Christopher L. Bell, MD
Surgery Physician · Dallas, TX
Christopher L. Bell, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1407818479, issued on Apr 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas L6783, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher L. Bell
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- L6783 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7777 Forest LN, Dallas, TX 75230
- Phone
- (972) 566-7860
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 7, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (972) 566-6673
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050621000762); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher L. Bell in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L6783Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
489 Medicare Part D claims for 191 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 127 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen120 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium52 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium42 claims
- Ozempic34 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl30 claims
- Methocarbamol26 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: $11,763.56
53 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Enterra Medical, Inc. 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.
Christopher L. Bell among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Christopher L. Bell, MD is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Christopher L. Bell, MD's NPI number?
Christopher L. Bell, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407818479, issued on Apr 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher L. Bell, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7777 Forest LN, Dallas, TX, 75230. Phone: (972) 566-7860. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher L. Bell, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L6783, 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 L. Bell, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher L. Bell, MD had 489 Medicare Part D claims for 191 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher L. Bell, 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.