Christopher Steven Vega, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Greenville, SC
Christopher Steven Vega, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Greenville, South Carolina, and NPI 1013949478, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 35747, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Steven Vega
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 35747 SC
430024 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 Grove RD, Greenville, SC 29605
- Phone
- (864) 455-6371
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 20, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- Q0140J SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140416001725); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Steven Vega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 35747Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
201 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin32 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate22 claims
- Ondansetron Odt21 claims
- Prednisone20 claims
- Cefdinir16 claims
- Azithromycin11 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): 96.1 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: $14.97
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
3 hospitals and group practices
- Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · Acute Care Hospitals5 of 5 stars
- Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
- Self Medical GroupGreenwood, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Christopher Steven Vega among 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina
Christopher Steven Vega, MD is one of 1,244 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2012 among the 752 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
279 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 279 of the 10,264 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 1,244 emergency medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Steven Vega, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Steven Vega, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013949478, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Steven Vega, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 Grove RD, Greenville, SC, 29605. Phone: (864) 455-6371. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Steven Vega, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 35747, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Steven Vega, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Steven Vega, MD had 201 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Steven Vega, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.1 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.