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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1780687541

Dr. Christopher L Elder, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Asheville, North Carolina. Graduated from Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Proactive Therapy of North Carolina Inc, a 565-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
29
Trained at
Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2005
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

111 Victoria Rd
Asheville, NC 28801-4811
Phone: (828) 252-7331
Fax: (828) 250-9208
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Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 9801639 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1780687541
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 24, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 26, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolJS WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Proactive Therapy Of North Carolina Inc — 565 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 18 times · 91st percentile
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 25 times · 69th 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 patients17
Services billed 221 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Proactive Therapy of North Carolina Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 565 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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