What is Christopher Heichel's specialty?

Christopher Heichel (NPI 1083667307) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in San Diego, CA.

Where does Christopher Heichel practice?

Christopher Heichel practices in San Diego, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1083667307.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Heichel?

Christopher Heichel (NPI 1083667307) received approximately $246K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 546 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1083667307

Christopher HeichelM.D.

OphthalmologySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,453

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,672

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$214K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 2,144 Ophthalmology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 1,859).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

397

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$30K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

27.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Prednisolone Acetate142 claims

Difluprednate72 claims

Moxifloxacin Hcl56 claims

Latanoprost39 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat31 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

90.8

Quality

84.1

Cost

73.9

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.66%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$64

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$64

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$64

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (1)

CCN 050025

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Heichel's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 5 inbound referrers · 13 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	163	561
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	13	23
Armelia Sani Internal Medicine · San Diego, CA	12	18
FRANCIS, DAVID	11	17
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	11	26

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA	217	1,022
Marc Lewis Anesthesiology · San Diego, CA	52	205
Scripps Health Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	37	118
SEABERG, ROBIN	34	129
Mark Schwartz Anesthesiology · San Diego, CA	27	101
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · San Diego, CA	24	38
William Freeman Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	19	38
Michael Nussbaum Anesthesiology · Poway, CA	16	57
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	15	31
Michael Goldbaum Ophthalmology · La Jolla, CA	12	43
Henry Ferreyra Ophthalmology · San Diego, CA	11	31
Esmeralda Mcclean Optometry · San Diego, CA	11	19

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

Related data on other Healthparse brands

ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history

Healthparse Signals

Monitor this provider for changes — dated NPI change events