Ian Michael Hester , CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant โข Macon, GA
777 Hemlock St
Macon, GA 312012102
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Ian Hester is listed in NPPES under Anesthesiologist Assistant.
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NPI assigned on May 12, 2010; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 40 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:
- 00812 โ Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope: 23 service units.
- 00731 โ Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope: 17 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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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Macon, GA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 30. Middle half: 16 to 49.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 31. Middle half: 16 to 55.
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 2019 to 40 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2019โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
777 Hemlock St
Macon, GA 312012102
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 4 distinct additional practice-address records in Adel, GA; Aurora, CO; Saint Louis, MO and 1 more. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 3 distinct group names: American Anesthesiology Associates Of Georgia Llc; Se Georgia Anesthesia, Llc; Tift Regional Health System Inc. 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
2010
What Public CMS Data Show
Anesthesiologist Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
137 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 $2,202 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 $1,979 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: $52.29 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $52.29 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: $28.08 across 1 record.
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC: $24.21 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 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
16 years (graduated 2010)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2010 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
2010
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)
Ian Hester 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Macon and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Macon, GA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 30. Middle half: 16 to 49.
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 31. Middle half: 16 to 55.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Macon, GA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,202. Middle half: $1,260 to $5,388.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,003. Middle half: $1,412 to $6,017.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Macon, GA (2024, 25 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,802. Middle half: $1,004 to $4,216.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Georgia (2024, 671 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,355. Middle half: $1,131 to $4,800.
48 active clinicians are listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant with a practice address in Macon, GA (1,541 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Macon
0% of these 48 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
83.3% of these 48 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 38% from 29 in 2019 to 40 in 2024.
- 2019: 29
- 2020: 16
- 2021: 59
- 2023: 17
- 2024: 40
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 73% from $8,066 in 2019 to $2,202 in 2024.
- 2019: $8,066
- 2020: $6,003
- 2021: $12,165
- 2023: $1,149
- 2024: $2,202
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 69% from $6,426 in 2019 to $1,979 in 2024.
- 2019: $6,426
- 2020: $4,795
- 2021: $9,752
- 2023: $920
- 2024: $1,979
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2025 only.
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): fewer than 11 records totaling $52.29.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Exparel | General | $28.08 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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BRIDION | General | $24.21 |
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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00812
Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope
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23 | 23 | $1698.17 | $47.69 |
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00731
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope
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17 | 16 | $1959.35 | $65.03 |
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: 2026-01-06NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSISTANT
I20220608003119
GA
9234324013
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
Se Georgia Anesthesia, Llc
4700 Waters Ave, Savannah, GA 314046220
Phone: 9123508000
American Anesthesiology Associates Of Georgia Llc
777 Hemlock St, Macon, GA 312012102
Phone: 4786336399
Tift Regional Health System Inc
901 18th St E, Tifton, GA 317943648
Phone: 2293827120
Tift Regional Health System Inc
2227 Us Hwy 41 N, Tifton, GA 317942749
Phone: 2293536188
Tift Regional Health System Inc
260 Mj Taylor Rd, Adel, GA 316203485
Phone: 2298968159
Tift Regional Health System Inc
2225 Us Hwy 41 N, Tifton, GA 317942749
Phone: 2293914100
Secondary Practice Locations
615 S New Ballas Rd Dept Of
Saint Louis, MO 631418221
Phone: 6363869224
901 18th St E
Tifton, GA 317943648
Phone: 2293827120
12605 E 16th Ave, Department Of Anesthesiology
Aurora, CO 800452545
Phone: 7208480000
260 Mj Taylor Rd
Adel, GA 316203485
Phone: 2298968000
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 Practitioner
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Emergency Medicine
Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric/Mental Health
Nurse Practitioner (Certified)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
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 777 HEMLOCK ST, MACON, GA 312012102 (Tel: 4786331000)
Registered at 901 18TH ST E, TIFTON, GA 317943648 (Tel: 2293827120)
Registered at 901 18TH ST E, TIFTON, GA 317943648 (Tel: 2293827120)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 12605 E 16TH AVE, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY, AURORA, CO 800452545 (Tel: 7208480000)
Registered at PO BOX 110429, AURORA, CO 800420429 (Tel: 3034937000)
Recorded as IAN HESTER, CAA
Anesthesiologist Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: CO ANT-0000046)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Anesthesiologist Assistants in Macon
- Sabrina Singleton
- Tyler Akins, CAA
- Joy Rusmisell, PA-AA
- Devin Poston, PA-A
- Ryan Wallentine, PA-AA
- Shilpa Rege, PA-AA
Mailing Address
901 18th St E
Tifton, GA 317943648
Phone: 2293827120