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

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1518973783

Christopher Truss practises Gastroenterology in Birmingham, Alabama. Graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1976, 50 years ago. Practices with University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC, a 2,759-clinician group, works from 2 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Alabama.

Years since qualifying
50
Trained at
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Licensed in
AL
In the registry since
2006
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Practice location Address checks out

1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233-1801
Phone: (800) 822-8816
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 2000 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233-2110 — (205) 996-4744

Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence 9391 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1518973783
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 31, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJune 29, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1976 (50 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, Pc — 2759 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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 62 times · 67th percentile
Colonoscopy 48 times · 63rd percentile

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 patients83
Services billed 100 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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 $21 1 payment · 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.

Colleagues at University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2759 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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