Dr. Christopher Griffith , MD, PhD
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology • Atlanta, GA
550 Peachtree St Ne, Department Of Pathology
Atlanta, GA 30308
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Dr. Christopher Griffith is listed in NPPES under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology.
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NPI assigned on December 23, 2010; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 643 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 88305 — Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity: 238 service units.
- 88331 — Pathology examination of specimen during surgery, first tissue block: 138 service units.
- 88305 — Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity: 72 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 9 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Atlanta, GA (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,834. Middle half: 969 to 2,773.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Georgia (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,001. Middle half: 1,049 to 3,207.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 572 in 2020 to 643 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
550 Peachtree St Ne
Department Of Pathology
Atlanta, GA 30308
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Cleveland Clinic; Wooster Clinic Llc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2010
What Public CMS Data Show
Pathology - Anatomic Pathology: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
257 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $32,072 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $24,564 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
Years since graduation
16 years (graduated 2010)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2010 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2010
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Griffith has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Griffith as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Atlanta and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Atlanta, GA (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,834. Middle half: 969 to 2,773.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Georgia (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,001. Middle half: 1,049 to 3,207.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Atlanta, GA (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $73,330. Middle half: $34,940 to $102,015.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Georgia (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $77,111. Middle half: $35,368 to $115,808.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Atlanta, GA (2024, 15 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $58,456. Middle half: $27,696 to $81,130.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology in Georgia (2024, 28 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $61,147. Middle half: $27,941 to $92,204.
28 active clinicians are listed under Pathology - Anatomic Pathology with a practice address in Atlanta, GA (67 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Atlanta
0% of these 28 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
17.9% of these 28 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 12% from 572 in 2020 to 643 in 2024.
- 2020: 572
- 2021: 760
- 2022: 578
- 2023: 664
- 2024: 643
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 10% from $29,280 in 2020 to $32,072 in 2024.
- 2020: $29,280
- 2021: $32,970
- 2022: $28,468
- 2023: $29,801
- 2024: $32,072
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare stayed about the same: $23,388 in 2020 and $24,564 in 2024.
- 2020: $23,388
- 2021: $26,380
- 2022: $22,614
- 2023: $23,227
- 2024: $24,564
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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88305
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
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238 | 118 | $274.00 | $34.34 |
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88331
Pathology examination of specimen during surgery, first tissue block
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138 | 60 | $398.00 | $56.71 |
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88305
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
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72 | 67 | $161.25 | $54.34 |
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88341
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, each additional procedure
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66 | 14 | $142.47 | $42.17 |
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88307
Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity
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57 | 28 | $802.00 | $75.38 |
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88321
Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred slides prepared elsewhere
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29 | 29 | $291.00 | $91.35 |
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88342
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
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16 | 16 | $188.00 | $32.09 |
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88342
Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure
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15 | 15 | $146.33 | $53.68 |
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88323
Surgical pathology consultation and report on referred material requiring preparation of slides
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12 | 12 | $252.42 | $92.77 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207ZP0101X
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PATHOLOGY
I20190605003291
OH
9537476858
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Wooster Clinic Llc
1740 Cleveland Rd, Wooster, OH 446912204
Phone: 3302874500
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 441950001
Phone: 2164442200
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Anesthesiologist Assistant
Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care
Registered Nurse
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant
PAS
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated December 23, 2010.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Pathology - Anatomic Pathology Specialists in Atlanta
- Dr. Andrew Neish, MD
- Dr. Remmi Singh, MD
- Dr. Jennifer Bynum, MD
- Dr. Zachary Chinn, MD
- Dr. Toni Peters, MD
- Dr. Jatin Gandhi, MD
Mailing Address
550 Peachtree St Ne, Department Of Pathology
Atlanta, GA 30308