Dr. Christopher Mark Vaughn , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Toccoa, GA
58 Big A Rd
Toccoa, GA 305776017
This profile restates public CMS/NPPES data; T-MedInfo gives no medical advice — consult a licensed professional, and call 911 for emergencies.
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Dr. Christopher Vaughn is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on August 13, 2006; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 4,383 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:
- J7325 — Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg: 1,523 service units.
- J3301 — Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg: 1,442 service units.
- 20610 — Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint: 369 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.
CPT® only copyright 2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Service names are shortened from CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors (CMS data, 2024). CPT notice
See all 19 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 571 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Tramadol Hcl — 124 prescription fills, including refills.
- Acetaminophen-Codeine (Acetaminophen With Codeine) — 91 prescription fills, including refills.
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen (Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen) — 81 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See all 11 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,112. Middle half: 682 to 5,937.
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 2,804 in 2020 to 4,383 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
58 Big A Rd
Toccoa, GA 305776017
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 1 group name: Stephens County Hospital Physician Group 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
University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine
1989
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
413 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 $112,274 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 $80,177 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.
30-day fills
579 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$3,959 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $13.73 in 2025
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025.
Years since graduation
37 years (graduated 1989)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1989 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
2006
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. Vaughn 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. Vaughn 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 Toccoa and Georgia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 2,112. Middle half: 682 to 5,937.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Toccoa have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $96,431. Middle half: $41,948 to $181,444.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Toccoa have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 466 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $71,995. Middle half: $31,204 to $136,115.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Toccoa have Medicare Part B data for 2024 to compare.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 491. Middle half: 182 to 889.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Toccoa have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
Part D drug cost
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Georgia (2024, 487 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,700. Middle half: $1,125 to $8,077.
Too few clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Toccoa have Medicare Part D data for 2024 to compare.
1 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Toccoa, GA (753 in Georgia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
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 56% from 2,804 in 2020 to 4,383 in 2024.
- 2020: 2,804
- 2021: 3,325
- 2022: 2,213
- 2023: 1,582
- 2024: 4,383
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 15% from $132,424 in 2020 to $112,274 in 2024.
- 2020: $132,424
- 2021: $128,047
- 2022: $90,896
- 2023: $53,411
- 2024: $112,274
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 14% from $92,837 in 2020 to $80,177 in 2024.
- 2020: $92,837
- 2021: $92,941
- 2022: $64,433
- 2023: $37,871
- 2024: $80,177
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions increased 15% from 495 in 2020 to 571 in 2024.
- 2020: 495
- 2021: 554
- 2022: 366
- 2023: 462
- 2024: 571
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 12% from 518 in 2020 to 579 in 2024.
- 2020: 518
- 2021: 563
- 2022: 370
- 2023: 464
- 2024: 579
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost decreased 46% from $7,366 in 2020 to $3,959 in 2024.
- 2020: $7,366
- 2021: $5,517
- 2022: $3,489
- 2023: $4,007
- 2024: $3,959
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $41.30 in 2020 to $13.73 in 2025.
- 2020: $41.30
- 2021: $26.77
- 2023: $82.00
- 2024: $54.06
- 2025: $13.73
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $13.73.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Carbofix Orthopedics Inc |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $13.73 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
CPT® is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. CPT codes, descriptions and other data only are copyright 2016–2023 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Applicable FARS/HHSARS apply. Descriptions of CPT codes are the AMA's CPT Consumer Friendly Descriptors as published by CMS in the Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service data, 2017–2024; they are plain-language summaries, not for clinical coding or documentation. HCPCS Level II codes and descriptions are from CMS. Fee schedules, relative value units, conversion factors and/or related components are not assigned by the AMA, are not part of CPT, and the AMA is not recommending their use. The AMA does not directly or indirectly practice medicine or dispense medical services. The AMA assumes no liability for data contained or not contained herein.
| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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J7325
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg
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1,523 | 25 | $31.00 | $8.84 |
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J3301
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
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1,442 | 201 | $29.00 | $0.97 |
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20610
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
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369 | 185 | $171.46 | $66.21 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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330 | 198 | $180.00 | $84.01 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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128 | 128 | $258.00 | $101.99 |
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73562
X-ray of knee, 3 views
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124 | 96 | $91.45 | $36.45 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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78 | 66 | $261.00 | $119.53 |
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73110
X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
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56 | 23 | $89.00 | $36.69 |
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73502
X-ray of hip, 2-3 views
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55 | 44 | $104.00 | $41.69 |
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73030
X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
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50 | 44 | $77.00 | $31.28 |
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73630
X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views
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50 | 26 | $76.00 | $30.69 |
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20605
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint
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32 | 24 | $138.91 | $52.13 |
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73610
X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
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30 | 13 | $81.00 | $32.65 |
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73060
X-ray of upper arm, minimum of 2 views
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26 | 11 | $71.19 | $27.35 |
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73130
X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
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22 | 20 | $81.00 | $33.31 |
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73080
X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
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21 | 15 | $72.00 | $29.47 |
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99212
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with straightforward medical decision making, if using time, 10 minutes or more
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21 | 21 | $108.00 | $52.41 |
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25600
Closed treatment of broken forearm (radius) bone at the wrist area on the thumb side of the wrist without manipulation
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14 | 14 | $795.00 | $323.30 |
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20600
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint
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12 | 12 | $123.00 | $48.02 |
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.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 124 | 962 | $357.34 | 76 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | Acetaminophen With Codeine | 91 | 635 | $874.81 | 49 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 81 | 487 | $696.55 | 48 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 64 | 350 | $360.69 | 47 |
| Celecoxib | Celecoxib | 60 | 1,781 | $670.19 | 39 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | Hydromorphone Hcl | 55 | 369 | $325.34 | 43 |
| Meloxicam | Meloxicam | 37 | 1,184 | $92.58 | 31 |
| Pregabalin | Pregabalin | 21 | 386 | $138.33 | 17 |
| Diclofenac Sodium | Diclofenac Sodium | 14 | 515 | $349.74 | — |
| Methylprednisolone | Methylprednisolone | 12 | 72 | $71.57 | 12 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 12 | 145 | $21.95 | — |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
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
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
I20050331000533
GA
8022065283
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
Stephens County Hospital Physician Group Llc
125 W Gibson St, Hartwell, GA 306431848
Phone: 7068566983
Stephens County Hospital Physician Group Llc
115 Rock Quarry Rd, Toccoa, GA 305778734
Phone: 7062825815
Stephens County Hospital Physician Group Llc
163 Hospital Dr, Toccoa, GA 305776820
Phone: 7032824200
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
Family Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated August 13, 2006.
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
Mailing Address
58 Big A Rd
Toccoa, GA 305776017
Phone: 7068869693