Christopher Lee Downing, DO
Surgery Physician · Wytheville, VA
Christopher Lee Downing, DO is a surgery physician with a practice address in Wytheville, Virginia, and NPI 1396763835, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0102203556, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Lee Downing
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 0102203556 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1787 W Lee Hwy Ste 3, Wytheville, VA 24382
- Phone
- (276) 228-1050
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (855) 352-6646
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131023001041); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio University, College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Lee Downing in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0102203556Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
247 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 65 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium92 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen61 claims
- Cephalexin21 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 92.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $45.72
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. 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 Lee Downing among 865 surgery physician records in Virginia
Christopher Lee Downing, DO is one of 865 surgery physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 71% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 483 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 45% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 surgery physician records list a practice address in Wytheville
They are 4 of the 312 NPPES records with a practice address in Wytheville, and 865 surgery physician records in Virginia.
All 865 in Virginia → Every provider in Wytheville → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Susan Cash, MDWytheville, VA 243821780695320
- Dalkeith Facey, D.O. MBAWytheville, VA 243821568754323
- James Zwanch, D.O.Wytheville, VA 243821710218847
- Lyle Bauman, M.D.Marion, VA 243541558373316
- Dawn Holman, M.D.Marion, VA 243541063465193
- Aleksandr Sokolovsky, D.O.Marion, VA 243541477505444
- Anne Barnwell-Grayson, MDGalax, VA 243331013046994
- Mahmoud Jawhar, MDGalax, VA 243331124094875
Common questions
What is Christopher Lee Downing, DO's NPI number?
Christopher Lee Downing, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396763835, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Lee Downing, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1787 W Lee Hwy Ste 3, Wytheville, VA, 24382. Phone: (276) 228-1050. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Lee Downing, DO's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0102203556, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Lee Downing, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Lee Downing, DO had 247 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Lee Downing, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 92.4 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.