Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta, MD

  • Caldwell, ID
  • Psychiatrist
NPI1568440295PAC ID3678592094
Medicare services, 2024
102
Medicare patients, 2024
29
Part D claims, 2024
2,858
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1717 Arlington Street, Caldwell, ID 83605
Practice phone
Call (208) 459-4641
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Primary practice

West Valley Medical Center

Hospital · Caldwell, Idaho

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta is a psychiatrist in Caldwell, Idaho

Dr. Banta practices at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Banta's NPI, 1568440295, was assigned on January 3, 2006. Dr. Banta graduated from UNMC in 1978. Dr. Banta holds Idaho license M-5243.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678592094
NPI enumeration date
January 3, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(208) 459-4641
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
74
Medical school graduation
1978

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta practices at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho

Dr. Banta's primary practice is West Valley Medical Center, at 1717 Arlington Street, Caldwell, ID 83605 in Canyon County. The practice phone is (208) 459-4641.

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta is affiliated with 1 site of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Banta's primary practice is West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, part of HCA Healthcare. The medical group on file is West Valley Medical Imaging and Anesthesia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Banta to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
West Valley Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta is one of 130 psychiatrists in Idaho

Psychiatry is Dr. Banta's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084P0800X. Dr. Banta is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dmand AI has Dr. Banta's licenses on file in 2 states: Idaho and Utah.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Psychiatry, IdahoPrimaryLicense M-5243 · 1987 to 2027 · taxonomy 2084P0800X
  • Utah license2024 to 2026

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, insomnia, intellectual and developmental disabilities, psychoses and schizophrenia among the conditions Dr. Banta treats.

Psychiatrists near Dr. Banta

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta billed Medicare for 102 services in 2024

CMS data shows 102 Medicare services from Dr. Banta across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 29 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,002 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024102
Medicare patients29
Paid by Medicare$6,002
Procedure codes2

Dr. Banta's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1932024: 10247%

Dr. Banta compared with the Idaho median for psychiatrists, 2024

  • Dr. Banta
  • Idaho median
Medicare services
102vs 14530% below
Medicare patients
29vs 4028% below
Part D claims
2,641vs 8431.4 times

Medians across 122 psychiatrists in Idaho with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Banta's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta treated 29 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 60

CMS counts 29 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Banta in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 16 patients. 75% of them have anxiety, and 72% have mood disorders. 48% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Banta's median patient age at 43, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 202429
Average age60
Average risk score1.37
Also on Medicaid48%

Dr. Banta's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Banta's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1345%
  • Men1655%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Banta's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Anxiety75%
  2. Mood disorders72%
  3. Schizophrenia and other psychoses59%
  4. High blood pressure55%
  5. High cholesterol55%
  6. Bipolar disorder48%
  7. Depression48%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Banta's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 43

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta wrote 2,858 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Banta wrote 2,858 Medicare Part D claims for 109 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,641 of them, across 70 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $323,270 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,747 claims across 103 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,858
Drugs named by CMS70
Total drug cost$323,270
Part D patients109

Dr. Banta's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,599 claims91%
  • Brand-name259 claims9%

Dr. Banta's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Banta's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids1%22 of 2,858 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over5%139 of 2,858 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 5,7472024: 2,64154%

Drugs named by CMS: 70 in 2024, 103 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Banta accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Banta as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Banta. Dr. Banta's most frequent co-author is Subhash C. Bhatia, MD.

Papers1

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Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta received $13,784 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 360 general payments to Dr. Banta from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $9,150.

General payments to Dr. Banta by program year, 2016 to 2023

General payments to Dr. Banta by kind, 2016 to 2023

$13.8Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$7,94258%
  • Food and beverage$5,26338%
  • Consulting fees$3002%
  • Education$2742%
  • Gifts$60%

Companies that paid Dr. Banta the most, 2016 to 2023

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta graduated from UNMC

Dr. Banta graduated from UNMC in 1978. Dr. Banta is a member of APA.

  1. Medical schoolUNMC
  2. Board certified in psychiatryAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  3. Board certified in certified medical directorAmerican Medical Director Association

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Banta is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Molina
  • Regence Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Banta accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO9
  3. POS6
  4. HMO5
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's NPI number?

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's NPI number is 1568440295. It was assigned on January 3, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta?

Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta is a psychiatrist in Caldwell, Idaho. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Psychiatry Physician (taxonomy code 2084P0800X).

Where does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta practice?

Dr. Banta practices at 1717 Arlington Street, Caldwell, ID 83605. Dr. Banta's primary practice is West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Banta to 2 medical groups.

What is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Banta is (208) 459-4641.

What is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta's medical license number?

Dr. Banta holds Idaho license M-5243, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Banta in Idaho (1987 to 2027) and Utah (2024 to 2026).

Which hospitals is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta affiliated with?

Dr. Banta practices at West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho.

What medical group is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta part of?

Dr. Banta is linked to West Valley Medical Imaging and Anesthesia. Dmand AI links Dr. Banta to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Banta billed Medicare for 102 services in 2024, and Dr. Banta accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Banta as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta see?

CMS counts 29 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Banta in 2024, with an average age of 60.

Is Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta board certified?

Yes. Dr. Banta is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

What services does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Banta's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta go to medical school?

Dr. Banta graduated from UNMC in 1978.

What drugs does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Banta's most prescribed drugs by claims were Duloxetine HCl, Alprazolam and Bupropion XL.

Has Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13,784 in general payments to Dr. Banta from 24 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta been practicing?

Dr. Banta graduated from medical school in 1978, 48 years ago.

Does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Banta.

Who does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta publish with?

Dr. Banta's most frequent co-authors are Subhash C. Bhatia, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Lawrence Estel Banta accept?

Dr. Banta is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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