Dr. Alexander C. Ching, MD

  • Tualatin, OR
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1932263845PAC ID3870696891
Medicare services, 2024
453
Medicare patients, 2024
217
Part D claims, 2024
297
Publications
8
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
19300 Sw 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062
Practice phone
Call (503) 692-1212
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Primary practice

Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center

Hospital · Tualatin, Oregon

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Dr. Alexander C. Ching is an orthopedic surgeon in Tualatin, Oregon

Dr. Ching practices at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Oregon, part of Legacy Health.

Dr. Ching's NPI, 1932263845, was assigned on December 22, 2006. Dr. Ching graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2001. Dr. Ching holds Oregon license MD26596.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3870696891
NPI enumeration date
December 22, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(503) 692-1212
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Dr. Alexander C. Ching practices at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Oregon

Dr. Ching's primary practice is Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, at 19300 Sw 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062 in Washington County. The practice phone is (503) 692-1212.

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Dr. Alexander C. Ching is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Ching's primary practice is Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Oregon, part of Legacy Health. Dr. Ching is also affiliated with Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. The medical group on file is Oregon Spine Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ching to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 clinical lab, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Alexander C. Ching's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ching practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Legacy Meridian Park Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+8 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Alexander C. Ching is one of 270 orthopedic surgeons in Oregon

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, OregonPrimaryLicense MD26596 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Ching

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

Dr. Alexander C. Ching billed Medicare for 453 services in 2024

CMS data shows 453 Medicare services from Dr. Ching across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 217 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $95,248 for them.

Medicare services, 2024453
Medicare patients217
Paid by Medicare$95,248
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2632024: 2582%
Surgery
2023: 1302024: 19550%

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

  • In an office25857%
  • In a facility19543%

Dr. Ching compared with the Oregon median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Ching
  • Oregon median
Medicare services
453vs 448Close to median
Medicare patients
217vs 15441% above
Part D claims
229vs 623.7 times

Medians across 264 orthopedic surgeons in Oregon with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ching'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. Alexander C. Ching treated 217 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 217 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ching in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 106 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 71% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.01, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ching's median patient age at 71, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024217
Average age75
Average risk score1.01

Dr. Ching's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ching's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13060%
  • Men8740%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol71%
  3. High blood pressure68%
  4. Mood disorders25%
  5. Depression22%
  6. Ischemic heart disease22%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Osteoporosis19%

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

Dr. Ching's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Alexander C. Ching wrote 297 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ching wrote 297 Medicare Part D claims for 77 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 229 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,200 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 206 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024297
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$3,200
Part D patients77

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

  • Generic285 claims96%
  • Brand-name and other12 claims4%

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

  • Opioids40%120 of 297 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: 2062024: 22911%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 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. Alexander C. Ching scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Ching for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Ching accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 108 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Ching, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Ching's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 0of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 0of 100Cost

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

Where Dr. Ching ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
78th percentile118 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
95th percentile108 procedures

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

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. Alexander C. Ching has 8 publications on record

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Ching, published from 2014 to 2015. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Cervical Vertebrae, Spinal Fusion and Postoperative Complications. Dr. Ching has published most often in Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Dr. Ching's most frequent co-authors are Jung Uck Yoo, MD, Natalie Lacey Zusman, MD and Penelope Darell Barnes.

Papers8
Years published2014 to 2015

Topics Dr. Ching writes about most

  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Dr. Ching's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ching

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Alexander C. Ching received $124,596 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 240 general payments to Dr. Ching from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 36% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $59,081.

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

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

$124.6Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$44,51336%
  • Consulting fees$30,55325%
  • Travel and lodging$25,56321%
  • Education speaker fees$15,25412%
  • Other$8,4627%

Companies that paid Dr. Ching 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. Alexander C. Ching graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Dr. Ching graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2001.

  1. Medical schoolColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Alexander C. Ching'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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. Alexander C. Ching's NPI number?

Dr. Alexander C. Ching's NPI number is 1932263845. It was assigned on December 22, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Alexander C. Ching?

Dr. Alexander C. Ching is an orthopedic surgeon in Tualatin, Oregon. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Alexander C. Ching practice?

Dr. Ching practices at 19300 Sw 65th Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062. Dr. Ching's primary practice is Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Oregon, part of Legacy Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ching to 3 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 clinical lab, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Ching's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ching is (503) 692-1212.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Ching's medical license number?

Dr. Ching holds Oregon license MD26596.

Which hospitals is Dr. Alexander C. Ching affiliated with?

Dr. Ching practices at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center in Tualatin, Oregon. Dr. Ching is also affiliated with Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Ching to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Alexander C. Ching part of?

Dr. Ching is linked to Oregon Spine Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Ching to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Alexander C. Ching accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ching billed Medicare for 453 services in 2024, and Dr. Ching accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Alexander C. Ching's MIPS score?

Dr. Ching's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Alexander C. Ching see?

CMS counts 217 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ching in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Alexander C. Ching bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ching's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99212), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: brain, spine and nerves (63048).

Where did Dr. Alexander C. Ching go to medical school?

Dr. Ching graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Alexander C. Ching prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ching's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methocarbamol, Oxycodone HCl and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Alexander C. Ching received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $124,596 in general payments to Dr. Ching from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Globus Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Alexander C. Ching been practicing?

Dr. Ching graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Alexander C. Ching do research?

Dmand AI links 8 publications to Dr. Ching, published from 2014 to 2015.

Who does Dr. Alexander C. Ching publish with?

Dr. Ching's most frequent co-authors are Jung Uck Yoo, MD (7 shared papers), Natalie Lacey Zusman, MD (5 shared papers) and Penelope Darell Barnes (1 shared paper).

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