Physician Assistant in Montana
626 providers, $376,701 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $82.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays physician assistant clinicians in Montana
Across 509 physician assistant clinicians in Montana who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $16,991,192 in total — an average of $33,382 each, of which $30,803 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Trenay HartBillings$56,648
- 2Jason KjonoGreat Falls$31,763
- 3Maura KingKalispell$9,270
- 4Joan Bond-DeschampsMissoula$9,078
- 5Kasie CooperHelena$8,539
- 6Janel Allison-ShamblinBozeman$6,925
- 7Richard McEwenButte$6,522
- 8Jennifer DotyMissoula$5,885
- 9Charla FontaineMissoula$5,490
- 10Elliy PhillipsBillings$5,358
- 11Christopher LumsdenBozeman$5,009
- 12Hugh GapayHamilton$4,983
- 13Kelly CoyleBozeman$4,965
- 14Kevin DavisBillings$4,675
- 15Jana PaulBozeman$3,971
- 16Holly BrehmBillings$3,929
- 17Whitney MartinMissoula$3,443
- 18Michael PerronBillings$3,389
- 19Danielle ShepherdBillings$3,347
- 20Peter YoungKalispell$3,121
- 21Abbey IngvalsonMiles City$2,963
- 22Morgan UmphresGreat Falls$2,856
- 23Mallery KnollKalispell$2,834
- 24Baylee BaldwinBillings$2,833
- 25Cassidy JudaBozeman$2,714
- 26Alexander RamseyBillings$2,709
- 27Lance GriffinMissoula$2,586
- 28Mary TuckerBillings$2,554
- 29Lisa HathawayMissoula$2,547
- 30Kelly PolusMissoula$2,502
- 31Eric DeesMissoula$2,449
- 32Lina MontopoliMissoula$2,343
- 33Lisa WeinreichMissoula$2,316
- 34Laurie McNewAbsarokee$2,171
- 35Tia BakkerKalispell$2,163
- 36Jeremy LarsonBillings$2,139
- 37Lauren DavisHelena$2,088
- 38Kim ConlinBozeman$2,086
- 39Seth EhlangBillings$2,035
- 40Jenifer CaldwellMissoula$1,986
- 41Robert GriffinKalispell$1,942
- 42Katie BrownGreat Falls$1,908
- 43Katrina PaulsonGreat Falls$1,823
- 44Matt FurberBillings$1,804
- 45Nicole MuskettMissoula$1,787
- 46Jason EnewoldGreat Falls$1,766
- 47Brighid ScesnyMissoula$1,755
- 48Shannon LeeKalispell$1,711
- 49Jennifer CulpMissoula$1,670
- 50Christopher MerchantGreat Falls$1,669
- 51Eric SchallockPolson$1,652
- 52Martha GalliBozeman$1,651
- 53Cady DavidBillings$1,584
- 54Kylinn BrendenBillings$1,562
- 55Mackenzie EplerMissoula$1,491
- 56Jamie LillyMissoula$1,481
- 57Kolten WenckusBillings$1,470
- 58Sarah MahoneyBozeman$1,466
- 59Christopher DuarteEureka$1,415
- 60Katie ZupanBillings$1,406