Frank Chiarappa

  • San Diego, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1932536828PAC ID4284983594
Medicare services, 2024
170
Medicare patients, 2024
164
Part D claims, 2024
14
Publications
7
MIPS score, 2024
91
Practice address
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
Practice phone
Call (619) 543-6222
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Primary practice

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center

San Diego, California

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Frank Chiarappa is an orthopedic surgeon in San Diego, California

Frank Chiarappa practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Frank Chiarappa's NPI, 1932536828, was assigned on October 9, 2013. Frank Chiarappa graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in 2013. Frank Chiarappa's California license number on file is A164466.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4284983594
NPI enumeration date
October 9, 2013
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 543-6222
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
39
Medical school graduation
2013

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Frank Chiarappa practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California

Frank Chiarappa's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

  • UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
    200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Frank Chiarappa is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Frank Chiarappa's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Frank Chiarappa is also affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center. The medical group on file is UC San Diego Health. Dmand AI also links Frank Chiarappa to 2 more home health agencies, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Frank Chiarappa's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Frank Chiarappa practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSD Hillcrest Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Frank Chiarappa is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

Orthopaedic surgery is Frank Chiarappa's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Frank Chiarappa is board certified in board eligible by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Frank Chiarappa's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Illinois and New Jersey.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A164466 · 2019 to 2025 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • Illinois license2018 to 2020
  • New Jersey license2017 to 2019

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists amputation, ankle or foot injury, bursitis, hip replacement, joint or bone infection, joint pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain and orthopedic surgery of arms and legs among the conditions Frank Chiarappa treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Frank Chiarappa

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Frank Chiarappa billed Medicare for 170 services in 2024

CMS data shows 170 Medicare services from Frank Chiarappa across 4 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 164 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $18,565 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024170
Medicare patients164
Paid by Medicare$18,565
Procedure codes4

Frank Chiarappa's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1622024: 1705%

Frank Chiarappa compared with the California median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Frank Chiarappa
  • California median
Medicare services
170vs 68375% below
Medicare patients
164vs 21524% below

Medians across 1,844 orthopedic surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Frank Chiarappa's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Frank Chiarappa treated 164 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 164 Medicare patients who saw Frank Chiarappa in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 68 patients. 74% of them have high cholesterol, and 71% have high blood pressure. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Frank Chiarappa's median patient age at 58, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024164
Average age73
Average risk score2.07
Also on Medicaid27%

Frank Chiarappa's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Frank Chiarappa's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women8753%
  • Men7747%

Chronic conditions among Frank Chiarappa's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol74%
  2. High blood pressure71%
  3. Arthritis63%
  4. Cancer35%
  5. Ischemic heart disease34%
  6. Mood disorders32%
  7. Anxiety30%
  8. Chronic kidney disease30%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Frank Chiarappa's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 58

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Frank Chiarappa wrote 14 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Frank Chiarappa wrote 14 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs.

Part D claims, 202414

Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Frank Chiarappa scored 91 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 91 out of 100 for Frank Chiarappa for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Frank Chiarappa accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Frank Chiarappa as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Frank Chiarappa's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 91of 100Final score
  • 84.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Frank Chiarappa has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Frank Chiarappa, published from 2017 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications and Reoperation. Frank Chiarappa's most frequent co-authors are Scott Taber Ball, MD, James Henry Flint, FACS, MD and Garrison Alecsander Leach, MD.

Papers7
Years published2017 to 2025

Frank Chiarappa's papers by year, 2017 to 2025

Topics Frank Chiarappa writes about most

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Reoperation

Frank Chiarappa's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Frank Chiarappa

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Frank Chiarappa received $7,310 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 62 general payments to Frank Chiarappa from 13 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Davol Inc. paid the most, $3,019.

General payments to Frank Chiarappa by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Frank Chiarappa by kind, 2018 to 2025

$7.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,03141%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$3,00041%
  • Travel and lodging$1,28018%

Companies that paid Frank Chiarappa the most, 2018 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Frank Chiarappa graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine

Frank Chiarappa graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in 2013.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in board eligibleAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
  3. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

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Frank Chiarappa accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Frank Chiarappa is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Frank Chiarappa accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare10
  2. PPO10
  3. HMO8
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Frank Chiarappa's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Frank Chiarappa's NPI number?

Frank Chiarappa's NPI number is 1932536828. It was assigned on October 9, 2013, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Frank Chiarappa specialize in?

Frank Chiarappa is an orthopedic surgeon in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Frank Chiarappa practice?

Frank Chiarappa practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Frank Chiarappa's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Frank Chiarappa to 2 home health agencies.

What is Frank Chiarappa's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Frank Chiarappa is (619) 543-6222.

What is Frank Chiarappa's medical license number?

Frank Chiarappa's California license number on file is A164466, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Frank Chiarappa been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Frank Chiarappa in California (2019 to 2025), Illinois (2018 to 2020) and New Jersey (2017 to 2019).

Which hospitals is Frank Chiarappa affiliated with?

Frank Chiarappa is affiliated with Hillcrest Medical Center.

What medical group is Frank Chiarappa part of?

Frank Chiarappa is linked to UC San Diego Health.

Does Frank Chiarappa accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Frank Chiarappa billed Medicare for 170 services in 2024, and Frank Chiarappa accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Frank Chiarappa offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Frank Chiarappa as offering telehealth services.

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What is Frank Chiarappa's MIPS score?

Frank Chiarappa's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 91 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Frank Chiarappa see?

CMS counts 164 Medicare patients who saw Frank Chiarappa in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Frank Chiarappa board certified?

Yes. Frank Chiarappa is board certified in board eligible by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Frank Chiarappa bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Frank Chiarappa's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99205) and office visit, established patient (99215).

Where did Frank Chiarappa go to medical school?

Frank Chiarappa graduated from University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine in 2013.

Has Frank Chiarappa received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,310 in general payments to Frank Chiarappa from 13 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Davol Inc.

How long has Frank Chiarappa been practicing?

Frank Chiarappa graduated from medical school in 2013, 13 years ago.

Does Frank Chiarappa do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Frank Chiarappa, published from 2017 to 2025.

Who does Frank Chiarappa publish with?

Frank Chiarappa's most frequent co-authors are Scott Taber Ball, MD (2 shared papers), James Henry Flint, FACS, MD (2 shared papers) and Garrison Alecsander Leach, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Frank Chiarappa accept?

Frank Chiarappa is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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