Christopher Lance Love, MD
Surgery Physician · Fredericksburg, TX
Christopher Lance Love, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Fredericksburg, Texas, and NPI 1902860703, issued on Apr 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas L5028, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Lance Love
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- L5028 TX
38499 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 820 Reuben Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624
- Phone
- (830) 997-6000
- Enumerated
- Apr 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 28, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (830) 997-6004
- Medicaid ID
- 157666202 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090224000423); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Christopher Lance Love in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L5028Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
644 Medicare Part D claims for 223 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims. 178 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt181 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen162 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium109 claims
- Omeprazole31 claims
- Metoclopramide Hcl22 claims
- Metronidazole21 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $39.66
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. 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
- South Texas Physician Group PLLCFredericksburg, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
4 surgery physician records list a practice address in Fredericksburg
They are 4 of the 331 NPPES records with a practice address in Fredericksburg, and 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.
All 4 in Fredericksburg → All 2,192 in Texas → Every provider in Fredericksburg →
Other surgery physician records in Texas
- Alan Abando, M.D.Cedar Park, TX1073561387
- Babak Abbassi, M.D.Greenville, TX1992151385
- Steven Abbate, MDSan Antonio, TX1235117433
- John Abbott, M.D.Rowlett, TX1255540936
- Kareem Abdelfattah, MDDallas, TX1053510339
- John Abdelsayed, MDSugar Land, TX1578983839
- Ziad Abdo, M.D.Dallas, TX1700838414
- Alan Abel, MDBig Spring, TX1518966829
- Stephen Abernathy, M.D.Temple, TX1851389779
- John Abikhaled, M.D.Austin, TX1639108731
Common questions
What is Christopher Lance Love, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Lance Love, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902860703, issued on Apr 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Lance Love, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 820 Reuben Street, Fredericksburg, TX, 78624. Phone: (830) 997-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Lance Love, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L5028, 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 Lance Love, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Lance Love, MD had 644 Medicare Part D claims for 223 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.