Christopher John Spiker, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Christopher John Spiker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1508125782, issued on May 9, 2012. Check the license (Alabama MD.34017, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher John Spiker
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- MD.34017 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 817 Princeton Ave SW, Birmingham, AL 35211
- Phone
- (205) 783-7970
- Enumerated
- May 9, 2012
- Record last updated
- Nov 13, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (205) 783-7695
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151014002593); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher John Spiker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.34017Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
182 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone13 claims
- Levofloxacin11 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: $51.65
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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
- Internal Medicine Associates P.C.Opelika, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher John Spiker among 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama
Christopher John Spiker, M.D. is one of 1,705 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% 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 66% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2003 among the 1,136 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
487 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 487 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 1,705 internal medicine physician records in Alabama.
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Common questions
What is Christopher John Spiker, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher John Spiker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508125782, issued on May 9, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher John Spiker, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 817 Princeton Ave SW, Birmingham, AL, 35211. Phone: (205) 783-7970. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher John Spiker, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number MD.34017, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher John Spiker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher John Spiker, M.D. had 182 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.