Therese A Bugaj , APN-CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered • Lansing, IL
18221 Torrence Ave, Suite 1-D
Lansing, IL 604382870
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Therese Bugaj is listed in NPPES under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered.
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NPI assigned on July 4, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 15 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:
- 00811 — Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope: 15 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Illinois (2024, 1,432 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 58. Middle half: 29 to 103.
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 56 in 2019 to 15 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
18221 Torrence Ave
Suite 1-D
Lansing, IL 604382870
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 Evanston, IL. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered: 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 – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $1,222 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 $1,031 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.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $29.80 in 2025
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 2025.
NPI first issued
2005
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.
Compared with the same specialty in Lansing and Illinois
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Illinois (2024, 1,432 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 58. Middle half: 29 to 103.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Lansing have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Illinois (2024, 1,432 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,486. Middle half: $2,727 to $12,739.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Lansing have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Illinois (2024, 1,432 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $5,110. Middle half: $2,100 to $10,207.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Lansing have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
11 active clinicians are listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered with a practice address in Lansing, IL (2,446 in Illinois).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Lansing
0% of these 11 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
54.5% of these 11 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 73% from 56 in 2019 to 15 in 2024.
- 2019: 56
- 2021: 43
- 2022: 25
- 2023: 24
- 2024: 15
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 72% from $4,364 in 2019 to $1,222 in 2024.
- 2019: $4,364
- 2021: $3,474
- 2022: $1,935
- 2023: $1,912
- 2024: $1,222
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 70% from $3,427 in 2019 to $1,031 in 2024.
- 2019: $3,427
- 2021: $2,788
- 2022: $1,486
- 2023: $1,619
- 2024: $1,031
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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 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $29.80.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Boston Scientific Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Advantage System | General | $29.80 |
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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00811
Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope
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15 | 15 | $164.48 | $81.48 |
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.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-10-28NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367500000X
(1) A licensed registered nurse with advanced specialty education in anesthesia who, in collaboration with appropriate health care professionals, provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care to patients and assists in management and resuscitation of critical patients in intensive care, coronary care, and emergency situations. Nurse anesthetists are certified following successful completion of credentials and state licensure review and a national examination directed by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists. (2) A registered nurse who is qualified by special training to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a physician or dentist and who can assist in the care of patients who are in critical condition.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 163W00000X
(1) A registered nurse is a person qualified by graduation from an accredited nursing school (depending upon schooling, a registered nurse may receive either a diploma from a hospital program, an associate degree in nursing (A.D.N.) or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (B.S.N.), who is licensed or certified by the state, and is practicing within the scope of that license or certification. R.N.'s assist patient in recovering and maintaining their physical or mental health. They assist physicians during treatments and examinations and administer medications. (2) A provider who is trained and educated in a formal nursing education program at an accredited school of nursing, passes a national certification examination, and is licensed by the state to practice nursing. The individual provides nursing services to patients or clients in areas such as health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and restoration and maintenance of health across the life span.
Secondary Practice Locations
2650 Ridge Ave, Department Of Anesthesia
Evanston, IL 602011718
Phone: 8475702760
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Registered Nurse, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Master of Science
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Recorded as THERESE BUGAJ, APN-CRNA
Registered Nurse (license number reported to NPPES: IL 041-144120)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 18221 TORRENCE AVE, SUITE 1-D, LANSING, IL 604382870 (Tel: 7088959450)
Registered at 1174 OAK KNOLL DR, LAKE FOREST, IL 600453648 (Tel: 8472340045)
Recorded as THERESE BUGAJ, C.R.N.A.
Registered Nurse
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registereds in Lansing
- Maria-Paz Shariff, RN, CRNA, MS
- Tara Galambos, CRNA
- Kelly Garry, CRNA
- Eileen Boetel, CRNA
- Julie Flynn, CRNA
- Mark Tomczak, CRNA
Mailing Address
1174 Oak Knoll Dr
Lake Forest, IL 600453648
Phone: 8472340045