Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel, MD

  • Chesterfield, MO
  • Otolaryngologist
NPI1568999001PAC ID1759656473
Medicare services, 2024
820
Medicare patients, 2024
345
Part D claims, 2024
602
MIPS score, 2024
79
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
17050 Baxter Road, Suite 110, Chesterfield, MO 63005
Practice phone
Call (636) 537-0122
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Primary practice

Chesterfield Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Chesterfield, Missouri

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Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel is an otolaryngologist in Chesterfield, Missouri

Dr. Cristel practices at Chesterfield Surgery Center in Chesterfield, Missouri.

Dr. Cristel's NPI, 1568999001, was assigned on May 15, 2017. Dr. Cristel graduated from University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Cristel holds Missouri license 2022013289.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1759656473
NPI enumeration date
May 15, 2017
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(636) 537-0122
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
35
Medical school graduation
2017

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

Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel practices at Chesterfield Surgery Center in Chesterfield, Missouri

Dr. Cristel's primary practice is Chesterfield Surgery Center, at 17050 Baxter Road, Suite 110, Chesterfield, MO 63005. The practice phone is (636) 537-0122.

  • Chesterfield Surgery Center
    17050 Baxter Road, Suite 110, Chesterfield, MO 63005Phone(636) 537-0122

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Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Cristel's primary practice is Chesterfield Surgery Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. Dr. Cristel is also affiliated with St. Luke's Hospital. The medical group on file is WashU Medicine Psychiatry. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cristel to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cristel practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Chesterfield Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel is one of 195 otolaryngologists in Missouri

Otolaryngology is Dr. Cristel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Cristel is licensed in Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Otolaryngology, MissouriPrimaryLicense 2022013289 · taxonomy 207Y00000X

Otolaryngologists near Dr. Cristel

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195otolaryngologists in Missouri
4otolaryngologists in Chesterfield

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

Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel billed Medicare for 820 services in 2024

CMS data shows 820 Medicare services from Dr. Cristel across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 345 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $139,794 for them.

Medicare services, 2024820
Medicare patients345
Paid by Medicare$139,794
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1232024: 409233%
Surgery
2023: 602024: 400567%
Other services
2023: 02024: 11

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

  • In an office67182%
  • In a facility14918%

Dr. Cristel compared with the Missouri median for otolaryngologists, 2024

  • Dr. Cristel
  • Missouri median
Medicare services
820vs 57443% above
Medicare patients
345vs 26331% above
Part D claims
454vs 1433.2 times

Medians across 192 otolaryngologists in Missouri with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cristel'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. Robert Timothy Cristel treated 345 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 345 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cristel in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 139 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cristel's median patient age at 59, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024345
Average age76
Average risk score1.17
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Cristel's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Cristel's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19557%
  • Men15043%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis54%
  4. Ischemic heart disease32%
  5. Anxiety27%
  6. Atrial fibrillation23%
  7. Mood disorders23%
  8. Chronic kidney disease22%

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

Dr. Cristel's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 59

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel wrote 602 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cristel wrote 602 Medicare Part D claims for 290 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 454 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,313 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 53 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024602
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$3,313
Part D patients290

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

  • Generic594 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other8 claims1%

Dr. Cristel'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. Cristel's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids24%142 of 602 claims
  • Antibiotics29%175 of 602 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: 532024: 454757%

Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 3 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. Robert Timothy Cristel scored 79 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Cristel for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cristel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 219 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Cristel, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Cristel's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 79of 100Final score
  • 55.7of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 75of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Cristel ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
98th percentile219 procedures

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

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 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. Robert Timothy Cristel received $7,317 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 160 general payments to Dr. Cristel from 13 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Medical Device Business Services, Inc. paid the most, $2,344.

General payments to Dr. Cristel by program year, 2022 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Cristel by kind, 2022 to 2025

$7.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,97468%
  • Travel and lodging$2,34432%

Companies that paid Dr. Cristel the most, 2022 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. Robert Timothy Cristel graduated from University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine

Dr. Cristel graduated from University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine in 2017.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel'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 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 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. Robert Timothy Cristel's NPI number?

Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel's NPI number is 1568999001. It was assigned on May 15, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel?

Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel is an otolaryngologist in Chesterfield, Missouri. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).

Where does Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel practice?

Dr. Cristel practices at 17050 Baxter Road, Suite 110, Chesterfield, MO 63005. Dr. Cristel's primary practice is Chesterfield Surgery Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cristel to 3 hospitals, 3 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cristel is (636) 537-0122.

What is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel's medical license number?

Dr. Cristel holds Missouri license 2022013289.

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel affiliated with?

Dr. Cristel is affiliated with St. Luke's Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Cristel to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel part of?

Dr. Cristel is linked to WashU Medicine Psychiatry. Dmand AI links Dr. Cristel to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cristel billed Medicare for 820 services in 2024, and Dr. Cristel accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel's MIPS score?

Dr. Cristel's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 79 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel see?

CMS counts 345 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cristel in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Cristel's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and surgery: lungs and airway (31231).

Where did Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel go to medical school?

Dr. Cristel graduated from University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine in 2017.

What drugs does Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cristel's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Cephalexin and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,317 in general payments to Dr. Cristel from 13 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Medical Device Business Services, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert Timothy Cristel been practicing?

Dr. Cristel graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.

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