Dr. Michael Christian Ponce , DC
Chiropractor • El Paso, TX
3215 Gateway Blvd W
El Paso, TX 799034225
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NPI assigned on April 4, 2011; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 134 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:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 134 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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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in El Paso, TX (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 404. Middle half: 197 to 574.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Texas (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 365. Middle half: 191 to 690.
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 139 in 2020 to 134 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
3215 Gateway Blvd W
El Paso, TX 799034225
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2010
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
15 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 $5,060 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 $3,631 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.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2022
All general payments: $34.84 across 2 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $34.84 across 2 records.
Reporting-company totals
- GRT US Holding, Inc.: $20.77 across 1 record.
- Vision Quest Industries Inc.: $14.07 across 1 record.
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 2022 (published June 30, 2026).
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
2011
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. Ponce 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.
Compared with the same specialty in El Paso and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in El Paso, TX (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 404. Middle half: 197 to 574.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Texas (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 365. Middle half: 191 to 690.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in El Paso, TX (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,097. Middle half: $6,104 to $20,907.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Texas (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $13,626. Middle half: $7,129 to $25,217.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in El Paso, TX (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,229. Middle half: $4,043 to $14,122.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Texas (2024, 1,336 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $9,565. Middle half: $5,026 to $17,924.
75 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in El Paso, TX (6,982 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in El Paso
0% of these 75 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
21.3% of these 75 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 varied from year to year: 139 in 2020 and 134 in 2024.
- 2020: 139
- 2021: 227
- 2022: 161
- 2023: 111
- 2024: 134
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 10% from $5,610 in 2020 to $5,060 in 2024.
- 2020: $5,610
- 2021: $8,998
- 2022: $6,269
- 2023: $4,279
- 2024: $5,060
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 11% from $4,063 in 2020 to $3,631 in 2024.
- 2020: $4,063
- 2021: $6,785
- 2022: $4,212
- 2023: $3,161
- 2024: $3,631
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
CMS data for industry payments (Open Payments) are available for 2022 only.
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2022), 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 2022 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2022): fewer than 11 records totaling $34.84.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| GRT US Holding, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Qutenza | General | $20.77 |
| Vision Quest Industries Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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— | General | $14.07 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2022, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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134 | 15 | $100.00 | $37.76 |
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: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20110525000378
TX
6204012347
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner (Board Certified)
Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner (Certified)
Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Pain Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Critical Care Medicine
ACNPCAG
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated April 04, 2011.
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 Chiropractors in El Paso
- Dr. Oliver Smith, DC
- Dr. Robert Morgan, DC
- Dr. Oliver Smith, DC
- Dr. Jeremy Manning, DC
- Dr. Elizabeth Cook, DC
- Dr. Michael Ontiveros, DC
Mailing Address
3215 Gateway Blvd W
El Paso, TX 799034225
Phone: 9155987246