Active NPI 1093703704 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner

Dr. Richard M Christopher , MD

Internal Medicine • Marianna, FL

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Dr. Richard Christopher, MD is a certified Internal Medicine practicing in Marianna, FL. With approximately 42 years of clinical experience since graduating from University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine in 1984, Dr. Christopher delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 4318 5TH AVE.

Dr. Christopher is affiliated with Er Physician Group At Jackson Hospital and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function, subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least, hospital discharge day management, more than. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

4318 5th Ave

Marianna, FL 324462182

Telephone 8505265300

Fax 8504825021

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Internal Medicine Associates Facility NPI 1205873841

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine

Graduation Year

1984

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Internal Medicine in Marianna, FL

Senior Veteran Specialist (>20 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

42 Yrs +16.7 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 25.3 Yrs

State Avg: 26.5 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

8 Specialists

Practicing in Marianna, FL (10650 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

25.0% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

56.4% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Christopher (42 Years) 42 Yrs

Marianna Specialty Average (25.3 Years) 25.3 Yrs

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Top Medicare Part B procedures performed by this practitioner

CMS Official Data (2024)

Reporting Year:

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	451	431	$150.00	$65.06
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	306	107	$147.00	$76.75
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	224	134	$212.00	$115.03
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	117	98	$218.00	$110.70
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	109	100	$414.00	$168.56
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	40	37	$107.00	$51.23
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	35	29	$559.00	$204.08
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	32	23	$82.00	$39.91
93227 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional	12	12	$54.00	$16.34

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	484	450	$150.00	$67.15
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	356	118	$147.00	$79.35
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	337	147	$212.00	$119.06
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	133	114	$218.00	$113.88
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	118	108	$414.00	$172.86
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	40	29	$559.00	$216.02
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	28	14	$82.00	$40.53
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	24	23	$107.00	$51.10
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	20	19	$45.00	$20.71
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	20	19	$77.00	$13.77
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	13	13	$10.00	$3.41

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	450	416	$149.91	$69.47
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	388	107	$147.00	$70.74
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	361	142	$212.00	$101.49
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	117	91	$218.00	$103.95
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	97	82	$414.00	$197.04
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	46	22	$82.00	$40.48
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	40	35	$107.00	$52.46
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	25	21	$559.00	$222.09
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	21	19	$10.00	$3.43
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	18	18	$147.00	$71.41
99220 Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes	16	16	$379.00	$179.65
81000 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated	14	12	$10.00	$3.96
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	13	13	$77.00	$14.42
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	13	13	$45.00	$21.73

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	516	479	$149.96	$70.49
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	422	187	$212.00	$104.17
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	289	116	$147.00	$72.53
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	122	110	$414.00	$202.09
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	118	107	$218.00	$106.75
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	50	38	$559.00	$225.15
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	48	45	$107.00	$52.67
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	46	27	$82.00	$40.82
99220 Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes	21	20	$379.00	$183.44
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	21	20	$147.00	$72.45
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	18	17	$77.00	$14.63
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	18	17	$45.00	$22.05
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	18	15	$10.00	$3.31
93227 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional	12	12	$54.00	$18.79

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	572	195	$212.00	$107.43
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	463	435	$150.00	$74.72
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	395	138	$147.00	$74.42
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	155	130	$218.00	$109.69
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	109	100	$414.00	$208.64
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	74	54	$559.00	$231.89
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	57	51	$107.00	$53.61
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	45	28	$82.00	$40.96
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	27	27	$10.00	$3.45
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	16	16	$45.00	$22.84
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	16	16	$77.00	$15.18
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	13	13	$147.00	$74.25

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	632	582	$149.97	$74.04
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	419	142	$147.00	$73.49
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	342	196	$212.00	$105.12
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	144	114	$218.00	$107.74
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	141	119	$414.00	$204.58
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	58	48	$107.00	$52.90
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	45	40	$10.00	$3.41
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	44	36	$559.00	$226.95
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	40	25	$82.00	$40.67
93227 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional	30	28	$54.00	$26.71
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	27	27	$45.00	$22.50
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	27	27	$77.00	$14.95
99220 Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes	26	25	$379.00	$187.66
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	23	22	$147.00	$73.56
93000 Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report	14	14	$34.00	$16.91
99226 Subsequent observation care, typically 35 minutes per day	13	11	$214.00	$105.64

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	585	532	$142.86	$73.38
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	408	154	$147.00	$72.75
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	322	191	$212.00	$104.38
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	157	132	$218.00	$107.30
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	130	112	$414.00	$204.33
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	58	45	$107.00	$53.13
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	45	43	$10.00	$3.28
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	34	27	$559.00	$225.57
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	30	17	$82.00	$41.01
93227 Electrocardiogram (ecg) 2-day continuous with review by health care professional	30	28	$54.00	$26.06
99220 Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes	17	16	$379.00	$178.87
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	17	17	$45.00	$22.30
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	17	17	$77.00	$14.82
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	16	16	$147.00	$69.83
81000 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated	15	15	$10.00	$3.71
93000 Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report	13	13	$34.00	$16.81

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
93306 Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	733	671	$129.00	$62.39
99232 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes	550	201	$150.81	$69.91
99233 Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes	316	210	$212.64	$98.77
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	199	159	$218.00	$105.51
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	157	134	$410.18	$197.18
G0180 Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and	62	55	$107.00	$52.18
81002 Urinalysis, manual test	49	43	$10.00	$3.36
99291 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes	42	35	$559.00	$222.09
93018 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician	39	38	$77.00	$14.55
93016 Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician	39	38	$45.00	$21.91
G0179 Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp	36	23	$82.00	$39.95
99220 Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes	31	31	$379.00	$183.24
99217 Hospital observation care on day of discharge	23	22	$147.00	$71.67
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes	19	17	$414.00	$100.80
81000 Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope, non-automated	13	12	$10.00	$4.26
93000 Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report	11	11	$34.00	$16.62

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

Internal Medicine Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X

State License FL FLME0050659

A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.

Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Commercial Insurance / Payer ID Fl State License Number

FLME0050659 (FL)

Commercial Insurance / Payer ID Bcbs Provider Number

03827 (FL)

Hospital & Practice Group Affiliations

Er Physician Group At Jackson Hospital

4250 Hospital Dr, Marianna, FL 324461917

Phone: 8505262200

Practice Associates & Co-Workers

Healthcare professionals and specialists practicing at this location or sharing practice phone/fax

6 Associated Practitioners

Dr. Julie Smith , ARNP-C, DNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1053462085

ARNPC, Doctor of Nursing Practice

Dr. Steven Spence , MD

Internal Medicine

NPI 1528056223

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Melanie Alexander , ARNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1679608269

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Anna Brunner , MSN, ARNP-C

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1699916098

Master of Science in Nursing, ARNPC

Wayde Retherford

Internal Medicine

NPI 1861952624

Megan Tyler , ARNP

Nurse Practitioner - Family

NPI 1932675501

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Career & Practice History Timeline

Chronological log of verified NPI updates, location relocations, credentials, and registry changes

6 Historical Events

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NPI Profile Active July 08, 2007

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location July 08, 2007

Registered at 4318 5TH AVE, MARIANNA, FL 324462182 (Tel: 8505265300)

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Updated Business Mailing Address July 08, 2007

Registered at PO BOX 668, MARIANNA, FL 324470668 (Tel: 8505265300)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated July 08, 2007

Recorded as RICHARD CHRISTOPHER, M.D.

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) July 08, 2007

Internal Medicine (License #FLME0050659 in FL)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration October 07, 2005

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1093703704

Entity Type:

Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)

Enumeration Date: October 07, 2005

Last Update: July 13, 2026

Sole Proprietor: No

Update or Correct Profile

Mailing Address

Po Box 668

Marianna, FL 324470668

Phone: 8505265300

Public Domain Record This profile contains public domain information published by CMS and NPPES under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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