Dr. Allen R Criswell , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Houston, TX
1315 St Joseph Pkwy, Suite 800
Houston, TX 770028233
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Dr. Allen Criswell is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on December 22, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 11 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:
- 99446 — Telephone, internet, or electronic health record assessment and management with verbal and written report by consulting physician: 11 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 the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 13 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2019.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2019. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2019:
- Tramadol Hcl — 13 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2019. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,006. Middle half: 166 to 3,889.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 925 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,519. Middle half: 441 to 3,971.
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 15 in 2020 to 11 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1315 St Joseph Pkwy
Suite 800
Houston, TX 770028233
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
24 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 $197 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 $114 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
13 standardized 30-day fills in 2019
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
$64 in 2019
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2019, 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, 2019.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $300.92 across 5 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $300.92 across 5 records.
Reporting-company totals
- Stryker Corporation: $248.45 across 3 records.
- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.: $52.47 across 2 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).
NPI first issued
2005
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.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
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.
Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,006. Middle half: 166 to 3,889.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 925 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,519. Middle half: 441 to 3,971.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $77,510. Middle half: $14,045 to $171,180.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 925 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $93,061. Middle half: $33,032 to $185,853.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Houston, TX (2024, 110 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $56,457. Middle half: $9,720 to $124,830.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 95% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Texas (2024, 925 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $68,861. Middle half: $24,418 to $138,660.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Criswell are from 2019.
193 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Houston, TX (1,515 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Houston
6.7% of these 193 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
64.8% of these 193 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 went from 15 in 2020 to 11 in 2024.
- 2020: 15
- 2021: 20
- 2022: 28
- 2023: 33
- 2024: 11
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 84% from $1,238 in 2020 to $197 in 2024.
- 2020: $1,238
- 2021: $693
- 2022: $1,223
- 2023: $1,299
- 2024: $197
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare went from $795 in 2020 to $114 in 2024.
- 2020: $795
- 2021: $419
- 2022: $976
- 2023: $962
- 2024: $114
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions decreased 79% from 62 in 2015 to 13 in 2019.
- 2015: 62
- 2016: 61
- 2017: 21
- 2018: 11
- 2019: 13
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30-day fills
30-day fills decreased 79% from 62 in 2015 to 13 in 2019.
- 2015: 62
- 2016: 61
- 2017: 21
- 2018: 11
- 2019: 13
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $493 in 2015 to $64 in 2019.
- 2015: $493
- 2016: $399
- 2017: $89
- 2018: $42
- 2019: $64
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) decreased 88% from $2,431.97 in 2021 to $300.92 in 2025.
- 2021: $2,431.97
- 2022: $2,710.99
- 2023: $2,120.29
- 2024: $2,457.80
- 2025: $300.92
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2019), 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 $300.92.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRIATHLON | General | $148.45 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRIATHLON | General | $50.00 |
| Stryker Corporation |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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TRIATHLON | General | $50.00 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Persona | General | $26.94 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Persona | General | $25.53 |
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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99446
Telephone, internet, or electronic health record assessment and management with verbal and written report by consulting physician, 5-10 minutes
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11 | 11 | $93.00 | $17.90 |
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 2019.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Tramadol Hcl | Tramadol Hcl | 13 | 111 | $64.44 | 11 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2019; 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
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Podiatrist - Foot & Ankle Surgery
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated December 22, 2005.
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 Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists in Houston
- Dr. Juan Bustos, MD
- Dr. David Berken, MD
- Dr. Camden Tissue, MD
- Dr. Anthony Melillo, MD
- Dr. Dhiren Sheth, MD
- Dr. Lorenzo Deveza, MD, PhD
Mailing Address
Po Box 201576
Dallas, TX 753201576