Christopher A. Bell, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Nederland, TX
Christopher A. Bell, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Nederland, Texas, and NPI 1467450908, issued on Jul 8, 2005. Check the license (Texas J9625, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher A. Bell
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- J9625 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 520 S Twin City Hwy, Nederland, TX 77627
- Phone
- (409) 729-2266
- Enumerated
- Jul 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (409) 729-2626
- Medicaid ID
- 113220104 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041215000478); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Texas Hsc, College Of Osteopathic Med, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 520 S Twin City Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Sabrina FaulkFamily Nurse Practitioner1710155320
Verify Christopher A. Bell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J9625Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,195 Medicare Part D claims for 583 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methylprednisolone617 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium361 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium328 claims
- Azithromycin289 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium275 claims
- Losartan Potassium239 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: $1,087.65
69 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Rhg OF Texas PANederland, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher A. Bell among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Christopher A. Bell, D.O. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Nederland
They are 13 of the 178 NPPES records with a practice address in Nederland, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Christopher A. Bell, D.O.'s NPI number?
Christopher A. Bell, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467450908, issued on Jul 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher A. Bell, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 520 S Twin City Hwy, Nederland, TX, 77627. Phone: (409) 729-2266. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher A. Bell, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J9625, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher A. Bell, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher A. Bell, D.O. had 10,195 Medicare Part D claims for 583 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.