Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD
Surgery Physician · Hendersonville, NC
Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and NPI 1851319966, issued on Jul 17, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200700930, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Andrew Edwards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 200700930 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 805 6TH Ave W Ste 100, Hendersonville, NC 28739
- Phone
- (828) 693-7230
- Enumerated
- Jul 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 31, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 698-0583
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070824000650); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Mercer University School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 805 6TH Ave W Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christopher Andrew Edwards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200700930Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
313 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 46 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole63 claims
- Topiramate51 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl36 claims
- Sucralfate26 claims
- Amitriptyline Hcl22 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl19 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): 93.5 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: $1,261.14
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Applied Medical Resources Corporation. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Henderson County Hospital CorporationArden, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Andrew Edwards among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 surgery physician records list a practice address in Hendersonville
They are 18 of the 1,658 NPPES records with a practice address in Hendersonville, and 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
All 1,170 in North Carolina → Every provider in Hendersonville → Surgery Physician nationwide →
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- David Price, M.D.Hendersonville, NC 287391710984166
- Gilberto Robles, MDFranklin, NC 287341568487452
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Common questions
What is Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851319966, issued on Jul 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 805 6TH Ave W Ste 100, Hendersonville, NC, 28739. Phone: (828) 693-7230. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200700930, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD had 313 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Andrew Edwards, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.5 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.