $14,966
- 2022: $18,125
- 2023: $15,757
- 2024: $11,733
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 473% from 37 in 2013 to 212 in 2015.
- 2013: 37
- 2014: 27
- 2015: 212
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 765% from 37 in 2013 to 320 in 2015.
- 2013: 37
- 2014: 27
- 2015: 320
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $367 in 2013 to $3,524 in 2015.
- 2013: $367
- 2014: $530
- 2015: $3,524
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $48.84 in 2021 to $120.08 in 2023.
- 2021: $48.84
- 2022: $36.79
- 2023: $120.08
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2015), CMS Open Payments (2023), 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 2023 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2023): fewer than 11 records totaling $120.08.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XARELTO | General | $23.61 |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XARELTO | General | $21.65 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Company |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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ELIQUIS | General | $20.57 |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XARELTO | General | $19.05 |
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XARELTO | General | $18.80 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S | General | $16.40 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023, released June 30, 2026.
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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126 | 52 | $250.06 | $98.69 |
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99232
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes
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35 | 24 | $175.00 | $65.48 |
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.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2015.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 38 | 2,220 | $926.22 | — |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 32 | 682 | $1,100.13 | 15 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 23 | 870 | $95.19 | — |
| Alprazolam | Alprazolam | 21 | 580 | $87.00 | — |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 20 | 1,080 | $173.77 | — |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 17 | 690 | $140.97 | — |
| Metformin Hcl | Metformin Hcl | 15 | 750 | $129.26 | — |
| Losartan Potassium | Losartan Potassium | 13 | 930 | $96.48 | — |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 11 | 630 | $105.06 | — |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | Losartan/Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | 510 | $109.85 | — |
| Proair Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 11 | 192 | $560.27 | — |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2015; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC 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
I20090922000028
CA
6507912250
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated July 30, 2009.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Visalia
- Anh Sasaki
- Katelyn Jaime, PA-C
- Jamie Cox, PA-C
- Christopher Seitz, PA-C
- Robert Cardenas, PA-C
- Roger Talob, MPAS, PA-C
Mailing Address
615w Cherry Ct
Visalia, CA 932776679
Phone: 5596793620