Christopher Neil Carender, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Iowa City, IA
Christopher Neil Carender, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1376071134, issued on May 24, 2017. Check the license (Iowa R-10904, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Neil Carender
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License numbers
- R-10904 IA
70671 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr Dept OF, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 356-2223
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jan 12, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230906002273); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University, 2017
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Neil Carender in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license R-10904Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
56 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin23 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: $17.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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 2 group practices
- Rau Physical Therapy IncFrankenmuth, MI
- Regents OF The University OF MichiganCanton, MI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Neil Carender among 257 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Iowa
Christopher Neil Carender, MD is one of 257 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 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 2017, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2004 among the 151 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Iowa
There are 257 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Iowa.
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- Charles Clark, MDIowa City, IA 522421457344582
- Reginald Cooper, MDIowa City, IA 522421912992660
- John Femino, MDIowa City, IA 522421467421487
- Cassim Igram, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421700846615
Common questions
What is Christopher Neil Carender, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Neil Carender, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376071134, issued on May 24, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Neil Carender, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Hawkins Dr Dept OF, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 356-2223. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Neil Carender, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number R-10904, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Neil Carender, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Neil Carender, MD had 56 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.