AMES, CHRISTOPHER MD
Neurosurgery · NPI 1265485155 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
AMES, CHRISTOPHER is a Neurosurgery in SAN FRANCISCO, CA, a member of 1 medical group, who billed 19 distinct codes to Medicare Part B in 2024.
Groups: UCSF MEDICAL GROUP BUSINESS SERVICES (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
Year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 🔒 · 2021 🔒 · 2020 🔒
Provider overview · all codes · CY2024
All figures are disclosed (CMS suppresses fewer-than-11-beneficiary rows) Medicare Part B fee-for-service — a subset, never complete totals; volumes are personal to this NPI, not attributed to any group. Standing is a billed-volume position among specialty peers with disclosed billing (national percentile; a provider's true standing can only be higher, never lower), not a statement about care. See Methods & Sources.
Procedures billed to Medicare Part B (2024)
Medicare Part B FFS · CY2024 · as published by CMS| Code | Description | Services | Beneficiary-episodes | Avg charge | Avg Medicare payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22614 | Fusion of additional segment of spine | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22848 | Insertion of instrumentation to pelvic bones | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22853 | Insertion of cage or mesh device to spine bone and disc space during spine fusion | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22612 | Fusion of spine in lower back | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99205 | New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99213 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99215 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit with high level of medical decision making, if using time, 40 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22843 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 7-12 spine bone segments | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22844 | Placement of stabilizing device to back, 13 or more spine bone segments | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99214 | Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 63048 | Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22558 | Fusion of lower spine bone through abdomen with partial removal of disc | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99204 | New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22207 | Incision or removal of lower spine bone segment to correct deformity | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22633 | Fusion of spine in lower back with partial removal of spine bone and disc | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22585 | Fusion of spine bones through front of body with partial removal of disc, each additional disc | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 99203 | New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 22600 | Fusion of spine in neck by posterior approach | premium | premium | premium | premium |
| 61783 | Computer-assisted spinal procedure | premium | premium | premium | premium |
These are this provider's own Medicare Part B fee-for-service volumes (CMS public data). CMS suppresses rows with fewer than 11 beneficiaries, so low-volume codes may be missing entirely — absence is not zero. Beneficiary-episodes count CMS's per-setting beneficiary figures, not unique patients. Average charge and average Medicare payment are weighted by service volume across office and facility settings. Volumes on this page are personal to the NPI and are not attributed to any physician group. See Methods & Sources.