Dr. Christopher D. Knudsen, DO

Dr. Knudsen practices at Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri.

Dr. Knudsen's NPI, 1124258777, was assigned on July 16, 2009. Dr. Knudsen holds Missouri license 2015021892.

Dr. Knudsen's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy, at 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO 65804 in Greene County. The practice phone is (417) 820-2000.

Dr. Knudsen's primary practice is Mercy Hospital Springfield & Children's Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Knudsen is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital Springfield. The medical group on file is Mercy Clinic Family Medicine - Hollister. Dmand AI also links Dr. Knudsen to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Knudsen practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Knudsen's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Knudsen is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Knudsen's licenses on file in 2 states: Missouri and Alabama.

CMS data shows 730 Medicare services from Dr. Knudsen across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 482 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $70,507 for them.

CMS counts 482 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Knudsen in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 233 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.60, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Knudsen's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Knudsen wrote 2,094 Medicare Part D claims for 761 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,920 of them, across 39 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,222,957 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,030 claims across 37 drugs.

Dr. Knudsen accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Knudsen as offering telehealth. CMS counts 175 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Knudsen, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Knudsen.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Knudsen from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $216.