PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1285689455

Chris CateMD

General SurgeryLittle Rock, ARI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

719

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

1,378

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$145K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 198 General Surgery providers in AR — top quintile (cohort median 391).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

311

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

44.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen108 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium86 claims

Promethazine Hcl73 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen31 claims

Tramadol Hcl13 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$292

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$292

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Chris Cate'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). 25 inbound referrers · 58 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTH	202	598
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	45	144
Shane Kimball Nephrology · Little Rock, AR	39	308
The Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Little Rock, AR	34	49
Kevin Forte Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	31	69
Martin Robinson Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	27	83
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	24	89
Todd Smith Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	24	109
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Dallas, TX	22	60
John Baden Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	20	52
Whitney Goodwin Interventional Radiology · Little Rock, AR	19	74
Robert Stuckey Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	19	43

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BAPTIST HEALTH	129	308
Maria Porter Pathology · Little Rock, AR	42	143
Peter Kim General Surgery · Little Rock, AR	39	100
Kevin Forte Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	37	96
Shane Kimball Nephrology · Little Rock, AR	36	351
MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF ARKANSAS, INC.	31	122
Little Rock Ambulance Authority Ambulance Service Provider · Little Rock, AR	30	61
Thomas St Amour Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	30	106
The Surgery Center, Llc Ambulatory Surgical Center · Little Rock, AR	26	34
ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER	25	70
John Baden Diagnostic Radiology · Little Rock, AR	25	46
Spectra East, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Rockleigh, NJ	24	72

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

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