Charles Buford Huddleston, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · St Louis, MO
Charles Buford Huddleston, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in St Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1942226162, issued on Jul 14, 2006. Check the license (Missouri R7N52, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Charles Buford Huddleston
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- R7N52 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1465 South Grand Blvd., St Louis, MO 63104
- Phone
- (314) 268-4183
- Enumerated
- Jul 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 24, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (314) 577-5313
- Medicaid ID
- 202874004 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100626000122); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1465 South Grand Blvd.
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Charles Buford Huddleston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license R7N52Check 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): 81.6 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ssm Health Care GroupSaint Louis, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Missouri
There are 143 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Missouri.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Missouri
- Corinne Aberle, M.D.Kansas City, MO1437445269
- Umraan Ahmad, MDChesterfield, MO1750401568
- Ali Alakhtar, MD, MSC, FRCSCSaint Louis, MO1295588655
- Keith Allen, M.D.Springfield, MO1134186901
- Trevor Axford, MDSaint Louis, MO1528094224
- Colin Bailey, M.D.Osage Beach, MO1457372997
- Joshua Baker, MDSaint Louis, MO1972623692
- Shelly Bansal, MDSaint Joseph, MO1174793111
- George Berberian, M.D.Cape Girardeau, MO1962569046
- Mark Blucher, M.D.Saint Louis, MO1568433951
Common questions
What is Charles Buford Huddleston, MD's NPI number?
Charles Buford Huddleston, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942226162, issued on Jul 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Charles Buford Huddleston, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1465 South Grand Blvd., St Louis, MO, 63104. Phone: (314) 268-4183. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Charles Buford Huddleston, MD's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number R7N52, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Charles Buford Huddleston, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.6 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.