Daniel John Chester
Surgery Physician · Kingsport, TN
Daniel John Chester is a surgery physician with a practice address in Kingsport, Tennessee, and NPI 1245737600, issued on Apr 11, 2018. Check the license (Tennessee 68720, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Daniel John Chester
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 68720 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 105 W Stone Dr Ste 4A, Kingsport, TN 37660
- Phone
- (423) 392-6265
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2018
- Record last updated
- Sep 26, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230915000741); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Daniel John Chester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 68720Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
119 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 47 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen50 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl45 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): 95.4 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: $3,470.77
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; 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
- Holston Medical Group PCKingsport, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Daniel John Chester among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee
Daniel John Chester is one of 631 surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 91% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 surgery physician records list a practice address in Kingsport
They are 23 of the 1,986 NPPES records with a practice address in Kingsport, and 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
All 631 in Tennessee → Every provider in Kingsport → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sherwood Barefoot, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601831131432
- Howard Brock, MDKingsport, TN 376601982635553
- John Ehrenfried, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601841369402
- George Gonzalez, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601588683585
- Steven Holt, MDKingsport, TN 376601538163522
- Mark Kadowaki, MDKingsport, TN 376601013901784
- Jeffrey Kappa, MDKingsport, TN 376601285665968
- Andrew Kramer, D.O.Kingsport, TN 376601205844024
Common questions
What is Daniel John Chester's NPI number?
Daniel John Chester's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245737600, issued on Apr 11, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Daniel John Chester located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 105 W Stone Dr Ste 4A, Kingsport, TN, 37660. Phone: (423) 392-6265. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Daniel John Chester's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 68720, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Daniel John Chester prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Daniel John Chester had 119 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Daniel John Chester's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 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.