What is Christopher Hughes's specialty?

Christopher Hughes (NPI 1407845126) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is General Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA.

Where does Christopher Hughes practice?

Christopher Hughes practices in Pittsburgh, PA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1407845126.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Hughes?

Christopher Hughes (NPI 1407845126) received approximately $54K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 16 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1407845126

Christopher Hughes

General SurgeryPittsburgh, PAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$53K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,055 General Surgery providers in PA — bottom quintile (cohort median 277).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Mycophenolate Mofetil14 claims

Tacrolimus12 claims

Valganciclovir Hcl12 claims

Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

80.9

Quality

61.9

Cost

74.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.25%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$660

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$660

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$660

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Hughes'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). 6 inbound referrers · 9 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE	18	54
Abhinav Humar General Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA	18	124
OTT, SUSAN	16	55
Alessandro Furlan Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	15	43
Kapil Chopra Gastroenterology · Pittsburgh, PA	14	56
Amir Borhani Diagnostic Radiology · Chicago, IL	13	46

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE	76	361
Abhinav Humar General Surgery · Pittsburgh, PA	25	186
Amit Tevar General Surgery · Cincinnati, OH	22	137
Mark Sturdevant General Surgery · Seattle, WA	20	139
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE	13	58
OTT, SUSAN	12	55
Kapil Chopra Gastroenterology · Pittsburgh, PA	12	31
Anil Dasyam Diagnostic Radiology · Pittsburgh, PA	11	26
Jaideep Behari Gastroenterology · Pittsburgh, PA	11	46

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.

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