Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA
Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1255858221, issued on Aug 29, 2017. Check the license (California 54651, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Hannum Ceriale
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 54651 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (800) 926-8273
- Enumerated
- Aug 29, 2017
- Record last updated
- Feb 19, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (888) 539-8781
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191111001679); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Hannum Ceriale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 54651Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
2,071 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl379 claims
- Finasteride273 claims
- Elmiron185 claims
- Myrbetriq111 claims
- Testosterone Cypionate92 claims
- Gentamicin Sulfate66 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: $226.68
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Endo USA, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Hannum Ceriale among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 47% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 47% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
747 physician assistant records list a practice address in San Diego
They are 747 of the 52,937 NPPES records with a practice address in San Diego, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255858221, issued on Aug 29, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (800) 926-8273. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists California license number 54651, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Hannum Ceriale, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 2,071 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.