Benjamin Ascari, CRNA

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

121698 Issued in PA

Practice address

300 Halket St
Upmc East
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3108

Phone

(866) 696-2433

NPI assigned

May 10, 2018

Last updated

Nov 20, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University of Pittsburgh PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 8729990239, 4,166 clinicians

Allegheny ClinicGroup PAC ID 5395649586, 2,313 clinicians

Lehigh Valley Eye Center, P.C.Group PAC ID 3072593508, 51 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Indiana Regional Medical Center Hospital, Indiana, PA, CCN 390173
• Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health System Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, CCN 390114
• West Penn Hospital Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, CCN 390090

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

82.68 of 100Reported as group

Quality

86.54

Promoting interoperability

94

Improvement activities

40

Cost

60.72

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

80.94 of 100Reported as group

Quality

61.89

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

74.58

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Certified Registered Nurse

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: bascari283266@direct.ahn.org
• Direct secure messaging: benjamin.ascari.p3@direct.aiovision.nextgenshare.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Allegheny Clinic

  dba AHN-Primary Care Bethel Park

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bethel Park, PA
  • NPI 1073081493
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lehigh Valley Eye Center, P.C.

  • Specialist
  • Allentown, PA
  • NPI 1356330369
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1619935004
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Associates Anesthesia Services, LLC

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • West Mifflin, PA
  • NPI 1033542584

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Allegheny Clinic

  dba AKMC Anesthesia

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Natrona Heights, PA
  • NPI 1053416537
  NPD
• Allegheny Clinic

  dba AHN Primary Care Mobile Clinic

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1215752548
  NPD
• Punxsutawney Medical Services, Inc

  dba Punxsutawney Anesthesia Service

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Punxsutawney, PA
  • NPI 1255849683
  NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  dba UPP Department of Anesthesiology

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1033125455
  NPD
• University of Pittsburgh Physicians

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1285692699
  NPD
• Associates in Ophthalmology LTD

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • West Mifflin, PA
  • NPI 1639175045
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Blairsville, PA
  • NPI 1104055946

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1356334510
  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1508047630
  Care Compare affiliation
• Indiana Regional Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Indiana, PA
  • NPI 1659315372
  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Magee-Womens Hospital

  • Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1659435501

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Upmc Magee-Womens Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1952311508
  Care Compare affiliation
• West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc

  dba The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1194744805
  Care Compare affiliation
• West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc.

  dba The Western Pennsylvania Hospital

  • Oncology Clinic/Center
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • NPI 1346489143

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Pittsburgh, PA
• Providers in Pittsburgh, PA by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 20, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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