PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548286412

Christopher ChittumM.D.

PRACTICEUPSTATE SPINE AND NEUROSURGERY CENTERSee all providers at this practice →

NeurosurgerySpartanburg, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,086

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

4,396

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$195K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 71 Neurosurgery providers in SC — top quintile (cohort median 591).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

363

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$4K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

16.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin61 claims

Meloxicam55 claims

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen36 claims

Oxycodone Hcl36 claims

Cyclobenzaprine Hcl34 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

79.0

Quality

69.0

Cost

67.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

93.0

Payment adjustment

0.17%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$144

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Chittum'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Jennifer Turner Nurse Practitioner · Spartanburg, SC	36	69
Jeffrey Smith Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Spartanburg, SC	32	59
Michael Enright Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	15	28
PARNES, NEIL	15	30
Kelan Brown Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	14	38
KAVANAGH, JOSEPH	14	27
David Pelino Diagnostic Radiology · Spartanburg, SC	14	41
KURKJIAN, JOSEPH	12	38

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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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