Thomas R Benafield , CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered • Clinton, OK
100 N 30th St
Clinton, OK 736013117
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Thomas Benafield is listed in NPPES under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered.
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NPI assigned on January 23, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 18 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:
- 00142 — Anesthesia for lens surgery: 18 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 Oklahoma (2024, 475 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 73. Middle half: 35 to 167.
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 131 in 2020 to 18 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
100 N 30th St
Clinton, OK 736013117
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: Utmb Faculty Group Practice. 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
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
58 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 $1,117 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 $890 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)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2021–2025.
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.
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; 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)
Thomas Benafield 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 Clinton and Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma (2024, 475 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 73. Middle half: 35 to 167.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Clinton have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Oklahoma (2024, 475 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,592. Middle half: $5,048 to $22,225.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Clinton have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Oklahoma (2024, 475 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,439. Middle half: $4,033 to $17,393.
Too few clinicians listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered in Clinton have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
2 active clinicians are listed under Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered with a practice address in Clinton, OK (784 in Oklahoma).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
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 86% from 131 in 2020 to 18 in 2024.
- 2020: 131
- 2021: 135
- 2022: 86
- 2023: 44
- 2024: 18
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 88% from $9,377 in 2020 to $1,117 in 2024.
- 2020: $9,377
- 2021: $9,157
- 2022: $5,901
- 2023: $3,007
- 2024: $1,117
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 88% from $7,518 in 2020 to $890 in 2024.
- 2020: $7,518
- 2021: $7,230
- 2022: $4,638
- 2023: $2,383
- 2024: $890
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (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
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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00142
Anesthesia for lens surgery
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18 | 17 | $590.33 | $62.06 |
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: 2020-03-24NUCC 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: 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: 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.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)
I20200406002070
TX
7416004254
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
Utmb Faculty Group Practice
301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 775555302
Phone: 4097722222
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 301 UNIVERSITY BLVD, GALVESTON, TX 775555302 (Tel: 4097721221)
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered (license number reported to NPPES: FL 2677162)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 100 N 30TH ST, CLINTON, OK 736013117 (Tel: 5803232363)
Registered at PO BOX 960199, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 731960001 (Tel: 5805481367)
Recorded as THOMAS BENAFIELD, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered (license number reported to NPPES: OK 103426)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 775555302
Phone: 4097721221