Anastassios Karistinos, MD
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX
Anastassios Karistinos, MD is a sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1457499071, issued on Feb 3, 2007. Check the license (Texas M1816, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Anastassios Karistinos
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician 207XX0005X
- License numbers
- M1816 TX
026313 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6620 Main Street Suite 1325, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 986-7414
- Enumerated
- Feb 3, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 13, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050804001119); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Anastassios Karistinos in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1816Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,205.61
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 2,400 providers of this specialty with any payment received $19,779.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Anastassios Karistinos among 239 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in Texas
Anastassios Karistinos, MD is one of 239 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 190 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XX0005X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician providers in Texas
There are 239 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records in Texas.
All 239 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Azael Arizpe, M.DHouston, TX 770301518491588
- Taylor Brown, MDHouston, TX 770301396733556
- Barrett Brown, M.D.Houston, TX 770301952470262
- Hussein Elkousy, M.D.Houston, TX 770301376531954
- Steven Flores, M.D.Houston, TX 770301508063132
- Robert Fullick, MDHouston, TX 770301740476191
- Mufaddal Gombera, MDHouston, TX 770301801061908
- David Green, MDHouston, TX 770301760574529
Common questions
What is Anastassios Karistinos, MD's NPI number?
Anastassios Karistinos, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457499071, issued on Feb 3, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Anastassios Karistinos, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6620 Main Street Suite 1325, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 986-7414. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Anastassios Karistinos, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1816, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Anastassios Karistinos, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.