Cara Diane Knutson , PA-C
Physician Assistant โข Coon Rapids, MN
11850 Blackfoot St Nw Ste 450
Coon Rapids, MN 554332773
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NPI assigned on October 3, 2023; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 372 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:
- 99213 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 96 service units.
- 99214 โ Established patient outpatient office visit: 64 service units.
- 99203 โ New patient outpatient office visit: 49 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 all 9 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 379 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:
- Prednisone โ 68 prescription fills, including refills.
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass (Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav) โ 68 prescription fills, including refills.
- Doxycycline Hyclate โ 54 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 all 10 records in the table ยท Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 58 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 225. Middle half: 115 to 448.
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,405 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 192. Middle half: 86 to 384.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
11850 Blackfoot St Nw Ste 450
Coon Rapids, MN 554332773
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 2 distinct group names: Allina Health System; Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc. 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
Lincoln Memorial University Medical Department
2023
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
229 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 $25,186 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 $17,798 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
380 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
$3,296 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)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2021โ2025.
Years since graduation
3 years (graduated 2023)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2023 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
2023
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)
Cara Knutson 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 Cara Knutson 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 Coon Rapids and Minnesota
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 58 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 225. Middle half: 115 to 448.
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,405 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 192. Middle half: 86 to 384.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 58 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,847. Middle half: $7,562 to $22,941.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,405 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,293. Middle half: $6,209 to $23,808.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 58 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,156. Middle half: $5,851 to $17,716.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,405 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $9,818. Middle half: $4,558 to $17,894.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 59 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 463. Middle half: 126 to 1,949.
More Part D prescriptions than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,421 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 226. Middle half: 71 to 825.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 60% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN (2024, 59 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $42,272. Middle half: $755 to $284,221.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Minnesota (2024, 2,421 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,260. Middle half: $590 to $83,279.
83 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Coon Rapids, MN (4,007 in Minnesota).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Coon Rapids
30.1% of these 83 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
90.4% of these 83 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
CMS data for Medicare Part B services are available for 2024 only.
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Medicare-allowed amount
CMS data for Medicare-allowed amount are available for 2024 only.
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Paid by Medicare
CMS data for Medicare payment amount are available for 2024 only.
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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.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
CPTยฎ is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service data, 2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.
| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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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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96 | 89 | $330.00 | $73.80 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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64 | 61 | $350.00 | $102.11 |
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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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49 | 49 | $335.00 | $89.91 |
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87804
Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for influenza virus
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42 | 21 | $55.00 | $16.22 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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37 | 37 | $430.00 | $137.26 |
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81003
Automated urinalysis test
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33 | 31 | $20.00 | $2.20 |
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87811
Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19)
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23 | 23 | $75.00 | $40.55 |
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87880
Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for streptococcus, group a (strep)
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15 | 15 | $50.00 | $16.20 |
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96372
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle
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13 | 13 | $90.00 | $11.76 |
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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| Prednisone | Prednisone | 68 | 339 | $114.04 | 68 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 68 | 488 | $551.09 | 66 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | Doxycycline Hyclate | 54 | 393 | $415.31 | 53 |
| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 53 | 369 | $388.31 | 53 |
| Azithromycin | Azithromycin | 38 | 193 | $170.72 | 38 |
| Methylprednisolone | Methylprednisolone | 26 | 156 | $129.48 | 25 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | Fluticasone Propionate | 26 | 810 | $288.33 | 26 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro | Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 18 | 168 | $280.19 | 17 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | Albuterol Sulfate | 16 | 316 | $375.23 | 15 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc | Neomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 12 | 123 | $583.56 | 11 |
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: 2026-03-04NUCC 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
I20260211003703
MN
3274986963
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
Allina Health System
8100 W 78th St, Edina, MN 554392570
Phone: 9529469777
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
14800 W Mountain View Blvd, Surprise, AZ 853742700
Phone: 6233857299
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
18589 N 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 853081258
Phone: 6025472600
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
914 N Scottsdale Rd, Tempe, AZ 852882116
Phone: 4809248382
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
5410 W Thunderbird Rd, Glendale, AZ 853064711
Phone: 6025306189
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
10240 N 43rd Ave, Glendale, AZ 853022044
Phone: 6237422060
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
9494 W Northern Ave, Glendale, AZ 853051119
Phone: 6238722226
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
7650 S 59th Ave, Laveen, AZ 853393071
Phone: 6024768888
Nextcare Arizona I Jv Llc
13840 W Camelback Rd, Litchfield Park, AZ 853403084
Phone: 6028534057
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
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Family Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Adult Health
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 11850 BLACKFOOT ST NW STE 450, COON RAPIDS, MN 554332773 (Tel: 7632360800)
Registered at 2925 CHICAGO AVE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 554071321 (Tel: 6122629000)
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: MN 15645)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 10240 N 43RD AVE, GLENDALE, AZ 853022044 (Tel: 6237422060)
Registered at 10240 N 43RD AVE, GLENDALE, AZ 853022044 (Tel: 6237422060)
Recorded as CARA KNUTSON, PA-C
Physician Assistant
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Coon Rapids
- Mackenzie Andropolis, PA-C, MPH
- Megan Tappe
- Daleso Yadetta, PA
- Jordan Kraay
- Ashlee Taylor, PA-C
- Amanda Loecken, MHS, PA-C
Mailing Address
2925 Chicago Ave
Minneapolis, MN 554071321
Phone: 6122629000