Christine E. Collins, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Pittsburgh, PA
Christine E. Collins, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1689018731, issued on Apr 19, 2013. Check the license (Pennsylvania MA056019, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christine E. Collins
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- MA056019 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5820 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
- Phone
- (412) 661-5500
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2013
- Record last updated
- Aug 29, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (412) 661-4365
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130620000046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christine E. Collins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MA056019Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% more Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
1,860 Medicare Part D claims for 379 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 51 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone319 claims
- Methotrexate269 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate243 claims
- Methylprednisolone108 claims
- Celecoxib107 claims
- Alendronate Sodium70 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: $3,275.85
199 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group IncBeaver, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christine E. Collins among 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania
Christine E. Collins, PA-C is one of 3,897 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 46% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2015 among the 2,467 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
521 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Pittsburgh
They are 521 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 3,897 medical physician assistant records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Christine E. Collins, PA-C's NPI number?
Christine E. Collins, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689018731, issued on Apr 19, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christine E. Collins, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5820 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15206. Phone: (412) 661-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christine E. Collins, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MA056019, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christine E. Collins, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christine E. Collins, PA-C had 1,860 Medicare Part D claims for 379 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.