Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD
Surgery Physician · Amarillo, TX
Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Amarillo, Texas, and NPI 1912260209, issued on Jun 21, 2012. Check the license (Texas S2089, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Thomas Kolze
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- S2089 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1000 S Coulter St Ste 200, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 212-6604
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2012
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2024
- Fax
- (806) 212-0355
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190802001486); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Thomas Kolze in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S2089Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
264 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 95 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt72 claims
- Tramadol Hcl71 claims
- Ibuprofen21 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen19 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): 97.6 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: $98.35
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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
- Bsa Physicians Group IncAmarillo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Thomas Kolze among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912260209, issued on Jun 21, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 S Coulter St Ste 200, Amarillo, TX, 79106. Phone: (806) 212-6604. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S2089, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD had 264 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Thomas Kolze, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.