What is Luke Lester's specialty?

Luke Lester (NPI 1629475397) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Portsmouth, OH.

Where does Luke Lester practice?

Luke Lester practices in Portsmouth, OH, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1629475397.

How much does Medicare pay Luke Lester?

Luke Lester (NPI 1629475397) received approximately $17K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 169 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1629475397

Luke LesterF.N.P

Nurse PractitionerPortsmouth, OHI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

314

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

717

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$13K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 10,868 Nurse Practitioner providers in OH — top quintile (cohort median 219).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

123

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$626

Distinct drugs

Brand share

60.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen38 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen36 claims

Meloxicam20 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl18 claims

Prednisone11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

89.2

Quality

77.4

Cost

77.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.60%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$102

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$102

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$102

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Luke Lester's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 15 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SOUTHERN OHIO MEDICAL CENTER	136	370
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITAL CORPORATION	102	223
Gerardo Trinidad Orthopedic Surgery · Portsmouth, OH	89	419
Loretta Settonni Diagnostic Radiology · Portsmouth, OH	27	37
Norman Jacobs Diagnostic Radiology · Portsmouth, OH	27	42
Michael Grimes Physician Assistant · Huntington, WV	23	32
Ryan Nichols Diagnostic Radiology · Portsmouth, OH	21	28
Scott Logan Diagnostic Radiology · Portsmouth, OH	20	29
Mayola Boykin Diagnostic Radiology · Ashland, KY	18	27
Ronald Arrick Internal Medicine · Portsmouth, OH	17	66
NPI 1245210236	16	32
Jitendra Patel Family Practice · Portsmouth, OH	15	32

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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