Active NPI 1508015322 Individual Practitioner Female Practitioner

Amy D Sappington , NP

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care • Amarillo, TX

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Amy Sappington, NP is a certified Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care practicing in Amarillo, TX. With approximately 18 years of clinical experience since graduating from Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine in 2008, Amy Sappington delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 705 QUAIL CREEK DR.

Amy Sappington is affiliated with Southwest Neuroscience And Spine Center Pa and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least, initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

705 Quail Creek Dr

Amarillo, TX 791241608

Telephone 8063536400

Fax 8063582662

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Southwest Neuroscience And Spine Center Pa Facility NPI 1366557506

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine

Graduation Year

2008

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care in Amarillo, TX

Established Specialist (10-20 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

18 Yrs +11.4 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 6.6 Yrs

State Avg: 8.4 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

21 Specialists

Practicing in Amarillo, TX (3268 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

4.8% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

77.7% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Sappington (18 Years) 18 Yrs

Amarillo Specialty Average (6.6 Years) 6.6 Yrs

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Top Medicare Part B procedures performed by this practitioner

CMS Official Data (2024)

Reporting Year:

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	99	65	$211.63	$39.95
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	79	52	$385.04	$63.77
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	37	37	$299.96	$103.18
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	29	29	$568.00	$92.23
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	19	19	$371.37	$139.55
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	16	11	$559.00	$95.15

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	154	104	$215.00	$40.46
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	150	97	$389.00	$64.63
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	56	12	$1059.00	$174.00
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	51	51	$299.00	$106.18
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	45	44	$568.00	$93.44
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	43	27	$559.00	$97.21
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	20	20	$354.00	$141.69
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes	11	11	$167.00	$67.57

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	143	83	$215.00	$31.34
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	125	78	$389.00	$57.99
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	62	61	$299.00	$109.55
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	54	17	$1059.00	$177.20
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	45	43	$568.00	$85.45
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	40	23	$559.00	$83.41
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes	12	12	$167.00	$81.07

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	105	62	$389.00	$59.10
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	58	22	$1061.72	$180.79
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	42	33	$206.53	$31.62
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	30	22	$559.00	$84.97
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	24	23	$132.61	$107.53
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	18	18	$110.03	$75.69
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	17	17	$354.00	$164.65
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	13	13	$194.63	$138.88
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	12	12	$48.80	$42.05
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	12	12	$388.00	$59.35
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	11	11	$568.00	$87.50

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	116	75	$79.37	$61.63
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	54	50	$56.66	$37.40
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	28	27	$106.43	$90.84
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views	27	24	$36.80	$31.51
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	22	16	$38.83	$33.28
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion	20	16	$101.46	$34.73
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	18	18	$105.07	$90.06
72050 X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views	18	18	$48.86	$41.46
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	16	16	$160.85	$137.82
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	12	11	$71.54	$61.15
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc	12	12	$725.63	$248.37

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	103	86	$75.90	$60.56
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	61	51	$51.36	$40.80
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	48	12	$3.99	$1.57
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	33	25	$42.01	$32.89
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion	31	21	$103.29	$34.92
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views	27	25	$41.86	$28.67
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	26	24	$119.70	$84.42
22614 Fusion of additional segment of spine	25	14	$156.24	$52.82
96372 Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention	20	14	$19.15	$12.99
72040 X-ray of upper spine, 2-3 views	17	14	$42.36	$29.19
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments	17	17	$305.34	$103.23
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	14	14	$43.74	$37.00
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck	14	14	$303.82	$102.72
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	14	14	$105.56	$89.27
72050 X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views	13	13	$63.38	$39.40
72070 X-ray of middle spine, 2 views	11	11	$40.22	$26.64

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	112	85	$79.93	$58.55
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	102	20	$6.16	$1.78
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	53	50	$49.58	$39.03
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	49	30	$41.88	$32.51
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg	43	16	$9.68	$0.48
96372 Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention	38	21	$24.14	$16.70
72050 X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views	35	27	$63.96	$34.24
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	24	23	$115.22	$85.54
22853 Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion	22	18	$100.03	$33.52
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views	19	17	$33.78	$27.97
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	18	14	$56.93	$30.25
22633 Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc	15	15	$734.55	$246.20
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	14	14	$115.64	$84.41
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	14	14	$174.14	$135.11
22842 Placement of stabilizing device to back, 3-6 spine bone segments	13	13	$304.29	$102.04
72070 X-ray of middle spine, 2 views	12	11	$32.78	$26.92
22840 Placement of stabilizing device to back of 1 spine bone in neck	11	11	$302.85	$101.65

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	136	101	$75.98	$58.58
72110 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views	68	52	$62.36	$37.90
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	57	11	$7.84	$1.63
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	35	32	$139.42	$82.02
72050 X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views	20	17	$58.59	$31.95
72100 X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views	18	18	$43.65	$28.03
96372 Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention	17	13	$40.17	$16.39
99231 Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes	13	11	$42.54	$32.36
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	11	11	$193.68	$115.97
99212 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more	11	11	$42.06	$35.28

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

CMS Verified: 2024-11-05

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363LA2100X

State License TX AP117281

Definition to come...

Nurse Practitioner

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363L00000X

State License TX 690451

(1) A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid State Provider ID

197535101 (TX)

Hospital & Practice Group Affiliations

Southwest Neuroscience And Spine Center Pa

705 Quail Creek Dr, Amarillo, TX 791241608

Phone: 8063536400

Secondary Practice Locations

1600 S Coulter St Ste B

Amarillo, TX 791060703

Phone: 8063536400

Practice Associates & Co-Workers

Healthcare professionals and specialists practicing at this location or sharing practice phone/fax

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Career & Practice History Timeline

Chronological log of verified NPI updates, location relocations, credentials, and registry changes

8 Historical Events

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Updated Practice Location November 05, 2024

Registered at 705 QUAIL CREEK DR, AMARILLO, TX 791241608 (Tel: 8063536400)

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Updated Business Mailing Address November 05, 2024

Registered at 705 QUAIL CREEK DR, AMARILLO, TX 791241608 (Tel: 8063536400)

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NPI Profile Active November 18, 2009

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location November 18, 2009

Registered at 1301 S COULTER ST, SUITE 405, AMARILLO, TX 791061763 (Tel: 8063589111)

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Updated Business Mailing Address November 18, 2009

Registered at 1301 S COULTER ST, SUITE 405, AMARILLO, TX 791061763 (Tel: 8063589111)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated November 18, 2009

Recorded as AMY SAPPINGTON, NP

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) November 18, 2009

Nurse Practitioner (License #690451 in TX)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration September 17, 2008

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1508015322

Entity Type:

Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)

Enumeration Date: September 17, 2008

Last Update: November 05, 2024

Sole Proprietor: No

Update or Correct Profile

Mailing Address

705 Quail Creek Dr

Amarillo, TX 791241608

Phone: 8063536400

Public Domain Record This profile contains public domain information published by CMS and NPPES under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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