What is Christopher Suhar's specialty?

Christopher Suhar (NPI 1720276751) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in La Jolla, CA.

Where does Christopher Suhar practice?

Christopher Suhar practices in La Jolla, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1720276751.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Suhar?

Christopher Suhar (NPI 1720276751) received approximately $268K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 3,054 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1720276751

Christopher SuharM.D.

PRACTICESCRIPPS CLINIC MEDICAL GROUPSee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyLa Jolla, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

4,226

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

5,248

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$259K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,869 Cardiology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 2,371).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,170

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1.1M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

34.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Rosuvastatin Calcium436 claims

Evolocumab347 claims

Atorvastatin Calcium321 claims

Ezetimibe300 claims

Metoprolol Succinate285 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Suhar'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). 69 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Scripps Health Clinical Laboratory · La Jolla, CA	492	1,978
AHERN, THOMAS	149	341
James Heywood Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	111	253
Phong Hu Cardiology · San Diego, CA	110	333
Anil Patel Cardiology · San Diego, CA	99	151
Christina Adams Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	90	185
Ajay Srivastava Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology · San Diego, CA	87	165
Riaz Ahmed Cardiology · Encinitas, CA	85	165
John Rogers Cardiology · La Jolla, CA	83	175
Todd Hitchcock Cardiology · San Diego, CA	79	186
Malhar Patel Cardiology · San Diego, CA	76	120
Mohsin Saeed Interventional Radiology · La Jolla, CA	73	184

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.

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