Dr. Christopher Robert Chuinard, MD

Dr. Chuinard practices at Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center in Traverse City, Michigan.

Dr. Chuinard's NPI, 1205926268, was assigned on October 13, 2006. Dr. Chuinard holds Michigan license 4301088953.

Dr. Chuinard's primary practice is Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center, at 4045 W Royal Dr, Traverse City, MI 49684 in Grand Traverse County. The practice phone is (231) 935-0900.

Dr. Chuinard's primary practice is Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center in Traverse City, Michigan. Dr. Chuinard is also affiliated with Munson Medical Center. The medical group on file is Great Lakes Orthopaedic Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chuinard to 4 more hospitals, 5 group practices and clinics and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

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

CMS data shows 1,146 Medicare services from Dr. Chuinard across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 224 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $101,334 for them.

CMS counts 224 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chuinard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 121 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.99, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chuinard's median patient age at 69, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chuinard wrote 744 Medicare Part D claims for 277 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 697 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,361 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,000 claims across 10 drugs.

Dr. Chuinard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 77 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Chuinard, more than 93% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Chuinard in 2016. Dr. Chuinard's most frequent co-authors are Michael Thomas Freehill, MD, Richard Joel Friedman, MD and Edwin Earl Spencer, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Chuinard to 1 clinical trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 448 general payments to Dr. Chuinard from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 70% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $580,947. It also lists 29 research payments totaling $57,658 from 2016 to 2018.