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.
- 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
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.
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Verify Christopher S. King in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 46196Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium30 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate24 claims
- Prednisone21 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium19 claims
- 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.
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
- 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.
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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.