Christopher P. Ames, MD
Neurological Surgery Physician · San Francisco, CA
Christopher P. Ames, MD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1265485155, issued on May 19, 2006. Check the license (California A60247, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher P. Ames
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- A60247 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 353-2739
- Enumerated
- May 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (415) 353-2176
- Medicaid ID
- 00A602470 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080304000321); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher P. Ames in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A60247Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average neurological surgery physician in 2024
75 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries, against an average of 172 among the 4,378 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Baclofen17 claims
- Naloxone Hcl16 claims
- Gabapentin14 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,165,779.56
429 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Medtronic, 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
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher P. Ames among 929 neurological surgery physician records in California
Christopher P. Ames, MD is one of 929 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 77% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2005 among the 612 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 55% 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 California 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 California
There are 929 neurological surgery physician records in California.
All 929 in California → Every provider in San Francisco → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
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- Susan Chang, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431346299518
- Nalin Gupta, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431811955438
- Evren Keles, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431407872674
- Praveen Mummaneni, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431407960099
- Lawrence Pitts, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431578528394
Common questions
What is Christopher P. Ames, MD's NPI number?
Christopher P. Ames, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265485155, issued on May 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher P. Ames, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 353-2739. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher P. Ames, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A60247, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher P. Ames, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher P. Ames, MD had 75 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries; the average among neurological surgery physician prescribers was 172. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher P. Ames, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.