Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Christopher Brian Espana, MD

Individual provider Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · NPI 1003922634

Christopher Brian Espana, MD is registered under Family Practice in Saint Louis, Missouri. Qualified in 1999, 27 years ago. Practices with Elite Physical Therapy of Creve Coeur LLC, a 83-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Missouri.

Years since qualifying
27
Licensed in
MO
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

5034 Griffin Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63128-3418
Phone: (314) 843-7333
Fax: (314) 843-9946
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 2006007898 (MO)
Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207QG0300X · Licence 2006007898 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1003922634
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 23, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 1, 2020
Certification dateApril 1, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Also practisesGERIATRIC MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1999 (27 years in practice)
Group practice Elite Physical Therapy Of Creve Coeur Llc — 83 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 35 times · 70th percentile
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients221
Services billed 5,365 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,340 70 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 inpatient rehabilitation facility, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Elite Physical Therapy of Creve Coeur LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 83 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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