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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1477653095

Dr. Christopher S Nelson, MD is registered under Critical Care (Intensivists) in Columbia, Missouri. Graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 2010, 16 years ago. Practices with The Curators of the University of Missouri, a 1,093-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri.

Years since qualifying
16
Trained at
University of North Dakota School of Medicine
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

1 Hospital Dr
Columbia, MO 65212-0001
Phone: (573) 884-6098
Fax: (573) 884-2835
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Specialties & licences

Surgical Critical Care Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0102X · Licence 2010028286 (MO)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 2010028286 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1477653095
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 24, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 2, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)
Also practisesGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2010 (16 years in practice)
Group practice The Curators Of The University Of Missouri — 1093 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 tissue 15 times · 66th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 11 times · 42nd percentile
Colonoscopy 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 patients174
Services billed 418 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 The Curators of the University of Missouri

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1093 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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