Chester Fox, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Buffalo, NY
Chester Fox, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1548201551, issued on Jun 9, 2006. Check the license (New York 131558, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chester Fox
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 131558 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1315 Jefferson Ave, Buffalo, NY 14208
- Phone
- (716) 332-3797
- Enumerated
- Jun 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 332-4247
- Medicaid ID
- 00452171 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240813001004); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1976
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1315 Jefferson Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Dave Chaudhary, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1932540184
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- Vinodbhai Patel, MDFamily Medicine Physician1700879319
- Thomas Rosenthal, MDFamily Medicine Physician1447243720
- Ashima Sawhney, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1114205952
Verify Chester Fox in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 131558Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Most of these Medicare Part D claims are vaccines, 95% of the cost of the top drugs
8,694 Medicare Part D claims for 5,184 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 66% of claims.
Most prescribed
Pharmacies often give vaccines under a standing order that names one clinician, and CMS counts every such claim under that clinician's NPI. These claims are therefore not a measure of this clinician's own prescribing.
- Arexvy1,797 claims
- Shingrix1,522 claims
- Abrysvo1,083 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium420 claims
- Mresvia378 claims
- Boostrix Tdap329 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: $61.34
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- M Medical Group, Inc.Virginia Beach, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chester Fox among 6,417 family medicine physician records in New York
Chester Fox, MD is one of 6,417 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 81% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1976 · median 2007 among the 4,188 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Family Medicine Physician providers in New York
There are 6,417 family medicine physician records in New York.
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- Thomas Rosenthal, MDBuffalo, NY 142081447243720
- Aijaz Shaikh, MDBuffalo, NY 142081275941841
- Nathaniel Webster, MDBuffalo, NY 142081821069824
- Maritza Baez, MDBuffalo, NY 142091285849877
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Common questions
What is Chester Fox, MD's NPI number?
Chester Fox, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548201551, issued on Jun 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chester Fox, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1315 Jefferson Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14208. Phone: (716) 332-3797. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chester Fox, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 131558, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chester Fox, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chester Fox, MD had 8,694 Medicare Part D claims for 5,184 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.