Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD
Neurological Surgery Physician · Boston, MA
Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Boston, Massachusetts, and NPI 1396181640, issued on May 14, 2013. Check the license (Massachusetts L-255281, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- L-255281 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114
- Phone
- (617) 726-5143
- Enumerated
- May 14, 2013
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210312000749); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license L-255281Check 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): 81.4 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: $491.52
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was icotec Medical Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge among 236 neurological surgery physician records in Massachusetts
Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD is one of 236 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 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 2013, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2001 among the 154 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 69% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Massachusetts
There are 236 neurological surgery physician records in Massachusetts.
All 236 in Massachusetts → Every provider in Boston → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Alireza Atri, MD PHDBoston, MA 021141326038506
- Frederick Barker, MDBoston, MA 021141649244344
- Lawrence Borges, MDBoston, MA 021141851379010
- Daniel Cahill, MD PHDBoston, MA 021141336113679
- Paul Chapman, MDBoston, MA 021141780674960
- Jean Valery Coumans, MDBoston, MA 021141467436154
- William Curry, MDBoston, MA 021141730163395
- Emad Eskandar, MDBoston, MA 021141972576239
Common questions
What is Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396181640, issued on May 14, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114. Phone: (617) 726-5143. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number L-255281, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Christopher A. Alvarez-Breckenridge, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 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.