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

Individual provider Specialist · NPI 1235134560

Dr. Christopher Cannova, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Bethesda, Maryland. Graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Bethesda Chevy Chase Orthopaedic Associates, LLC, a 135-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Maryland.

Years since qualifying
28
Trained at
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine
Licensed in
MD
In the registry since
2005
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

10215 Fernwood Rd Ste 506
Bethesda, MD 20817-1184 Not confirmed with CMS for 19 years — call before visiting
Phone: (301) 530-1010
Fax: (301) 897-8597
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Specialties & licences

Specialist (primary) Taxonomy 174400000X · Licence D55209 (MD)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence D55209 (MD)

Record details

NPI number1235134560
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 14, 2005
Last updated in NPPESOctober 25, 2007

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Bethesda Chevy Chase Orthopaedic Associates, Llc — 135 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 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.

Hip replacement 145 times · 99th percentile
Knee replacement 260 times · 99th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 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 patients1,597
Services billed 8,479 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.

Royalty or License $397,768 8 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Consulting Fee $14,625 11 payments
Education $11,250 7 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $3,980 14 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,062 24 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 Bethesda Chevy Chase Orthopaedic Associates, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 135 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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