What is Christopher Appleton's specialty?

Christopher Appleton (NPI 1891778528) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Cardiology in Scottsdale, AZ.

Where does Christopher Appleton practice?

Christopher Appleton practices in Scottsdale, AZ, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1891778528.

How much does Medicare pay Christopher Appleton?

Christopher Appleton (NPI 1891778528) received approximately $32K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 200 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1891778528

Christopher AppletonM.D.

PRACTICEMAYO CLINIC ARIZONASee all providers at this practice →

CardiologyScottsdale, AZI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

308

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

359

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$31K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 363 Cardiology providers in AZ — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,847).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

86.5

Quality

78.3

Cost

76.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.48%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Appleton'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). 111 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA	861	2,315
Kelley Kennedy Internal Medicine · Scottsdale, AZ	177	319
LEE, HOWARD	141	283
Prasad Panse Diagnostic Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ	134	276
RUZICH, RUSSELL	127	238
Komandoor Srivathsan Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Phoenix, AZ	119	226
Ryan Robetorye Pathology · Scottsdale, AZ	107	216
Luis Scott Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Phoenix, AZ	102	197
John Lynch Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ	101	187
Clinton Wellnitz Diagnostic Radiology · Scottsdale, AZ	73	127
Robert Hurst Cardiology · Scottsdale, AZ	66	143
Fadi Shamoun Cardiology · Rochester, MN	53	121

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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