NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher S. King, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Phoenix, AZ

Christopher S. King, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1457641698, issued on Apr 8, 2011. Check the license (Arizona 46196, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1457641698
Name
Christopher S. King
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
46196 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9225 N 3RD St Ste 300, Phoenix, AZ 85020
Phone
(602) 445-0751
Enumerated
Apr 8, 2011
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(602) 445-8128
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20141208002045); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2011
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 9225 N 3RD St Ste 300

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Greg Alaestante, DOFamily Medicine Physician1710247887
  2. Abby Borhan, MDInternal Medicine Physician1700271004
  3. Amarjyot Gill, MDInternal Medicine Physician1750358271
  4. Amy Lee, MDInternal Medicine Physician1699760751
  5. Riley OberholtzerAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1952185076
  6. Christopher Perez, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1437144318

Verify Christopher S. King in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

540 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 40 claims were for opioids.

  1. Christopher King540
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium30 claims
  2. Metoprolol Succinate24 claims
  3. Prednisone21 claims
  4. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
  6. Tamsulosin 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $132.71

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Penumbra, Inc. 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.

  1. Christopher King$132.71
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Affiliated Hospitalists PLCPhoenix, AZ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

695 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Phoenix

They are 695 of the 31,399 NPPES records with a practice address in Phoenix, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.

Other internal medicine physician records in Arizona

  1. Daniel Aaronson, MDTucson, AZ1134865355
  2. Constantia Abarikwu, MDPhoenix, AZ1497832620
  3. Jaber Abawi, MDPayson, AZ1629038542
  4. Demsas Abay, MDPeoria, AZ1720312390
  5. Firas Abbas, M.D. M.P.H.Mesa, AZ1336481407
  6. Hassan Abbas, D.O.Mesa, AZ1477294775
  7. Jalal Abbas, M.D.Sun City West, AZ1205895034
  8. Tayeb Abbas, MDSun City West, AZ1093406795
  9. Hamed Abbaszadegan, MDPhoenix, AZ1407083579
  10. Kristopher Abbate, MDTucson, AZ1184112401

Common questions

What is Christopher S. King, M.D.'s NPI number?

Christopher S. King, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457641698, issued on Apr 8, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher S. King, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9225 N 3RD St Ste 300, Phoenix, AZ, 85020. Phone: (602) 445-0751. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher S. King, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 46196, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Christopher S. King, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Christopher S. King, M.D. had 540 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Christopher S. King, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.