Thomas Cupo , PA-C
Physician Assistant • Chattanooga, TN
975 E 3rd St
Chattanooga, TN 374032147
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NPI assigned on February 16, 2016; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 41 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:
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 30 service units.
- 99213 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 11 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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Published CMS data list 32 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Fluticasone Propionate — 21 prescription fills, including refills.
- Clonazepam — 11 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 408. Middle half: 144 to 1,185.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,590 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 284. Middle half: 104 to 964.
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 41 in 2020 to 41 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
975 E 3rd St
Chattanooga, TN 374032147
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: Erlanger Health. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026
2015
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
46 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 $3,750 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 $2,980 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.
30-day fills
34 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
$224 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 – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2024
All general payments: $137.14 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $137.14 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Pulmonx Corporation: $115.51 across 1 record.
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company: $21.63 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 2024 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
11 years (graduated 2015)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2015 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
NPI first issued
2016
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Thomas Cupo 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 Thomas Cupo 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 Chattanooga and Tennessee
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 408. Middle half: 144 to 1,185.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,590 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 284. Middle half: 104 to 964.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $27,829. Middle half: $11,120 to $66,374.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,590 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $19,963. Middle half: $7,229 to $42,313.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 82 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $20,960. Middle half: $8,735 to $50,855.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,590 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $14,558. Middle half: $5,319 to $31,716.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 87 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 308. Middle half: 118 to 1,151.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 85% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,647 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 282. Middle half: 89 to 930.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Chattanooga, TN (2024, 87 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,100. Middle half: $928 to $138,496.
A lower Part D drug cost than 90% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Tennessee (2024, 1,647 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $4,107. Middle half: $877 to $91,786.
150 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Chattanooga, TN (3,118 in Tennessee).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Chattanooga
2.7% of these 150 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
64% of these 150 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 varied from year to year: 41 in 2020 and 41 in 2024.
- 2020: 41
- 2021: 63
- 2022: 51
- 2023: 49
- 2024: 41
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 72% from $2,179 in 2020 to $3,750 in 2024.
- 2020: $2,179
- 2021: $3,754
- 2022: $3,146
- 2023: $2,851
- 2024: $3,750
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 83% from $1,630 in 2020 to $2,980 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,630
- 2021: $2,725
- 2022: $2,330
- 2023: $2,067
- 2024: $2,980
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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.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $235.56 in 2021 to $137.14 in 2024.
- 2021: $235.56
- 2023: $16.47
- 2024: $137.14
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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 2024 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2024): fewer than 11 records totaling $137.14.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Pulmonx Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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CHARTIS CATHETER | General | $115.51 |
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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GIAPREZA | General | $21.63 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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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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30 | 25 | $226.13 | $100.20 |
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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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11 | 11 | $105.73 | $67.65 |
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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| Fluticasone Propionate | Fluticasone Propionate | 21 | 686 | $208.67 | 12 |
| Clonazepam | Clonazepam | 11 | 330 | $15.75 | — |
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
NUCC 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
I20180425000353
TN
9436412517
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026
Erlanger Health
2600 Taft Hwy, Signal Mountain, TN 373772777
Phone: 4237789434
Erlanger Health
979 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 374032136
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Hospitalist
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Physician Assistant - Medical
MMS, Physician Assistant (Certified)
Nurse Practitioner
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated February 16, 2016.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Chattanooga
- Lauren Lambert, PA-C
- Amanda Carleo, PA-C
- Kimberly Adkins, PA
- Isabel Warren, PA
- Janice Taylor, PA
- Jordan Saladino, PA-C
Mailing Address
975 E 3rd St
Chattanooga, TN 374032147