Brent James Christensen, MD
Surgery Physician · Salt Lake City, UT
Brent James Christensen, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Salt Lake City, Utah, and NPI 1275570293, issued on May 31, 2006. Check the license (Utah 1808151205, as entered in NPPES) on the Utah Medical Licensing Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brent James Christensen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 1808151205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 324 10TH Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
- Phone
- (801) 408-7660
- Enumerated
- May 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (801) 408-7650
- Medicaid ID
- 942854057029 UT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040831000791); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Utah School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brent James Christensen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersUtah Medical Licensing Board
Search for license 1808151205Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
98 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf16 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl11 claims
- Metronidazole11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $84.12
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 one group practice
- Ihc Health Services IncSalt Lake City, UT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brent James Christensen among 259 surgery physician records in Utah
Brent James Christensen, MD is one of 259 surgery physician records with a practice address in Utah. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2007 among the 149 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Utah practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Utah
There are 259 surgery physician records in Utah.
All 259 in Utah → Every provider in Salt Lake City → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kerry Fisher, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031932156346
- Gregory Livers, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841031003076779
- David Morrell, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031346602307
- Teresa Reading, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031043259781
- Kent Richards, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031659315182
- Nathan Richards, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841031568663425
- Regina Rosenthal, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031801939582
- Mark Stevens, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031770504953
Common questions
What is Brent James Christensen, MD's NPI number?
Brent James Christensen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275570293, issued on May 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brent James Christensen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 324 10TH Ave, Salt Lake City, UT, 84103. Phone: (801) 408-7660. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brent James Christensen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Utah license number 1808151205, as entered by the provider. Search the Utah Medical Licensing Board at https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brent James Christensen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brent James Christensen, MD had 98 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.