Christopher E. Hester, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bellefonte, PA
Christopher E. Hester, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1407819162, issued on Apr 11, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD058787L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher E. Hester
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD058787L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 141 Medical Park LN, Bellefonte, PA 16823
- Phone
- (814) 355-7322
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 14, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (814) 355-9604
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100309000352); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher E. Hester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD058787LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
47% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,689 Medicare Part D claims for 331 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Famotidine76 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium75 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium74 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium57 claims
- Furosemide56 claims
- Losartan Potassium52 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 72.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $428.35
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Mount Nittany Medical Center Health Services IncBellefonte, PA
- Phoenix Rehabilitation And Health Services IncCranberry Twp, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher E. Hester among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Christopher E. Hester, M.D. is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bellefonte
They are 5 of the 219 NPPES records with a practice address in Bellefonte, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Christopher E. Hester, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher E. Hester, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407819162, issued on Apr 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher E. Hester, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 141 Medical Park LN, Bellefonte, PA, 16823. Phone: (814) 355-7322. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher E. Hester, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD058787L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher E. Hester, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher E. Hester, M.D. had 1,689 Medicare Part D claims for 331 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher E. Hester, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 72.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.