Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton, MD

  • Worcester, MA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1104850528PAC ID0547267700
Medicare services, 2024
3,734
Medicare patients, 2024
571
Part D claims, 2024
478
MIPS score, 2024
27
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
59 Quinsigamond Ave Suite 2 Suite 2, Worcester, MA 01610-1867
Practice phone
Call (508) 755-1559
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Primary practice

Worcester County Orthopedics

Surgical practice · Worcester, Massachusetts

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Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton is an orthopedic surgeon in Worcester, Massachusetts

Dr. Vinton practices at Worcester County Orthopedics in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Dr. Vinton's NPI, 1104850528, was assigned on July 10, 2006. Dr. Vinton graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2000. Dr. Vinton holds Massachusetts license 210478.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0547267700
NPI enumeration date
July 10, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(508) 755-1559
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

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

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton practices at Worcester County Orthopedics in Worcester, Massachusetts

Dr. Vinton's primary practice is Worcester County Orthopedics, at 59 Quinsigamond Ave Suite 2 Suite 2, Worcester, MA 01610-1867. The practice phone is (508) 755-1559.

  • Worcester County Orthopedics
    59 Quinsigamond Ave Suite 2 Suite 2, Worcester, MA 01610-1867Phone(508) 755-1559

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Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Vinton's primary practice is Worcester County Orthopedics in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Vinton is also affiliated with UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus. The medical group on file is Worcester County Orthopedics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vinton to 3 more hospitals and 5 home health agencies, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vinton practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Worcester County OrthopedicsAvailable with a free account
+9 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton is one of 593 orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Vinton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Vinton is licensed in Massachusetts.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, MassachusettsPrimaryLicense 210478 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Vinton

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

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton billed Medicare for 3,734 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,734 Medicare services from Dr. Vinton across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 571 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $249,270 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,734
Medicare patients571
Paid by Medicare$249,270
Procedure codes19

Dr. Vinton's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 3,2372024: 1,80444%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1582024: 74935%
Surgery
2023: 9082024: 67226%
Imaging
2023: 8772024: 50942%

Where Dr. Vinton's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office3,60797%
  • In a facility1273%

Dr. Vinton compared with the Massachusetts median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Vinton
  • Massachusetts median
Medicare services
3,734vs 6725.6 times
Medicare patients
571vs 30289% above
Part D claims
398vs 508.0 times

Medians across 543 orthopedic surgeons in Massachusetts with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Vinton's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton treated 571 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 571 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vinton in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 283 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Vinton's median patient age at 67, with 57% women.

Medicare patients, 2024571
Average age73
Average risk score1.01
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Vinton's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Vinton's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women37065%
  • Men20135%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Vinton's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Anxiety30%
  5. Ischemic heart disease27%
  6. Mood disorders23%
  7. Chronic kidney disease22%
  8. Diabetes21%

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

Dr. Vinton's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women57%
  • Men42%

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

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton wrote 478 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Vinton wrote 478 Medicare Part D claims for 207 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 398 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,728 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 479 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024478
Drugs named by CMS9
Total drug cost$1,728
Part D patients207

Dr. Vinton's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic465 claims97%
  • Brand-name13 claims3%

Dr. Vinton's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Vinton's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids23%108 of 478 claims
  • Antibiotics32%151 of 478 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 4792024: 39817%

Drugs named by CMS: 9 in 2024, 12 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton scored 27 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 27 out of 100 for Dr. Vinton for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Vinton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 100 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Vinton, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Vinton's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 27of 100Final score
  • 13.2of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 74of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Vinton ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hip replacement
97th percentile100 procedures
Knee replacement
82nd percentile56 procedures
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
48th percentile12 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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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Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton received $20,519 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 53 general payments to Dr. Vinton from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $15,631.

General payments to Dr. Vinton by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Vinton by kind, 2016 to 2025

$20.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$11,58856%
  • Travel and lodging$5,02524%
  • Education$1,98810%
  • Food and beverage$1,9189%

Companies that paid Dr. Vinton the most, 2016 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

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Dr. Vinton graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2000.

  1. Medical schoolGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

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Sources for Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation 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 and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare 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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's NPI number?

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's NPI number is 1104850528. It was assigned on July 10, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton?

Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton is an orthopedic surgeon in Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton practice?

Dr. Vinton practices at 59 Quinsigamond Ave Suite 2 Suite 2, Worcester, MA 01610-1867. Dr. Vinton's primary practice is Worcester County Orthopedics in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vinton to 3 hospitals and 5 home health agencies.

What is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Vinton is (508) 755-1559.

What is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's medical license number?

Dr. Vinton holds Massachusetts license 210478.

Which hospitals is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton affiliated with?

Dr. Vinton is affiliated with UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus. Dmand AI links Dr. Vinton to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton part of?

Dr. Vinton is linked to Worcester County Orthopedics.

Does Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Vinton billed Medicare for 3,734 services in 2024, and Dr. Vinton accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton's MIPS score?

Dr. Vinton's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 27 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton see?

CMS counts 571 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vinton in 2024, with an average age of 73.

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What services does Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Vinton's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J3304), surgery: bones and joints (20610) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton go to medical school?

Dr. Vinton graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Vinton's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin, Diclofenac Sodium and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $20,519 in general payments to Dr. Vinton from 18 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Christopher Jay Vinton been practicing?

Dr. Vinton graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

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