Christopher William Hess , RPA-C
Physician Assistant โข Albany, NY
315 So Manning Blvd, St. Peter's Radiology
Albany, NY 122081707
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Christopher Hess is listed in NPPES under Physician Assistant.
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NPI assigned on January 29, 2021; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 116 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 49083 โ Drainage of fluid from abdominal cavity using imaging guidance: 32 service units.
- 77001 โ Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device: 29 service units.
- 76937 โ Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access: 26 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Albany, NY (2024, 184 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 222. Middle half: 104 to 508.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in New York (2024, 5,035 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 151. Middle half: 53 to 410.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
315 So Manning Blvd
St. Peter's Radiology
Albany, NY 122081707
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 4 distinct additional practice-address records in Albany, NY; Schenectady, NY; Troy, NY. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Ellis Hospital. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, CMS release of October 2, 2026
2021
What Public CMS Data Show
Physician Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
66 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 โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $6,137 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $4,889 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 โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $380.33 across 6 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $380.33 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 4)
- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals: $126.91 across 1 record.
- Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies: $117.00 across 1 record.
- Abbott Laboratories: $84.06 across 3 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
5 years (graduated 2021)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2021 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
NPI first issued
2021
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Christopher Hess 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 Christopher Hess 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 Albany and New York
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Albany, NY (2024, 184 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 222. Middle half: 104 to 508.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in New York (2024, 5,035 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 151. Middle half: 53 to 410.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Albany, NY (2024, 184 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $17,659. Middle half: $6,824 to $37,172.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in New York (2024, 5,035 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,907. Middle half: $4,330 to $28,175.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Albany, NY (2024, 184 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,028. Middle half: $5,119 to $27,649.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in New York (2024, 5,035 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,849. Middle half: $3,207 to $20,986.
360 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Albany, NY (15,881 in New York).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Albany
7.2% of these 360 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
65.3% of these 360 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
CMS data for Medicare Part B services are available for 2024 only.
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Medicare-allowed amount
CMS data for Medicare-allowed amount are available for 2024 only.
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Paid by Medicare
CMS data for Medicare payment amount are available for 2024 only.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $70.90 in 2022 to $380.33 in 2025.
- 2022: $70.90
- 2023: $124.06
- 2024: $23.06
- 2025: $380.33
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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 โ December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $380.33.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Madrigal Pharmaceuticals |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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REZDIFFRA | General | $126.91 |
| Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TZIELD | General | $117.00 |
| Terumo Medical Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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AZUR CX DETACHABLE | General | $52.36 |
| Abbott Laboratories |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PERCLOSE PROSTYLE | General | $42.16 |
| Abbott Laboratories |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PERCLOSE PROSTYLE | General | $23.60 |
| Abbott Laboratories |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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PERCLOSE PROSTYLE | General | $18.30 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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49083
Drainage of fluid from abdominal cavity using imaging guidance
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32 | 12 | $329.00 | $82.43 |
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77001
Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion or removal of central vein access device
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29 | 25 | $57.00 | $14.25 |
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76937
Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access
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26 | 23 | $45.00 | $11.02 |
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99152
Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes
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16 | 16 | $38.00 | $9.63 |
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36558
Insertion of tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
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13 | 13 | $796.00 | $203.48 |
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
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-08-03NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 390200000X
An individual who is enrolled in an organized health care education/training program leading to a degree, certification, registration, and/or licensure to provide health care.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
I20210811001648
NY
4486058526
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026
Ellis Hospital
1101 Nott St, Schenecctady, NY 123082425
Phone: 5182434000
Secondary Practice Locations
1300 Massachusetts Ave
Troy, NY 121801628
Phone: 5182685590
2215 Burdett Ave
Troy, NY 121802466
Phone: 5185851401
600 Northern Blvd
Albany, NY 122041004
Phone: 5184713280
1270 Belmont Ave
Schenectady, NY 123082104
Phone: 5183824558
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Physician Assistant
PHYSICIANASSISTANT
Physician Assistant - Medical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner
Hospitalist
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Additional practice office at 1300 Massachusetts Ave, Troy, NY 121801628
Additional practice office at 1270 Belmont Ave, Schenectady, NY 123082104
Additional practice office at 2215 Burdett Ave, Troy, NY 121802466
Additional practice office at 600 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 122041004
Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: NY 026951)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 315 SO MANNING BLVD, ST. PETER'S RADIOLOGY, ALBANY, NY 122081707 (Tel: 5185251550)
Registered at PO BOX 14890, ALBANY, NY 122124890
Recorded as CHRISTOPHER HESS, RPA-C
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Physician Assistants in Albany
- Adrienne Coble, PA
- Elizabeth Roulier, PA-C
- Austin Melleon, PA
- Charles Gordon, PA-C
- Albert Arceri, PA-C
- Zahary Draganitchki, PA-C
Mailing Address
Po Box 14890
Albany, NY 122124890