Shawn Karns
Physician Assistant โข Boulder, CO
4740 Pearl Pkwy Ste 200
Boulder, CO 803013080
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NPI assigned on April 14, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 89 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:
- 73502 โ X-ray of hip, 2-3 views: 48 service units.
- 99213 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 22 service units.
- 99203 โ New patient outpatient office visit: 19 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.
CPTยฎ 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 ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 25 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Amoxicillin โ 25 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers โ by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 51 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 388. Middle half: 168 to 1,299.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 1,650 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 195. Middle half: 68 to 513.
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 67 in 2020 to 89 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
4740 Pearl Pkwy Ste 200
Boulder, CO 803013080
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Bouldercentre For Orthopedics Pc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
66 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 $5,395 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 $4,027 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.
30-day fills
25 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
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
$69 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, 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 โ by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $69.78 in 2024
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024.
Years since graduation
18 years (graduated 2008)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2008 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, CMS release of October 2, 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.
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Shawn Karns 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 Shawn Karns 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 Boulder and Colorado
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 51 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 388. Middle half: 168 to 1,299.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 1,650 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 195. Middle half: 68 to 513.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 51 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $31,287. Middle half: $11,941 to $53,615.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 1,650 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,592. Middle half: $6,265 to $34,911.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 51 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,204. Middle half: $8,212 to $39,233.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 1,650 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,327. Middle half: $4,673 to $25,633.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 66 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 215. Middle half: 83 to 463.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 2,044 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 194. Middle half: 63 to 624.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Boulder, CO (2024, 66 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,561. Middle half: $910 to $38,290.
A lower Part D drug cost than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Colorado (2024, 2,044 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,374. Middle half: $573 to $55,248.
102 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Boulder, CO (3,800 in Colorado).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Boulder
13.7% of these 102 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
67.6% of these 102 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 33% from 67 in 2020 to 89 in 2024.
- 2020: 67
- 2021: 186
- 2022: 84
- 2023: 54
- 2024: 89
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 16% from $4,653 in 2020 to $5,395 in 2024.
- 2020: $4,653
- 2021: $9,479
- 2022: $5,731
- 2023: $3,214
- 2024: $5,395
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 15% from $3,492 in 2020 to $4,027 in 2024.
- 2020: $3,492
- 2021: $7,290
- 2022: $4,509
- 2023: $2,436
- 2024: $4,027
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
CMS data for Part D prescriptions are available for 2024 only.
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30-day fills
CMS data for 30-day fills are available for 2024 only.
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Part D drug cost
CMS data for Part D drug cost are available for 2024 only.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2024 only.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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 2024 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2024): fewer than 11 records totaling $69.78.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Medtronic, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AQUAMANTYS(TM) | General | $69.78 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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73502
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
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48 | 45 | $130.21 | $40.58 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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22 | 21 | $229.93 | $76.06 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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19 | 19 | $278.59 | $93.38 |
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 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Amoxicillin | Amoxicillin | 25 | 121 | $69.08 | 22 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2025-11-20NUCC 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.
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.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363AS0400X
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20121016000139
CO
6406021575
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026
Bouldercentre For Orthopedics Pc
1185 State Hwy 7, Broomfield, CO 800231015
Phone: 3034492730
Bouldercentre For Orthopedics Pc
4740 Pearl Pkwy, Boulder, CO 803013080
Phone: 3034492730
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Orthopaedic Surgery
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 4740 PEARL PKWY STE 200, BOULDER, CO 803013080 (Tel: 3034492730)
Registered at 4740 PEARL PKWY STE 200, BOULDER, CO 803013080 (Tel: 3034492730)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1830 FRANKLIN ST, SUITE 450, DENVER, CO 802181128 (Tel: 3033211333)
Registered at 1830 FRANKLIN ST, SUITE 450, DENVER, CO 802181128
Recorded as SHAWN KARNS
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: CA 20209)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Boulder
- Ariel Mcdowell
- Demitra Philosophos, PA-C
- Joshua Gumpert, PA-C
- Elizabeth Helgans, PA-C
- Margarita Kurinets, PA-C
- Anna Melvin, PA-C
Mailing Address
4740 Pearl Pkwy Ste 200
Boulder, CO 803013080
Phone: 3034492730