Dr. Christopher Lawrance, MD

Dr. Lawrance practices at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of SSM Health Care.

Dr. Lawrance's NPI, 1851602684, was assigned on June 26, 2010. Dr. Lawrance holds Missouri license 2010017828.

Dr. Lawrance's primary practice is SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, at 1201 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63104 in St. Louis City. The practice phone is (314) 257-8000.

Dr. Lawrance's primary practice is SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri, part of SSM Health Care. Dr. Lawrance is also affiliated with SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis. The medical group on file is SLUCare Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lawrance to 3 more hospitals, 1 behavioral health center, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Lawrance's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Lawrance is licensed in Missouri.

CMS data shows 119 Medicare services from Dr. Lawrance across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 86 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,100 for them.

CMS counts 86 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lawrance in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 41 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Lawrance's median patient age at 65, with 36% women.

In 2024, Dr. Lawrance wrote 31 Medicare Part D claims for 13 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $169 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 36 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Lawrance for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lawrance accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Lawrance, more than 50% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 18 papers to Dr. Lawrance, published from 2013 to 2016. 2015 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Atrial Fibrillation, Catheter Ablation and Disease Models, Animal. Dr. Lawrance's most frequent co-authors are Matthew C. Henn, MD, Ralph James Damiano, MD and Umar S. Boston, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 248 general payments to Dr. Lawrance from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Abiomed paid the most, $24,777.