Christopher Madison Watson, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Columbia, SC
Christopher Madison Watson, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Columbia, South Carolina, and NPI 1972629756, issued on Mar 22, 2007. Check the license (South Carolina 24056, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Madison Watson
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 24056 SC
0101243459 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 450, Columbia, SC 29203
- Phone
- (803) 434-8800
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 13, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (803) 434-8802
- Medicaid ID
- 240563 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100310000674); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Mercer University School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 450
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Christopher Madison Watson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 24056Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 99.3 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: $2,484.85
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 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
- Prisma Health Medical Group-MidlandsColumbia, SC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Madison Watson among 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina
Christopher Madison Watson, M.D. is one of 647 surgery physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 39% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 39% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 335 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in South Carolina
There are 647 surgery physician records in South Carolina.
All 647 in South Carolina → Every provider in Columbia → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Varun Bhalla, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031447412127
- Jesse Clanton, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031023246295
- Arthur Cooler, MDColumbia, SC 292031326078890
- Peter Felice, MDColumbia, SC 292031992966881
- Mark Jones, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031295863058
- Zeid Keilani, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031154585578
- Rodrigo Mon, MDColumbia, SC 292031457390528
- Allyson Moulton, M.D.Columbia, SC 292031366619132
Common questions
What is Christopher Madison Watson, M.D.'s NPI number?
Christopher Madison Watson, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972629756, issued on Mar 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Madison Watson, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 450, Columbia, SC, 29203. Phone: (803) 434-8800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Madison Watson, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 24056, 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.
What is Christopher Madison Watson, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.3 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.