Christopher Chiles, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Temple, TX
Christopher Chiles, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Temple, Texas, and NPI 1215997283, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (Texas L1291, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Chiles
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- L1291 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2401 S 31St St, Temple, TX 76508
- Phone
- (254) 724-2111
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1662033-01 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040721000800); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Chiles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L1291Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,271 Medicare Part D claims for 202 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium156 claims
- Spironolactone103 claims
- Eliquis89 claims
- Carvedilol86 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium80 claims
- Ezetimibe77 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: $38.89
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Scott And White ClinicTemple, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Chiles among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Christopher Chiles, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Dan Giebel, M.D.Temple, TX 765081821058512
- Margaret Happel, M.D.Temple, TX 765081467412619
- Philip Houck, M.D.Temple, TX 765081124088752
- Jeffrey Michel, MDTemple, TX 765081144216466
- Lazaros Nikolaidis, MDTemple, TX 765081538157417
Common questions
What is Christopher Chiles, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Chiles, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215997283, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Chiles, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2401 S 31St St, Temple, TX, 76508. Phone: (254) 724-2111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Chiles, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L1291, 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 Chiles, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Chiles, M.D. had 1,271 Medicare Part D claims for 202 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.