Christopher John Tucker, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · San Antonio, TX
Christopher John Tucker, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1679664031, issued on Sep 28, 2006. Check the license (Texas M4607, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher John Tucker
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- M4607 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Concord Plaza Dr Ste 300, San Antonio, TX 78216
- Phone
- (210) 804-5400
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 18, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100713000662); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School Of Med, 2004
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 400 Concord Plaza Dr Ste 300
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brianna Ask, FNPNurse Practitioner1700515897
- Ariel Ayala, CAAAnesthesiologist Assistant1316585284
- Adelaide Bachle, PAPhysician Assistant1134886534
- Camille Barton, PASurgical Physician Assistant1326045071
- Ester Beasley, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1093185381
- Ephraim Brenman, DOPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician1104836832
Verify Christopher John Tucker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M4607Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
44 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Celecoxib27 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: $1,523.76
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group LLPSan Antonio, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher John Tucker among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas
Christopher John Tucker, M.D. is one of 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2003 among the 1,016 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marvin Brown, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782161922040971
- Robert Hartzler, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782161780849372
- Nitin Kukkar, MDSan Antonio, TX 782161417119918
- Richard Ursone, MDSan Antonio, TX 782161528059722
- Sergio Viroslav, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782161760424790
- Michael Earle, MDSan Antonio, TX 782171003811514
- Robert Jones, MDSan Antonio, TX 782151043221773
- Peter McGanity, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782171124022694
Common questions
What is Christopher John Tucker, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher John Tucker, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679664031, issued on Sep 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher John Tucker, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Concord Plaza Dr Ste 300, San Antonio, TX, 78216. Phone: (210) 804-5400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher John Tucker, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M4607, 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 John Tucker, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher John Tucker, M.D. had 44 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher John Tucker, M.D.'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.