Dr. Christopher Peter Dowd , DO
Internal Medicine • Suffolk, VA
5833 Harbour View Blvd Ste B
Suffolk, VA 234353760
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 Dowd is listed in NPPES under Internal Medicine.
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NPI assigned on July 29, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 584 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:
- 36415 — Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample: 237 service units.
- G0008 — Administration of influenza virus vaccine: 99 service units.
- 90653 — Influenza vaccine, inactivated: 91 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 7 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 1,442 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:
- Rosuvastatin Calcium — 219 prescription fills, including refills.
- Amlodipine Besylate — 73 prescription fills, including refills.
- Tamsulosin Hcl — 65 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 48 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 38 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 786. Middle half: 556 to 1,093.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,010 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 748. Middle half: 335 to 1,431.
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 830 in 2020 to 584 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
5833 Harbour View Blvd Ste B
Suffolk, VA 234353760
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Norfolk, VA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Christopher Dowd Do Pc; Powerback Rehabilitation 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
2001
What Public CMS Data Show
Internal Medicine: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
150 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 $28,086 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 $24,991 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
3,623 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
$128,627 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)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
Years since graduation
25 years (graduated 2001)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2001 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
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.
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. Dowd 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. Dowd 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 Suffolk and Virginia
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 38 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 786. Middle half: 556 to 1,093.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,010 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 748. Middle half: 335 to 1,431.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 38 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $82,568. Middle half: $49,375 to $112,586.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,010 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $73,309. Middle half: $32,676 to $134,131.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 38 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $64,239. Middle half: $40,087 to $87,672.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,010 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $56,392. Middle half: $24,672 to $102,762.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
More Part D prescriptions than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 288. Middle half: 106 to 2,070.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,088 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 684. Middle half: 116 to 4,028.
Part D drug cost
A higher Part D drug cost than 70% of clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Suffolk, VA (2024, 35 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $10,897. Middle half: $2,006 to $221,318.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Internal Medicine in Virginia (2024, 2,088 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $49,170. Middle half: $2,703 to $324,085.
47 active clinicians are listed under Internal Medicine with a practice address in Suffolk, VA (3,603 in Virginia).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Suffolk
17% of these 47 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
87.2% of these 47 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 decreased 30% from 830 in 2020 to 584 in 2024.
- 2020: 830
- 2021: 1,301
- 2022: 617
- 2023: 737
- 2024: 584
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 31% from $40,486 in 2020 to $28,086 in 2024.
- 2020: $40,486
- 2021: $44,618
- 2022: $29,873
- 2023: $37,155
- 2024: $28,086
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 24% from $33,039 in 2020 to $24,991 in 2024.
- 2020: $33,039
- 2021: $36,455
- 2022: $21,933
- 2023: $30,707
- 2024: $24,991
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions stayed about the same: 1,440 in 2020 and 1,442 in 2024.
- 2020: 1,440
- 2021: 1,466
- 2022: 1,358
- 2023: 1,292
- 2024: 1,442
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30-day fills
30-day fills increased 17% from 3,102 in 2020 to 3,623 in 2024.
- 2020: 3,102
- 2021: 3,414
- 2022: 3,321
- 2023: 3,238
- 2024: 3,623
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost increased 62% from $79,334 in 2020 to $128,627 in 2024.
- 2020: $79,334
- 2021: $118,151
- 2022: $156,443
- 2023: $121,461
- 2024: $128,627
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (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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36415
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
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237 | 106 | $15.00 | $8.65 |
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G0008
Administration of influenza virus vaccine
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99 | 98 | $34.95 | $31.39 |
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90653
Influenza vaccine, inactivated
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91 | 91 | $85.00 | $81.73 |
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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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53 | 45 | $185.17 | $124.04 |
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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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38 | 31 | $148.77 | $87.92 |
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90480
Admn sarscov2 vacc 1 dose
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34 | 32 | $40.74 | $39.60 |
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91320
Sarscv2 vac 30mcg trs-suc im
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32 | 32 | $135.00 | $132.18 |
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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| Rosuvastatin Calcium | Rosuvastatin Calcium | 219 | 19,110 | $2,617.63 | 64 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | Amlodipine Besylate | 73 | 6,570 | $394.57 | 21 |
| Tamsulosin Hcl | Tamsulosin Hcl | 65 | 5,610 | $925.79 | 18 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | Metformin Hcl | 63 | 5,310 | $453.30 | 21 |
| Pravastatin Sodium | Pravastatin Sodium | 57 | 4,830 | $835.78 | 15 |
| Levothyroxine Sodium | Levothyroxine Sodium | 52 | 4,344 | $555.66 | 15 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | Atorvastatin Calcium | 51 | 4,350 | $631.54 | 16 |
| Ezetimibe | Ezetimibe | 47 | 3,690 | $892.51 | 14 |
| Omeprazole | Omeprazole | 36 | 3,120 | $302.15 | 11 |
| Lisinopril | Lisinopril | 35 | 2,790 | $445.41 | 12 |
| Gabapentin | Gabapentin | 35 | 2,229 | $534.90 | — |
| Metoprolol Succinate | Metoprolol Succinate | 33 | 1,890 | $357.38 | — |
| Montelukast Sodium | Montelukast Sodium | 32 | 2,700 | $321.25 | — |
| Candesartan Cilexetil | Candesartan Cilexetil | 30 | 2,700 | $1,954.28 | — |
| Jardiance | Empagliflozin | 30 | 1,560 | $29,603.25 | — |
| Zolpidem Tartrate | Zolpidem Tartrate | 29 | 847 | $203.93 | — |
| Ramipril | Ramipril | 28 | 2,520 | $114.40 | — |
| Abrysvo | Rsv Vacc, Pref A And Pref B/Pf | 27 | 230 | $8,561.19 | 27 |
| Synthroid | Levothyroxine Sodium | 24 | 1,865 | $1,599.07 | — |
| Shingrix | Varicella-Zoster Ge/As01b/Pf | 24 | 227 | $5,273.02 | 18 |
| Finasteride | Finasteride | 23 | 2,070 | $242.13 | — |
| Indapamide | Indapamide | 23 | 1,710 | $242.63 | — |
| Potassium Chloride | Potassium Chloride | 23 | 1,110 | $1,138.37 | — |
| Chlorthalidone | Chlorthalidone | 21 | 1,809 | $280.48 | — |
| Mirtazapine | Mirtazapine | 21 | 1,170 | $312.61 | — |
(top 25 shown)
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
Self-certified to NPPES: 2022-03-22NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - INTERNAL MEDICINE
I20050804000624
VA
4082643630
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
Christopher Dowd Do Pc
5833 Harbour View Blvd, Suffolk, VA 234353760
Phone: 7573374018
Powerback Rehabilitation Llc
1401 N High St, Franklin, VA 238511244
Phone: 7575168130
Secondary Practice Locations
901 Hampton Blvd Ste 300
Norfolk, VA 235071503
Phone: 7573374018
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 - Acute Care
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Family Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Family Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 5833 HARBOUR VIEW BLVD STE B, SUFFOLK, VA 234353760 (Tel: 7573374018)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 5849 HARBOUR VIEW BLVD, SUITE 250, SUFFOLK, VA 234351778 (Tel: 7573374018)
Registered at 1024 CENTERBROOKE LN STE F, PMB 412, SUFFOLK, VA 234348294 (Tel: 7573374018)
Recorded as CHRISTOPHER DOWD, DO
Family Medicine (license number reported to NPPES: VA 0102201644)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Internal Medicine Providers in Suffolk
- Dr. Thomas Guirkin, MD
- Dr. Peter Nwafor, MD
- Maria Nawaz
- Dr. Rahel Feleke, MD
- Dr. Dirghayu Desai, MD
- Dr. Saurabhkumar Patel, MD
Mailing Address
1024 Centerbrooke Ln Ste F, Pmb 412
Suffolk, VA 234348294
Phone: 7573374018