Cara Diane Knutson, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

15645 Issued in MN

Practice address

11850 Blackfoot St NW Ste 450
Coon Rapids, MN 55433-2773

Phone

(763) 236-0800

Fax

(763) 236-1312

NPI assigned

Oct 3, 2023

Last updated

Mar 4, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AZ, MN2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Lincoln Memorial University Medical Department, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Nextcare Arizona I JV LLCGroup PAC ID 7416393194, 297 clinicians

Allina Health SystemGroup PAC ID 4587573613, 3,844 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cara.knutson.p1@direct.nextcare.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.

• Allina Health System

  dba Allina Health Annandale Clinic

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Annandale, MN
  • NPI 1457657249
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Nextcare Arizona I JV LLC

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Tempe, AZ
  • NPI 1114798071
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Nextcare Arizona LLC

  dba NextCare Urgent Care

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Tempe, AZ
  • NPI 1043371826
  Medicare reassignment
• Allina Health System

  dba Allina Health Urgent Care Centennial Lakes

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Edina, MN
  • NPI 1316553332
  NPD
• Allina Health System

  dba Allina Health TeleRheumatology

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Coon Rapids, MN
  • NPI 1952146516
  NPD

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

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    "last_updated_epoch": "1772582400000",
    "number": "1174303481",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2925 CHICAGO AVE",
            "city": "MINNEAPOLIS",
            "state": "MN",
            "postal_code": "554071321",
            "telephone_number": "612-262-9000"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "11850 BLACKFOOT ST NW STE 450",
            "city": "COON RAPIDS",
            "state": "MN",
            "postal_code": "554332773",
            "telephone_number": "763-236-0800",
            "fax_number": "763-236-1312"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "KNUTSON",
        "first_name": "CARA",
        "middle_name": "DIANE",
        "name_prefix": "Miss",
        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2023-10-03",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-04",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363A00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Physician Assistant",
            "state": "MN",
            "license": "15645",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
        {
            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "cknutson763107@excellian.direct.allina.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "use": "DIRECT",
            "useDescription": "Direct",
            "contentType": "OTHER",
            "contentTypeDescription": "Other",
            "contentOtherDescription": "CDA/PDF/TXT",
            "address_1": "11850 Blackfoot St NW Ste 450",
            "city": "Coon Rapids",
            "state": "MN",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "554332773",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "other_names": []
}

• Samantha Kling
• Marlene Kluss, O.D.
• Heidi Nicole Knauber
• Peder N Knutsen, MD
• Brett Arthur Knutson, DDS
• Kristy Knutson, MSE CCC SLP
• Lane R Kocovsky, FNP
• Amanda Rae Koethe, OTR
• Kayls Marie Koezly, HID
• Rebecca Kohegyi, CRNA

• Physician Assistant in Coon Rapids, MN
• Providers in Coon Rapids, MN by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Minnesota

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 4, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.