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

Individual provider Neurological Surgery Physician · NPI 1265485155

Dr. Christopher P. Ames, MD practises Neurosurgery in San Francisco, California. Graduated from University of California, Geffen School of Medicine in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with UCSF Medical Group Business Services, a 1,531-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
32
Trained at
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
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

400 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94143-2202
Phone: (415) 353-2739
Fax: (415) 353-2176
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Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence A60247 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1265485155
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 19, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJuly 13, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice Ucsf Medical Group Business Services — 1531 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations4 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.

Spinal fusion 479 times · 98th percentile
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 23 times · 53rd 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 patients264
Services billed 1,566 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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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 $694,770 12 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 $193,365 32 payments
Travel and Lodging $41,527 96 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $26,900 7 payments
Food and Beverage $7,561 145 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Honoraria $4,000 1 payment

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at UCSF Medical Group Business Services

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1531 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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