Richard Lee Mears , PA-C
Physician Assistant โข Tulsa, OK
2488 E 81st St Ste 290
Tulsa, OK 741374265
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NPI assigned on November 28, 2012; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 28 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:
- 29826 โ Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope: 14 service units.
- 29827 โ Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope: 14 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tulsa, OK (2024, 218 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 312. Middle half: 104 to 809.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oklahoma (2024, 947 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 315. Middle half: 123 to 859.
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 11 in 2022 to 28 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2022โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
2488 E 81st St Ste 290
Tulsa, OK 741374265
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: Advanced Orthopedics Of Oklahoma Pllc. 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
2012
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
29 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 $2,177 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 $1,734 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: $589.63 across 14 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $589.63 across 14 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 5)
- Smith+Nephew, Inc.: $497.92 across 9 records.
- VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED: $42.68 across 2 records.
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.: $18.66 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
14 years (graduated 2012)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2012 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
2012
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)
Richard Mears 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 Richard Mears 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 Tulsa and Oklahoma
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tulsa, OK (2024, 218 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 312. Middle half: 104 to 809.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oklahoma (2024, 947 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 315. Middle half: 123 to 859.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tulsa, OK (2024, 218 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $23,811. Middle half: $8,485 to $47,709.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oklahoma (2024, 947 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,534. Middle half: $8,490 to $45,172.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tulsa, OK (2024, 218 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,044. Middle half: $6,232 to $35,273.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Oklahoma (2024, 947 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,881. Middle half: $6,219 to $32,810.
393 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Tulsa, OK (1,870 in Oklahoma).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Tulsa
13.2% of these 393 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
73% of these 393 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 went from 11 in 2022 to 28 in 2024.
- 2022: 11
- 2023: 28
- 2024: 28
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount went from $246 in 2022 to $2,177 in 2024.
- 2022: $246
- 2023: $2,206
- 2024: $2,177
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $196 in 2022 to $1,734 in 2024.
- 2022: $196
- 2023: $1,758
- 2024: $1,734
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $458.30 in 2021 to $589.63 in 2025.
- 2021: $458.30
- 2022: $549.52
- 2023: $464.95
- 2024: $562.36
- 2025: $589.63
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): 14 records totaling $589.63.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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HEALICOIL | General | $140.03 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $129.14 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $106.25 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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JOURNAVX | General | $27.68 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $27.27 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Q-FIX | General | $24.09 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Double Pump RF | General | $20.81 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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โ | General | $20.33 |
| Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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EUFLEXXA | General | $18.66 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Q-FIX | General | $17.61 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MONOVISC | General | $15.40 |
| VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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JOURNAVX | General | $15.00 |
| Vericel Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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MACI | General | $14.97 |
| Smith+Nephew, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Q-FIX | General | $12.39 |
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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29826
Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope
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14 | 14 | $232.56 | $21.43 |
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29827
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
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14 | 14 | $540.06 | $134.07 |
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: 2025-10-06NUCC 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
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20130520000519
OK
6103063789
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
Advanced Orthopedics Of Oklahoma Pllc
2488 E 81st St, Tulsa, OK 741374265
Phone: 9184942665
Advanced Orthopedics Of Oklahoma Pllc
205 E B St, Jenks, OK 740373906
Phone: 9182997937
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 - Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Surgical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physical Therapist
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Orthopaedic Surgery - Sports Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine
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 2488 E 81ST ST STE 290, TULSA, OK 741374299 (Tel: 9189273226)
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: OK 2233)
Registered at 2488 E 81ST ST STE 290, TULSA, OK 741374265 (Tel: 9184942665)
Registered at 2488 E 81ST ST STE 290, TULSA, OK 741374265 (Tel: 9184949341)
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: OK 2233)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 6585 S YALE AVE STE 200, TULSA, OK 741368315 (Tel: 9184812767)
Registered at 6585 S YALE AVE STE 200, TULSA, OK 741368315 (Tel: 9184812767)
Recorded as RICHARD MEARS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Tulsa
- Brianna Trappe, PA-C
- Mark Hall, PA-C
- Malyke Bray, PA-C
- Amy Brookover, PA
- Greta Guillette, PA-C
- Ashley Mckoy, PA-C
Mailing Address
2488 E 81st St Ste 290
Tulsa, OK 741374299
Phone: 9189273226