WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC
NPI 1194744805
General Acute Care Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA

NPI Status: Active since July 19, 2006

Contact Information

4800 FRIENDSHIP AVENUE
PITTSBURGH, PA
ZIP 15224
Phone: (412) 578-5000
Fax: (412) 578-1296

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Secondary Locations
Authorized Official
CLIA Information
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
General Acute Care Hospital
CLIA Number: 39D2163471
CLIA Cert. Type: Physician Office
CLIA Exp. Date: 06-16-2026

About WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc, a provider established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania operating as a General Acute Care Hospital. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1194744805 assigned on July 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X with license number 234401 (PA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated one year ago. The provider's . The authorized official of this NPI record is Mr. Rick Fries (Vice President, Finance)

NPI: 1194744805
Provider Legal Name: WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM INC
Other Organization Name
Other Name Type: (6)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 4800 FRIENDSHIP AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA 15224
Location Phone: (412) 578-5000
Location Fax: (412) 578-1296
Mailing Address: 4 ALLEGHENY CENTER FLOOR 10 PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
Mailing Phone: (412) 330-5040
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 07-19-2006
Last Update Date: 02-17-2025
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Location Map

Secondary Locations

314 E North Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 325-5700
990 Higbee Dr Ste B103
Bethel Park, PA 15102
(412) 854-7940
12311 Perry Hwy Ste A
Wexford, PA 15090
(878) 332-4044
5124 Liberty Ave Ste 1
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
(412) 315-3800
1301 Carlisle St
Natrona Heights, PA 15065
(724) 226-7300
160 Gallery Dr
Mc Murray, PA 15317
(724) 260-7200
575 Coal Valley Rd Fl 4
Jefferson Hills, PA 15025
(412) 469-5234
2626 Haymaker Rd
Monroeville, PA 15146
(412) 373-4411
4815 Liberty Ave Ste 340
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
(412) 681-4401
160 Hollywood Dr
Butler, PA 16001
(242) 826-1757
81 Wagner Rd
Monaca, PA 15061
(724) 671-1500
3 Robinson Plz Ste 430
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 325-5500
6321 Rte 30 Ste 300
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 671-1800

Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: General Acute Care Hospital
Taxonomy Code: 282N00000X
Type: Hospitals
License No.: 234401
License State: PA
Taxonomy Description: An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: MR. RICK FRIES
Authorized Official Title: VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE
Authorized Official Phone: (412) 330-2472

CLIA Information

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:

CLIA Number: 39D2163471
Facility Type: Physician Office
Certificate Effective Date: June 17, 2024
Certificate Expiration Date: June 16, 2026
Laboratory Director: DR. BUSHRA HAQ
Certificate Type: Certificate of Accreditation
Certificate Type Description: This is a CLIA certificate is issued to West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS. This type of certificate is issued to a laboratories tha perform nonwaived (moderate and/or high complexity) testing.

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1194744805, we treat the final digit (5) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 65. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 65 = 5).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 14 → 1 + 4

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 0

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 9 → 18 → 9 7 → 14 → 5 4 → 8 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 1 + 1 + 8 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 0 + 24 = 65

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 65 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 65 = 5

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 5, which matches the last digit of 1194744805.

Other Providers at the Same Location

The following 15 providers are registered at the same or a nearby location.

DR. CHRISTOPHER A TROIANOS MD

Anesthesiology

4800 FRIENDSHIP AVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY - WEST PENN HOSPITAL
PITTSBURGH, PA 15224

Allegheny County (412) 578-1354

CARLA LINSENBIGLER CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered