What is Christopher Hess's specialty?

Christopher Hess (NPI 1649289885) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Diagnostic Radiology in San Francisco, CA.

Where does Christopher Hess practice?

Christopher Hess practices in San Francisco, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1649289885.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Hess?

Christopher Hess (NPI 1649289885) received approximately $33K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 394 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1649289885

Christopher HessM.D., PH.D.

Diagnostic RadiologySan Francisco, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

396

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

411

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$25K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 3,474 Diagnostic Radiology providers in CA — below median (cohort median 2,975).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.9

Quality

81.1

Cost

71.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.42%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$14K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$10K

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Travel and Lodging$10K

Consulting Fee$3K

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Hess'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). 29 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Gordon Fung Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	93	178
City & County Of San Francisco Ambulance Service Provider · San Francisco, CA	53	94
American Medical Response West Ambulance Service Provider · San Francisco, CA	28	40
Dean Chou Neurosurgery · New York, NY	22	49
Jennifer Harris Emergency Medicine · Oakland, CA	21	29
Christopher Ames Neurosurgery · San Francisco, CA	21	59
Praveen Mummaneni Neurosurgery · San Francisco, CA	21	47
Brian Haas Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	21	36
Derek Sun Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	21	34
KILLEBREW, ELLEN	21	31
CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO	20	56
Cynthia Chin Diagnostic Radiology · San Francisco, CA	18	43

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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ProviderScore

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