Christope Liem Nguyen
Surgery Physician · Spartanburg, SC
Christope Liem Nguyen is a surgery physician with a practice address in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and NPI 1457316978, issued on Apr 18, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 21507, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christope Liem Nguyen
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 21507 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 E Wood St FL 3, Spartanburg, SC 29303
- Phone
- (864) 560-1900
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (864) 560-1925
- Medicaid IDs
- 5903934 NC
215074 SC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060613000194); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christope Liem Nguyen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 21507Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
120 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 28% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Creon32 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium29 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $105.51
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Kerecis Limited. 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Christope Liem Nguyen among 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina
Christope Liem Nguyen is one of 647 surgery physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 335 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 45% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 surgery physician records list a practice address in Spartanburg
They are 62 of the 3,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Spartanburg, and 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Thomas Ashley, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031780684456
- Robert Cochran, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031811962947
- James Green, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031144295262
- Robert Hird, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293031831165513
- Hugh James, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293031053375592
- Ari Kramer, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031073577698
- Thomas McLeod, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293031336110519
- Richard Orr, MDSpartanburg, SC 293031215937990
Common questions
What is Christope Liem Nguyen's NPI number?
Christope Liem Nguyen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457316978, issued on Apr 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christope Liem Nguyen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 E Wood St FL 3, Spartanburg, SC, 29303. Phone: (864) 560-1900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christope Liem Nguyen's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 21507, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christope Liem Nguyen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christope Liem Nguyen had 120 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christope Liem Nguyen's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.1 of 100. 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.