Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C
Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NY
Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1316969728, issued on Jul 24, 2006. Check the license (New York 011286, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christina M. Pagano
- Credential
- RPA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 011286 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 85 High St, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Phone
- (716) 883-6800
- Enumerated
- Jul 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 883-6853
- Medicaid ID
- 02822388 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061012000336); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christina M. Pagano in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 011286Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
235 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium67 claims
- Synthroid43 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22 claims
- Gabapentin17 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90 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: $227.34
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Erie County Medical Center CorporationBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christina M. Pagano among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
488 physician assistant records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 488 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C's NPI number?
Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316969728, issued on Jul 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 85 High St, Buffalo, NY, 14203. Phone: (716) 883-6800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 011286, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C had 235 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christina M. Pagano, RPA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90 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.