Christos Ballas, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Philadelphia, PA
Christos Ballas, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1629005673, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania MD069389L, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christos Ballas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- MD069389L PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1401 S 4TH St, Philadelphia, PA 19147
- Phone
- (215) 339-1070
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 30, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (215) 339-1080
- Medicaid ID
- 0018532450001 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050829000943); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christos Ballas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MD069389LCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
2,761 Medicare Part D claims for 186 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam511 claims
- Sertraline Hcl223 claims
- Clonazepam185 claims
- Mirtazapine176 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate135 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate132 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: $197.42
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Caldera Medical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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 2 group practices
- Citywide Community Counseling Service IncPhiladelphia, PA
- Harmony Wellness Group IncPhiladelphia, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christos Ballas among 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania
Christos Ballas, MD is one of 2,662 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% 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, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 1,186 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
727 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Philadelphia
They are 727 of the 42,849 NPPES records with a practice address in Philadelphia, and 2,662 psychiatry physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Christos Ballas, MD's NPI number?
Christos Ballas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629005673, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christos Ballas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1401 S 4TH St, Philadelphia, PA, 19147. Phone: (215) 339-1070. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christos Ballas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MD069389L, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christos Ballas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christos Ballas, MD had 2,761 Medicare Part D claims for 186 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.