Active NPI 1093788432 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner

Dr. Christopher Ritter , MD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Buffalo, NY

✓ Accepts Medicare Assignment

Professional Overview & Biography Verified Profile Summary

Dr. Christopher Ritter, MD is a certified Orthopaedic Surgery practicing in Buffalo, NY. With approximately 29 years of clinical experience since graduating from State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center in 1997, Dr. Ritter delivers high-quality medical care to the local community at 462 GRIDER ST.

Dr. Ritter maintains professional affiliations with University Orthopaedic Services Inc., Erie County Medical Center Corporation and accepts Medicare assignment.

Frequently performed procedures and clinical services include x-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views, x-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views, established patient outpatient office visit. Full Medicare procedure pricing transparency rates and service volume details are listed on this profile.

Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

462 Grider St

Buffalo, NY 142153021

Telephone 7168983000

Fax 7166892238

Associated Practice Facility / Clinic

🏢 Metcare Rx Pharmaceutical Services Group, Llc Facility NPI 1629052295

Medicare Profile & Education

Medical School

State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center

Graduation Year

1997

Medicare Assignment

✓ Accepts Assignment

Telehealth Flag

In-Person Only

Specialty Benchmarks & Practice Insights

Comparative analytics for Orthopaedic Surgery in Buffalo, NY

Senior Veteran Specialist (>20 Yrs)

Practitioner Clinical Experience

29 Yrs +2.2 yrs vs City Avg

City Avg: 26.8 Yrs

State Avg: 27.2 Yrs

Regional Practice Density

30 Specialists

Practicing in Buffalo, NY (1450 Statewide)

Telehealth Adoption Rate

3.3% Regional Adoption

In-Person Office Visits Only

Medicare Pricing Discount

64.2% Avg Savings

Under CMS Medicare Fee Schedule vs Standard Submitted Charges

Clinical Seniority & Experience Comparison

Dr. Ritter (29 Years) 29 Yrs

Buffalo Specialty Average (26.8 Years) 26.8 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
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	135	84	$62.00	$28.76
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	112	71	$62.61	$30.60
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	64	48	$198.00	$117.26
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	39	36	$150.00	$14.05
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	35	28	$134.00	$86.89
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	25	25	$255.00	$124.39
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	20	20	$375.00	$163.95
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	16	16	$304.00	$160.01
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	12	11	$845.00	$129.21

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	160	90	$62.00	$29.24
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	115	78	$63.05	$31.60
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	53	46	$198.00	$123.12
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	48	37	$132.68	$82.84
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	45	44	$370.90	$168.30
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	43	43	$150.00	$14.94
28270 Incision of joint capsule of foot and toe	35	20	$902.00	$163.57
28285 Correction of toe joint deformity	29	16	$868.00	$205.69
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	25	25	$304.00	$155.55
99284 Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	18	18	$245.00	$117.31
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	17	17	$845.00	$147.68
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	13	13	$1137.00	$219.64

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	165	92	$61.79	$31.12
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	127	76	$63.00	$34.31
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	54	49	$198.00	$118.96
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	48	40	$145.67	$14.91
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	31	29	$134.00	$88.26
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	24	21	$1109.88	$247.06
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	23	23	$304.00	$157.87
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	19	19	$845.00	$136.00
99221 Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 30 minutes	18	18	$187.00	$92.16

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	218	126	$62.07	$31.02
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	175	109	$63.07	$33.11
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	63	58	$148.35	$15.02
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	48	44	$198.00	$121.88
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	35	27	$134.00	$85.98
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	31	31	$304.00	$165.46
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	28	24	$845.00	$133.64
99284 Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making	19	19	$244.82	$121.37
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	18	18	$255.00	$133.27
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	18	18	$369.87	$196.28
27245 Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant	17	17	$2317.00	$1215.20
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	16	15	$1065.94	$207.13

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	186	97	$62.00	$29.57
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	144	93	$63.00	$31.68
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	50	47	$150.00	$15.36
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	42	35	$198.00	$104.37
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	31	21	$134.00	$73.34
28285 Correction of toe joint deformity	22	11	$868.00	$154.94
27685 Lengthening or shortening of tendon of leg or ankle	22	15	$1207.00	$286.63
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	21	19	$1137.00	$239.06
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	20	20	$375.00	$201.04
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	19	19	$304.00	$161.52
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	18	17	$845.00	$149.98
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	17	17	$249.89	$135.29

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	168	94	$62.00	$24.73
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	111	79	$63.00	$25.22
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	59	54	$149.48	$14.85
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	45	37	$198.00	$102.35
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	31	23	$134.00	$69.84
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	26	25	$251.66	$133.28
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	21	20	$375.00	$197.16
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	20	19	$1137.00	$260.57
27245 Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant	20	20	$2317.00	$1193.09
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	16	16	$304.00	$159.19
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	14	14	$845.00	$137.95
99203 New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	13	13	$198.00	$104.50

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	163	91	$62.00	$17.95
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	112	67	$63.00	$19.76
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	69	60	$150.00	$8.09
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	39	39	$375.00	$185.65
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	34	31	$194.28	$98.09
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	31	31	$304.00	$153.62
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	30	25	$134.00	$58.62
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	19	19	$845.00	$133.12
27685 Lengthening or shortening of tendon of leg or ankle	15	14	$1207.00	$218.34
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	13	11	$1137.00	$251.25

HCPCS Code & Description	Services	Patients	Submitted Charge	Medicare Allowed
73630 X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views	189	95	$62.01	$23.99
73610 X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views	149	85	$63.00	$26.34
76000 Imaging guidance for procedure, 60 minutes or less	59	58	$150.00	$8.35
99223 Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes	49	48	$375.00	$196.41
99214 Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	41	40	$198.00	$99.88
99204 New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	38	38	$299.15	$153.05
99213 Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes	33	27	$134.00	$65.70
27680 Release of leg and/or ankle tendon	25	13	$794.14	$223.85
20680 Removal of deep implant from bone	22	20	$1073.81	$250.72
28270 Incision of joint capsule of foot and toe	20	11	$855.91	$163.44
28285 Correction of toe joint deformity	18	11	$868.00	$215.60
27245 Treatment of broken neck of thigh bone with bone implant	14	14	$2317.00	$1187.11
20902 Harvest of graft from large bone	14	14	$845.00	$137.99
27685 Lengthening or shortening of tendon of leg or ankle	12	12	$1207.00	$224.96
99222 Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes	11	11	$261.27	$132.56

Medical Specialties & State Licenses

Orthopaedic Surgery Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X

State License NY 213291-2

An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.

Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid State Provider ID

02564047 (NY)

Hospital & Practice Group Affiliations

Erie County Medical Center Corporation

462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 142153021

Phone: 7168983000

University Orthopaedic Services Inc.

462 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 142153021

Phone: 7168983810

University Orthopaedic Services Inc.

160 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 142148001

Phone: 7168292070

University Orthopaedic Services Inc.

5959 Big Tree Rd, Orchard Park, NY 141272210

Phone: 7162043200

Practice Associates & Co-Workers

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

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Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

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Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

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Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Zena Hyman , NP

Nurse Practitioner - Adult Health

NPI 1003985110

Nurse Practitioner

Stephanie Lomas

Dietitian, Registered

NPI 1013481217

Garrison Kohler

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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 462 GRIDER ST, BUFFALO, NY 142153021 (Tel: 7168983000)

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Updated Business Mailing Address July 08, 2007

Registered at 462 GRIDER ST, BUFFALO, NY 142153021 (Tel: 7168983000)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated July 08, 2007

Recorded as CHRISTOPHER RITTER, MD

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

Orthopaedic Surgery (License #213291-2 in NY)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration February 08, 2006

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1093788432

Entity Type:

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

Enumeration Date: February 08, 2006

Last Update: July 13, 2026

Sole Proprietor: No

Update or Correct Profile

Mailing Address

462 Grider St

Buffalo, NY 142153021

Phone: 7168983000

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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