Christopher Hughes
Transplant Surgery Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Christopher Hughes is a transplant surgery physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1407845126, issued on Oct 15, 2005. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD442523, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Hughes
- Primary taxonomy
- Transplant Surgery Physician 204F00000X
- License number
- MD442523 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3459 5TH Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
- Phone
- (412) 692-4184
- Enumerated
- Oct 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110613000135); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3459 5TH Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Olufunso Agbalajobi, MD, MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1902397839
- Akanksha Aggarwal, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669228979
- Allison Agnone, DNPAcute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist1013887322
- Mohamed Al-AskariTransplant Surgery Physician1447562285
- Mazen Al-Qadi, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1487818886
- Sarmad Alshamery, MDSurgery Physician1235706656
Verify Christopher Hughes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
Search for license MD442523Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average transplant surgery physician in 2024
89 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 260 among the 541 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mycophenolate Mofetil14 claims
- Tacrolimus12 claims
- Valganciclovir Hcl12 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim11 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): 77.5 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: $659.78
1 payment: travel and lodging; the largest payer was TransMedics, Inc. The 524 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,913.05 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
- University OF Pittsburgh PhysiciansPittsburgh, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Hughes among 63 transplant surgery physician records in Pennsylvania
Christopher Hughes is one of 63 transplant surgery physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 59% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 59% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 46% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 1998 among the 29 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 68% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 204F00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Transplant Surgery Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 63 transplant surgery physician records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 transplant surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mohamed Al-AskariPittsburgh, PA 152131447562285
- Won-Bae Chang, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131972730216
- Abhideep Chaudhary, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152131245468008
- Guilherme Costa, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131679545248
- Armando Ganoza Salas, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152131578858098
- Vikraman GunabushanamPittsburgh, PA 152131326202888
- Muhammad Ikram, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152131871783761
- Wojtek Karolak, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131942502877
Common questions
What is Christopher Hughes's NPI number?
Christopher Hughes's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407845126, issued on Oct 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Hughes located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3459 5TH Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213. Phone: (412) 692-4184. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Hughes's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD442523, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Christopher Hughes prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Hughes had 89 Medicare Part D claims; the average among transplant surgery physician prescribers was 260. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Hughes's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.5 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.