Lawrence R. Crist, D.O.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Lawrence R. Crist, D.O. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1639106263, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania 05012028, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lawrence R. Crist
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- 05012028 PA
25MB06828400 NJ
U1879 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 320 E North Ave Ste 6200, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
- Phone
- (412) 359-6137
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 20, 2024
- Fax
- (412) 359-4334
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031204000146); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Philadelphia Col Of Osteo Med, Sewanee, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lawrence R. Crist in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license 05012028Check 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $8,222.73
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Allegheny ClinicKittanning, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lawrence R. Crist among 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania
Lawrence R. Crist, D.O. is one of 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 75% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 1998 among the 223 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 377 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Pennsylvania.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stephen Bailey, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121033185277
- Daniel Benckart, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121215937164
- Ray Crouch, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121689666299
- Hazem El-Khatib, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152121710957162
- Hiran Fernando, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152121629023809
- Jeffrey Fulton, DOPittsburgh, PA 152121659384352
- Michael Halbreiner, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152121972778876
- Candice Lee, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121750605499
Common questions
What is Lawrence R. Crist, D.O.'s NPI number?
Lawrence R. Crist, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639106263, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lawrence R. Crist, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 320 E North Ave Ste 6200, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212. Phone: (412) 359-6137. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lawrence R. Crist, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number 05012028, 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.
What is Lawrence R. Crist, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.7 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.