NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher L. Nelson, PA

Surgical Physician Assistant · Cookeville, TN

Christopher L. Nelson, PA is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Cookeville, Tennessee, and NPI 1114911971, issued on Sep 8, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 2974, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1114911971
Name
Christopher L. Nelson
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
License numbers
2974 TN
085000452 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
222 W 4TH St Ste 201, Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone
(931) 783-4269
Enumerated
Sep 8, 2005
Record last updated
May 1, 2025
Fax
(931) 372-0401
Medicaid ID
Q020561 TN
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20160415001471); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences, 1990
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 222 W 4TH St Ste 201

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

  1. Justina Fabich, NPNurse Practitioner1801513049
  2. Brent Klinkhammer, MDClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1144740184
  3. Billy Parsons, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1568457828
  4. Timothy Powell, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1801890694
  5. Hannah Rinks, MSN, APRN, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1376042317
  6. Michael Sywak, MDVascular Surgery Physician1003104639

Verify Christopher L. Nelson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee board licenses this profession
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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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75% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024

533 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 60 claims were for opioids.

  1. Christopher Nelson533
  2. Specialty average304

Most prescribed

  1. Clopidogrel108 claims
  2. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen46 claims
  3. Furosemide40 claims
  4. Metoprolol Succinate39 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium38 claims
  6. Eliquis36 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: $21.17

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Christopher Nelson$21.17
  2. Specialty average$703.95

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. Cookeville Regional Medical Group IncCookeville, TN

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

Christopher L. Nelson among 297 surgical physician assistant records in Tennessee

Christopher L. Nelson, PA is one of 297 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% 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, 95% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • Graduated1990 · median 2018 among the 215 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Tennessee

There are 297 surgical physician assistant records in Tennessee.

All 297 in Tennessee → Every provider in Cookeville → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →

The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Steven Bickel, PA-CCookeville, TN 385011265480867
  2. Julianne Buckner, PA-CCookeville, TN 385011912986829
  3. Justin Cox, P.A.Cookeville, TN 385011285006635
  4. Jerry Crump, C.R.N.F.A.Cookeville, TN 385011942301072
  5. William Wallace, PACookeville, TN 385011992183412
  6. Erica Hensley, PA-CLawrenceburg, TN 384641528254000
  7. Amy Methvin, PA-CLawrenceburg, TN 384641184687600
  8. Ashley Reagan, PA-CCrossville, TN 385551790025302

Common questions

What is Christopher L. Nelson, PA's NPI number?

Christopher L. Nelson, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114911971, issued on Sep 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher L. Nelson, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 222 W 4TH St Ste 201, Cookeville, TN, 38501. Phone: (931) 783-4269. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher L. Nelson, PA's license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 2974, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Christopher L. Nelson, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Christopher L. Nelson, PA had 533 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.